Abstract:
Disclosed is an anode supporter for a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The SOFC comprises an anode supporter having a high gas permeability, a high electrical conductivity, a high electrochemical activity, a high mechanical strength, and a large area; an anode functional layer for attenuating a surface defect of the anode supporter and maximizing an electrochemical activity of the anode; an electrolyte having a ultra-thin film; a cathode functional layer for removing an interface reaction between the electrolyte and the cathode and enhancing an electrochemical reaction at the cathode; a cathode having an excellent interface bonding characteristic with the cathode functional layer and a high electrical conductivity; and a current collect layer for maximizing an electrical connection between the cathode and a separator or interconnector. Accordingly, a performance of the single cell of a large area is enhanced.
Abstract:
A dual gate electrode semiconductor device and related method of formation are disclosed. The semiconductor device comprises a first gate electrode made of a metal silicide layer and a second gate electrode made of a metal layer, wherein the metal suicide is formed from the same metal as the metal layer.
Abstract:
High dielectric layers formed from layers of hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, and/or other metal oxides and silicates disposed on silicon substrates or ozone oxide layers over silicon substrates may be nitrided and post thermally treated by oxidation, annealing, or a combination of oxidation and annealing to form high dielectric layers having superior mobility and interfacial characteristics.
Abstract:
A dielectric multilayer structure of a microelectronic device, in which a leakage current characteristic and a dielectric constant are improved, is provided in an embodiment. The dielectric multilayer structure includes a lower dielectric layer, which is made of amorphous silicate (M1-xSixOy) or amorphous silicate nitride (M1-xSixOyNz), and an upper dielectric layer which is formed on top of the lower dielectric layer and which is made of amorphous metal oxide (M′Oy) or amorphous metal oxynitride (M′OyNz).
Abstract translation:在一个实施例中提供了一种微电子器件的电介质多层结构,其中泄漏电流特性和介电常数得到改善。 电介质多层结构包括由非晶态硅酸盐(M 1-x Si x O x O y)或无定形硅酸盐制成的下电介质层 氮化物(M 1-x Si x O y N z N z),以及形成的上电介质层 在下部电介质层的顶部,并且由非晶金属氧化物(M'O y y)或非晶金属氧氮化物(M'O y N y) / SUB>)。
Abstract:
A field effect transistor can include a vertical channel protruding from a substrate including a source/drain region junction between the vertical channel and the substrate, and an insulating layer extending on a side wall of the vertical channel toward the substrate to beyond the source/drain region junction. The transistor can also include a nitride layer extending on the side wall away from the substrate to beyond the insulating layer, a second insulating layer extending on the side wall that is separated from the channel by the nitride layer, and a gate electrode extending on the side wall toward the substrate to beyond the source/drain region junction. Related methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes first and second transistor devices. The first device includes a first substrate region, a first gate electrode, and a first gate dielectric. The first gate dielectric is located between the first substrate region and the first gate electrode. The second device includes a second substrate region, a second gate electrode, and a second gate dielectric. The second gate dielectric is located between the second substrate region and the second gate electrode. The first gate dielectric includes a first high-k layer having a dielectric constant of 8 or more. Likewise, the second gate dielectric includes a second high-k layer having a dielectric constant of 8 or more. The second high-k layer has a different material composition than the first high-k layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to double-gate FinFET devices and fabricating methods thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to an electrically stable double-gate FinFET device and the method of fabrication in which the Fin active region on a bulk silicon substrate where device channel and the body are to be formed has a nano-size width and is connected to the substrate and is formed with the shape of a wall along the channel length direction.The conventional double-gate MOS devices are fabricated using SOI wafers which are more expensive than bulk silicon wafers. It also has problems including the floating body effects, larger source/drain parasitic resistance, off-current increase, and deterioration in heat transfer to the substrate.
Abstract:
A content addressable memory (CAM) device providing higher integration density, high operation speed and low power consumption. The CAM device comprises a memory cell connected between first and second nodes, first and second data lines for transmitting first and second data signals to the first and second nodes, respectively, and first and second switching devices serially connected between a match line and a reference voltage, wherein the first switching device is controlled by the first data signal and a voltage of the first node and the second switching device is controlled by the second data signal and a voltage of the second node.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed, which minimizes device degradation, minimizes noises, and simplifies the fabrication process. The device includes a substrate having a first semiconductor layer, a buried insulating film, and a second semiconductor layer stacked; a field oxide film for separating the second semiconductor layer into a first region and a second region; a recess region formed in a particular region of the second region; gate insulating films and gate electrodes formed in stacks on each of a particular region in the first region and the recess region in the second region; first impurity regions formed in surfaces of the second semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate electrode in the first region; and second impurity regions formed in surfaces of the second semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate electrode in the recess region in the second region so that the second semiconductor layer below the gate electrode is fully depleted.
Abstract:
The present invention proposes a method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device using nano-crystals with an increased etching rate and an increased oxidation rate at the grain boundary, which is used in high-speed and low power consumption device. The method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device using nano-crystal dots comprises following processes. First process is to fabricate a tunneling dielectric 204 and a thin amorphous silicon continuous film. Second process is to fabricate a poly-silicon layer by poly-crystallizing the amorphous silicon film. Third process is to fabricate nano-crystals 212 by etching the poly-silicon layer. Fourth process is to fabricate an interlayer dielectric 214 on the nano-crystals 212. Fifth process is to attach a poly-silicon film to the interlayer dielectric 214 and fabricate a gate 216 and interconnects 220.