摘要:
An arrangement of pillar shaped p-i-n diodes having a high aspect ration are formed on a semiconductor substrate. Each device is formed by an intrinsic or lightly doped region (i-region) positioned between a P+ region and an N+ region at each end of the pillar. The arrangement of pillar p-i-n diodes is embedded in an optical transparent medium. For a given surface area, more light energy is absorbed by the pillar arrangement of p-i-n diodes than by conventional planar p-i-n diodes. The pillar p-i-n diodes are preferably configured in an array formation to enable photons reflected from one pillar p-i-n diode to be captured and absorbed by another p-i-n diode adjacent to the first one, thereby optimizing the efficiency of energy conversion.
摘要:
An electronic fuse for an integrated circuit and a method of fabrication thereof are presented. The electronic fuse has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion interconnected by a fuse element. The fuse element has a convex upper surface and a lower surface with a radius of curvature at a smallest surface area of curvature less than or equal to 100 nanometers. Fabricating the electronic fuse includes forming an at least partially freestanding dielectric spacer above a supporting structure, and then conformably forming the fuse element of the fuse over at least a portion of the freestanding dielectric spacer, with the fuse element characterized as noted above. The dielectric spacer may remain in place as a thermally insulating layer underneath the fuse element, or may be removed to form a void underneath the fuse element.
摘要:
In a first aspect, a first method is provided for semiconductor device manufacturing. The first method includes the steps of (1) providing a substrate; and (2) forming a first silicon-on-insulator (SOI) region having a first crystal orientation, a second SOI region having a second crystal orientation and a third SOI region having a third crystal orientation on the substrate. The first, second and third SOI regions are coplanar. Numerous other aspects are provided.
摘要:
Systems and methods for controlling electro-migration, and reducing the deleterious effects thereof, are disclosed. Embodiments provide for reversal of an applied voltage to an integrated circuit when a measurement indicative of an extent of electro-migration indicates that a healing cycle of operation is warranted. During the healing cycle, circuits of the integrated circuit function normally, but electro-migration effects are reversed. In one embodiment, micro-electro-mechanical switches are provided at a lowest level of metallization to switch the direction of current through the levels of metallization of the integrated circuit. In another embodiment, if the measurement indicative of the extent of electro-migration exceeds a reference level by a specifiable amount, then the voltage applied to the integrated circuit is reversed in polarity to cause current to switch directions to counter electro-migration. A plurality of switches are provided to switch current directions through a lowest level of metallization so that the circuits function normally even though the polarity of the applied voltage has been reversed.
摘要:
In an aspect, a method is provided for forming a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) layer. The method includes the steps of (1) providing a silicon substrate; (2) selectively implanting the silicon substrate with oxygen using a low implant energy to form an ultra-thin patterned seed layer; and (3) employing the ultra-thin patterned seed layer to form a patterned SOI layer on the silicon substrate. Numerous other aspects are provided.
摘要:
Systems and methods for controlling electro-migration, and reducing the deleterious effects thereof, are disclosed. Embodiments provide for reversal of an applied voltage to an integrated circuit when a measurement indicative of an extent of electro-migration indicates that a healing cycle of operation is warranted. During the healing cycle, circuits of the integrated circuit function normally, but electro-migration effects are reversed. In one embodiment, micro-electro-mechanical switches are provided at a lowest level of metallization to switch the direction of current through the levels of metallization of the integrated circuit. In another embodiment, if the measurement indicative of the extent of electro-migration exceeds a reference level by a specifiable amount, then the voltage applied to the integrated circuit is reversed in polarity to cause current to switch directions to counter electro-migration. A plurality of switches are provided to switch current directions through a lowest level of metallization so that the circuits function normally even though the polarity of the applied voltage has been reversed.
摘要:
An electronic structure that has in-situ formed unit resistors and a method for fabricating such structure are disclosed. The electronic structure that has in-situ formed unit resistors consists of a first plurality of conductive elements formed in an insulating material layer, a plurality of electrically resistive vias formed on top and in electrical communication with at least one of the first plurality of conductive elements, and a second plurality of conductive elements formed on top of and in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of electrically resistive vias. The present invention novel structure may further be formed in a multi-level configuration such that multi-level resistors may be connected in-series to provide larger resistance values. The present invention novel structure may further be combined with a capacitor network to form desirable RC circuits.
摘要:
A hierarchical power supply noise monitoring device and system for very large scale integrated circuits. The noise-monitoring device is fabricated on-chip to measure the noise on the chip. The noise-monitoring system includes a plurality of on-chip noise-monitoring devices distributed strategically across the chip. A noise-analysis algorithm analyzes the noise characteristics from the noise data collected from the noise-monitoring devices, and a hierarchical noise-monitoring system maps the noise of each core to the system on chip.
摘要:
An N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) driver circuit (and method for making the same), includes a boost gate stack formed on a substrate and having a source and drain formed by a low concentration N-type implantation, and an N-driver coupled to the boost gate stack.
摘要:
A static redundancy arrangement for a circuit using a focused ion beam anti-fuse methodology which reduces the circuit layout area and the switching activity compared to a prior art dynamic redundancy scheme, resulting in less power, a simpler design and higher speed. Focused ion beam anti-fuse methodology is used to program redundancy for circuits, particularly wide I/O embedded DRAM macros. An anti-fuse array circuit is comprised of a plurality of anti-fuse programming elements, each of which comprises a latch circuit controlled by a set input signal, and an anti-fuse device which is programmed by a focused ion beam.