摘要:
A method and corresponding structure for shielding a floating gate tunneling element. The method comprises disposing a floating gate over a gate oxide using standard CMOS processing in two active areas defined by first and second doped well regions formed in a substrate surrounded by field oxide, and forming a floating gate shield layer so as to enclose the floating gate. The floating gate includes a first floating gate portion over an active area in the first doped well region and a second floating gate portion over the active area in the second doped well region. The first floating gate portion is substantially smaller than the second floating gate portion so as to enable adequate voltage coupling for Fowler-Nordheim tunneling to occur between the first doped well region and the first floating gate portion. The direction of tunneling is determined by high voltage application to one of the doped well regions.
摘要:
A method for modifying the doping level of a doped silicon layer including the steps of coating the silicon layer with a silicide layer made of a refractory metal, and heating the interface region between the silicon and the silicide to a predetermined temperature. The method may be applied to the fabrication of an adjustable resistor or a MOS transistor having an adjustable threshold.
摘要:
A bipolar transistor comprises a base region and an an extrinsic base region being located generally adjacent to the base region. The extrinsic base region has implanted therein a dopant and a dopant diffusion-retarding substance. The dopant diffusion-retarding substance serves to reduce the diffusion of the dopant into the base region. Preferably, the dopant and diffusion-retarding substances are implanted such that there is a buffer zone in the extrinsic base region immediately adjacent to the base region into which the dopant may diffuse after implantation. The dopant may for example be boron, and the dopant diffusion-retarding substance may for example be a group IV element such as carbon or germanium.
摘要:
A method of forming a semiconductor device with an inductor and/or high speed interconnect. The method comprises forming an epitaxial layer over the substrate, forming an opening through the epitaxial layer to expose an underlying region of the substrate, forming a first dielectric material within the opening of the epitaxial layer, planarizing the first dielectric layer, forming a second dielectric material layer over the first dielectric material layer, and then forming a metallized inductor over the second dielectric material layer above the opening of the epitaxial layer. In this case, since the inductor and the high speed interconnect do not overlie the conductive epitaxial layer, the degradation in the Q-factor of the inductor, loss characteristics of the high speed interconnect, and ‘cross-talk’ between conductors are substantially reduced. The resulting semiconductor device is also disclosed.
摘要:
The potential on a pixel cell having a gated diode and a read out transistor is set to an initial level prior to an image integration period. During the image integration period, absorbed photons cause the potential on the pixel cell to change. After the image integration period, the pixel cell is then reset and read out by applying a number of pulses to the gated diode. Each of the pulses causes a fixed amount of charge to be injected into the cell. When the potential on the cell has again returned to the initial level, the number of absorbed photons is determined by counting the number of pulses that were required to return the potential to the initial level. The read out transistor is used to determine when the potential is at the initial level by biasing the transistor to output a current that corresponds to the potential on the pixel cell.
摘要:
An array of sidewall-contacted antifuses is formed by a method that reduces the sensitivity of the array to masking alignment errors. The method forms a plurality of spaced-apart bit lines in a semiconductor material. Rows and columns of insulated contacts are formed on the semiconductor material such that each bit line is contacted a plurality of times by an insulated contact. In each row of contacts, each contact has an exposed sidewall. A plurality of word lines are then formed over the contacts such that a word line is formed over each exposed sidewall in a row of exposed sidewalls. The word lines include a dielectric layer and an overlying layer of conductive material.
摘要:
When the threshold voltage of a long-channel transistor is set during the same dopant step of a manufacturing process that sets the threshold voltage of a short-channel transistor, the threshold voltage of the long-channel transistor is increased by connecting the long-channel transistor in series with a schottky diode.
摘要:
The n-channel and p-channel driver transistors of an I/O circuit are electrostatic discharge (ESD) protected by utilizing a pair of well structures that resistively delay an ESD event from reaching the driver transistors, and that form diodes that direct the ESD event to the supply rail or ground of the circuit.
摘要:
In a non-volatile memory cell that has a select transistor and a memory transistor, the substrate trenching that occurs when the gate of the select transistor and the stacked gate of the memory transistor are initially defined is eliminated by forming the gate of the select transistor and the stacked gate of the memory transistor to have substantially the same step height.
摘要:
An array of sidewall-contacted antifuses is formed by a method that reduces the sensitivity of the array to masking alignment errors. The array includes a plurality of spaced-apart bit lines which are formed in a semiconductor material. Rows and columns of insulated contacts are formed on the semiconductor material such that each bit line is contacted a plurality of times by an insulated contact. In each row of contacts, each contact has an exposed sidewall. A plurality of word lines are formed over the contacts such that a word line is formed over each exposed sidewall in a row of exposed sidewalls. The word line includes a dielectric layer and a conductive layer.