Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same

    公开(公告)号:US11967554B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US18053487

    申请日:2022-11-08

    Abstract: Semiconductor devices includes a first interlayer insulating layer, a lower interconnection line in the first interlayer insulating layer, an etch stop layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the lower interconnection line, a second interlayer insulating layer on the etch stop layer, and an upper interconnection line in the second interlayer insulating layer. The upper interconnection line includes a via portion extending through the etch stop layer and contacting the lower interconnection line. The via portion includes a barrier pattern and a conductive pattern. The barrier pattern includes a first barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the second interlayer insulating layer, and a second barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the lower interconnection line. A resistivity of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer. A nitrogen concentration of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer.

    Electronic devices and methods of controlling power in electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US12034373B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17575249

    申请日:2022-01-13

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a system on chip (SoC) and a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). The SoC includes a plurality of power domains and a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) controller which performs DVFS on the power domains The PMIC includes direct current (DC)-DC converters and a control logic which controls the plurality of DC-DC converters, and each of the DC-DC converters provides a corresponding output voltage to a respective one of the power domains. The control logic designates a target DC-DC converter which provides a target output voltage having a target level as a global DC-DC converter and provides the target output voltage to a power domain corresponding the global DC-DC converter and to at least one first power domain consuming the target output voltage, from among the plurality of power domains, by sharing the target output voltage provided by the global DC-DC converter.

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