摘要:
Lateral field emission devices ("FEDs") for display elements and methods of fabrication are set forth. The FED includes a thin-film emitter oriented parallel to, and disposed above, a substrate. The FED further includes a columnar shaped anode having a first lateral surface. A phosphor layer is disposed adjacent to the first lateral surface. Specifically, the anode is oriented such that the lateral surface and adjacent phosphor layer are perpendicular to the substrate. The emitter has a tip which is spaced less than the mean free distance of an electron in air from the phosphor layer. Operationally, when a voltage potential is applied between said anode and said emitter, electrons are emitted from the tip of the emitter into the phosphor layer causing the phosphor layer to emit electromagnetic energy. Further specific details of the field emission device, fabrication method, method of operation, and associated display are set forth.
摘要:
Lateral field emission devices ("FEDs") for display elements and methods of fabrication are set forth. The FED includes a thin-film emitter oriented parallel to, and disposed above, a substrate. The FED further includes a columnar shaped anode having a first lateral surface. A phosphor layer is disposed adjacent to the first lateral surface. Specifically, the anode is oriented such that the lateral surface and adjacent phosphor layer are perpendicular to the substrate. The emitter has a tip which is spaced less than the mean free distance of an electron in air from the phosphor layer. Operationally, when a voltage potential is applied between said anode and said emitter, electrons are emitted from the tip of the emitter into the phosphor layer causing the phosphor layer to emit electromagnetic energy. Further specific details of the field emission device, fabrication method, method of operation, and associated display are set forth.
摘要:
Structures and methods are presented for forming a body-substrate connector for an SOI FET. The connector is formed substantially co-aligned with the gate conductor on a side of the device that does not interfere with source and drain. The body is thus held close to the substrate potential and the connector provides a path for majority carriers to quickly leave the body. By contacting the body of the SOI MOSFET device in a manner that does not perturb the charge imaged by the gate, parasitic bipolar effects are eliminated while maintaining the desirable attributes of SOI MOSFET devices, such as low substrate bias sensitivity and steep sub-threshold slope. By forming the connector substantially co-aligned with the gate conductor the connection uses little or no surface area.
摘要:
Techniques are provided for fuse/anti-fuse structures, including an inner conductor structure, an insulating layer spaced outwardly of the inner conductor structure, an outer conductor structure disposed outwardly of the insulating layer, and a cavity-defining structure that defines a cavity, with at least a portion of the cavity-defining structure being formed from at least one of the inner conductor structure, the insulating layer, and the outer conductor structure. Methods of making and programming the fuse/anti-fuse structures are also provided.
摘要:
A finFET structure and a method of fabricating the finFET structure. The method includes: forming a silicon fin on a top surface of a silicon substrate; forming a gate dielectric on opposite sidewalls of the fin; forming a gate electrode over a channel region of the fin, the gate electrode in direct physical contact with the gate dielectric layer on the opposite sidewalls of the fin; forming a first source/drain in the fin on a first side of the channel region and forming a second source/drain in the fin on a second side of the channel region; removing a portion of the substrate from under at least a portion of the first and second source/drains to create a void; and filling the void with a dielectric material. The structure includes a body contact between the silicon body of the finFET and the substrate.
摘要:
Methods of forming a semiconductor structure having FinFET's and planar devices, such as MOSFET's, on a common substrate by a damascene approach, and semiconductor structures formed by the methods. A semiconductor fin of the FinFET is formed on a substrate with damascene processing in which the fin growth may be interrupted to implant ions that are subsequently transformed into a region that electrically isolates the fin from the substrate. The isolation region is self-aligned with the fin because the mask used to form the damascene-body fin also serves as an implantation mask for the implanted ions. The fin may be supported by the patterned layer during processing that forms the FinFET and, more specifically, the gate of the FinFET. The electrical isolation surrounding the FinFET may also be supplied by a self-aligned process that recesses the substrate about the FinFET and at least partially fills the recess with a dielectric material.
摘要:
A finFET structure and a method of fabricating the finFET structure. The method includes: forming a silicon fin on a top surface of a silicon substrate; forming a gate dielectric on opposite sidewalls of the fin; forming a gate electrode over a channel region of the fin, the gate electrode in direct physical contact with the gate dielectric layer on the opposite sidewalls of the fin; forming a first source/drain in the fin on a first side of the channel region and forming a second source/drain in the fin on a second side of the channel region; removing a portion of the substrate from under at least a portion of the first and second source/drains to create a void; and filling the void with a dielectric material. The structure includes a body contact between the silicon body of the finFET and the substrate.
摘要:
Semiconductor structures and methods for suppressing latch-up in bulk CMOS devices. The structure comprises a first doped well formed in a substrate of semiconductor material, a second doped well formed in the substrate proximate to the first doped well, and a deep trench defined in the substrate. The deep trench includes sidewalls positioned between the first and second doped wells. A buried conductive region is defined in the semiconductor material bordering the base and the sidewalls of the deep trench. The buried conductive region intersects the first and second doped wells. The buried conductive region has a higher dopant concentration than the first and second doped wells. The buried conductive region may be formed by solid phase diffusion from a mobile dopant-containing material placed in the deep trench. After the buried conductive region is formed, the mobile dopant-containing material may optionally remain in the deep trench.
摘要:
Semiconductor structures and methods for suppressing latch-up in bulk CMOS devices. The semiconductor structure comprises a shaped-modified isolation region that is formed in a trench generally between two doped wells of the substrate in which the bulk CMOS devices are fabricated. The shaped-modified isolation region may comprise a widened dielectric-filled portion of the trench, which may optionally include a nearby damage region, or a narrowed dielectric-filled portion of the trench that partitions a damage region between the two doped wells. Latch-up may also be suppressed by providing a lattice-mismatched layer between the trench base and the dielectric filler in the trench.
摘要:
Techniques are provided for fuse/anti-fuse structures, including an inner conductor structure, an insulating layer spaced outwardly of the inner conductor structure, an outer conductor structure disposed outwardly of the insulating layer, and a cavity-defining structure that defines a cavity, with at least a portion of the cavity-defining structure being formed from at least one of the inner conductor structure, the insulating layer, and the outer conductor structure. Methods of making and programming the fuse/anti-fuse structures are also provided.