Abstract:
A non-volatile static random access memory device configured by adding a floating gate type metal oxide semiconductor device to an SRAM including a pair of access elements respectively switched on and off in accordance with the state of a signal on an address line and adapted to establish a data transfer path between memory cell and associated negative and positive data lines, and a pair of inverters respectively coupled to the access elements, thereby allowing the SRAM to exhibit non-volatile memory characteristics. The floating gate type MOS device has a silicon substrate, a tunneling oxide film formed over the silicon substrate, a floating gate formed on the tunneling oxide film, an oxide film formed over the floating gate, a control gate formed over the oxide film, and a source and a drain respectively formed in an upper surface of the silicon substrate at both sides of the control gate. The source and drain of the floating gate type MOS device are electrically connected at the source and drain thereof to the input terminals of the inverters of the SRAM, respectively, so that it provides non-volatile memory characteristics to the SRAM by virtue of a difference in threshold voltage caused by charge stored in the floating gate thereof. This non-volatile SRAM device has a high density while exhibiting high-speed operation characteristics.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating the polycrystal silicon TFT under a low temperature which has an improved electron mobility, comprises the steps of forming an oxide film on a substrate, depositing a polycrystal silicon on the oxide film and patterning the polycrystal silicon so that source and drain regions and a channel region remain, growing a gate insulating layer on the patterned polycrystal silicon by ECR plasma thermal oxidation, depositing a material for a gate on the whole surface and removing the material and the gate insulating layer in portions except for a gate region to form the gate, and performing ion implantation on the exposed areas of the polycrystal silicon to form the source and drain regions.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer having a SOI wafer-like structure which is prepared on a silicon substrate by electrochemical etching, and an active-driven liquid crystal display employing the semiconductor wafer as a pixel switching wafer. In accordance with the method for manufacturing the SOI-type semiconductor wafer, a wafer having a good electrical insulation property, low leakage current and small parasitic capacity, like a SOI wafer, can be prepared, by employing a silicon substrate which is cheaper than the SOI substrate.
Abstract:
A silicon on-insulator device wafer having a very thin monocrystalline film with uniform thickness. It is fabricated by vias technique in which a monocrystalline silicon film on an insulator is etched with a base silicon etching solution in an etch apparatus by applying a vias in such a way that the solution may serve as an anode and the substrate of SOI structure as a cathode. The presence of the insulator generates vacancies in a lower region of the monocrystalline silicon film and electrons in the substrate, so that the lower region charged with the vacancies is not removed by the base silicon etching solution, thereby leaving a highly uniform, thin monocrystalline silicon film.