Abstract:
Some embodiments include a transistor having a drain region and a source region. A conductive gate is between the source and drain regions. First channel material is between the gate and the source region. The first channel material is spaced from the gate by one or more insulative materials. Second channel material is between the first channel material and the source region, and directly contacts the source region. The first and second channel materials are transition metal chalcogenide. One of the source and drain regions is a hole reservoir region and the other is an electron reservoir region. Tunnel dielectric material may be between the first and second channel materials.
Abstract:
A vertical ferroelectric field effect transistor construction comprises an isolating core. A transition metal dichalcogenide material encircles the isolating core and has a lateral wall thickness of 1 monolayer to 7 monolayers. A ferroelectric gate dielectric material encircles the transition metal dichalcogenide material. Conductive gate material encircles the ferroelectric gate dielectric material. The transition metal dichalcogenide material extends elevationally inward and elevationally outward of the conductive gate material. A conductive contact is directly against a lateral outer sidewall of the transition metal dichalcogenide material that is a) elevationally inward of the conductive gate material, or b) elevationally outward of the conductive gate material. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Abstract:
An array of recessed access gate lines includes active area regions having dielectric trench isolation material there-between. The trench isolation material comprises dielectric projections extending into opposing ends of individual active area regions under an elevationally outermost surface of material of the active area regions. The active area material is elevationally over the dielectric projections. Recessed access gate lines individually extend transversally across the active area regions and extend between the ends of immediately end-to-end adjacent active area regions within the dielectric trench isolation material. Other arrays are disclosed, as are methods.
Abstract:
Some embodiments include methods of forming transistors. Recesses are formed to extend into semiconductor material. The recesses have upper regions lined with liner material and have segments of semiconductor material exposed along lower regions. Semiconductor material is isotropically etched through the exposed segments which transforms the recesses into openings having wide lower regions beneath narrow upper regions. Gate dielectric material is formed along sidewalls of the openings. Gate material is formed within the openings and over regions of the semiconductor material between the openings. Insulative material is formed down the center of each opening and entirely through the gate material. A segment of gate material extends from one of the openings to the other, and wraps around a pillar of the semiconductor material between the openings. The segment is a gate of a transistor. Source/drain regions are formed on opposing sides of the gate.
Abstract:
A memory cell includes a transistor device comprising a pair of source/drains, a body comprising a channel, and a gate construction operatively proximate the channel. The memory cell includes a capacitor comprising a pair of capacitor electrodes having a capacitor dielectric there-between. One of the capacitor electrodes is the channel or is electrically coupled to the channel. The other of the capacitor electrodes includes a portion of the body other than the channel. Methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprises a recessed access device that includes a first pillar, a second pillar, a channel region connecting the first and second pillars, and a gate disposed over the channel region. The channel region has a width that is narrower than widths of the first pillar and the second pillar. An array of recessed access devices comprises a plurality of pillars protruding from a substrate, and a plurality of channel regions. Each channel region has a width that is less than about 10 nm and couples neighboring pillars to form a plurality of junctionless recessed access devices. A method of forming at least one recessed access device also comprises forming pillars over a substrate, forming at least a channel region coupled with the pillars, the channel region having a relatively narrow width, and forming a gate at least partially surrounding the channel region on at least three sides.
Abstract:
Trenches are formed into semiconductive material. Masking material is formed laterally over at least elevationally inner sidewall portions of the trenches. Conductivity modifying impurity is implanted through bases of the trenches into semiconductive material there-below. Such impurity is diffused into the masking material received laterally over the elevationally inner sidewall portions of the trenches and into semiconductive material received between the trenches below a mid-channel portion. An elevationally inner source/drain is formed in the semiconductive material below the mid-channel portion. The inner source/drain portion includes said semiconductive material between the trenches which has the impurity therein. A conductive line is formed laterally over and electrically coupled to at least one of opposing sides of the inner source/drain. A gate is formed elevationally outward of and spaced from the conductive line and laterally adjacent the mid-channel portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Abstract:
Semiconductor devices are disclosed. A semiconductor device may include a hybrid transistor configured in a vertical orientation. The hybrid transistor may include a gate electrode, a drain material, a source material, and a channel material operatively coupled between the drain material and the source material. The source material and the drain material include a first material and the channel material includes a second, different material.
Abstract:
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of operating the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell, each of the first and second memory cells including a first transistor including a first region and a first charge storage structure separated from the first region; a second transistor including a second region formed over the first charge storage structure; a first data line coupled to the first memory cell configured to provide a first sum based on current on the first data line during a memory operation; a second data line coupled to the second memory cell configured to provide a second sum based on current on the second data line during the memory operation; and an output circuit to provide output information based on values of the first and second sums.
Abstract:
A device comprises a vertical transistor and a shielding material comprising a conductive material having a P+ type conductivity. The vertical transistor includes an electrode, a dielectric material adjacent to the electrode, and a channel region adjacent to the dielectric material. The channel region comprises a composite structure including at least two semiconductor materials. Also disclosed is a device comprising a first electrically conductive line, vertical transistors overlying the first conductive line, a second electrically conductive line overlying the vertical transistors, and a shielding material positioned between the two adjacent vertical transistors. Each of the vertical transistors comprises a gate electrode, a gate dielectric material on opposite sides of the gate electrode, and a channel region comprising a composite structure including at least two oxide semiconductor materials. The gate dielectric material positions between the gate electrode and the channel region. The shielding material comprises an electrically conductive material.