摘要:
In a semiconductor device having a thin SOI film, the thickness of a semiconductor layer formed on an insulating film is so adjusted as to be less than a maximum distance allowable to complete depletion of the layer. While the thickness of a channel region is adjusted to be less than that of impurity-diffusion regions. Further, the insulating layer is so formed to have a thicker portion under the channel region, and thinner portions under the source region and the drain region as the impurity-diffusion regions. The semiconductor layer has steps at the boundaries between the channel region and the impurity-diffusion regions, and the top face of the channel region is arranged so as to be lower than the top faces of the impurity-diffusion regions. A region having a width less than the maximum depletion distance and an impurity concentration larger, than that of the channel region and less than that of the drain region is formed between the channel region and the drain region.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device, in particular a dynamic random access memory cell which realizes a high speed thereof and presenting a superior controllability. The dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell includes: a first transistor; a second transistor, electrically connected in series to the first transistor, for storing an electric charge, the second transistor including a portion for erasing the charge stored at the second transistor, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are electrically connected between a power line and a bit line; and a diode electrically connected between the first transistor and the second transistor. Alternatively, the present invention can be realized with three transistors where the memory cell includes: a first transistor and a second transistor provided between the power line and the bit line in a manner that the first and second transistors are connected in series at a connecting node therebetween; and a third transistor provided between a gate of the first transistor and the connecting node, wherein a gate of the second transistor and a gate of the third transistor are commonly connected to the word line.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a MOS device wherein a semiconductor substrate is selectively etched to form a groove in a field region and an element formation region surrounded by the groove such that an angle .theta. is formed between a wall of the groove and a first imaginary extension of a top surface of the element formation region, the angle .theta. satisfying the relation, 70.degree..ltoreq..theta..ltoreq.90.degree.. Then, a field insulating film is deposited in the groove, and a MOS transistor is formed in the element formation region. The element formation region has source, drain and channel regions of a field effect transistor therein and a gate electrode formed on a gate insulating film on the channel region. The gate electrode extends onto the surface portion of the field insulating film. The thickness of an upper portion of the field insulating film above a first imaginary extension of an interface between the gate insulating film and the gate electrode is formed smaller than that of a lower portion of the field insulating film below the first imaginary extension.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, memory cells without a source region and a drain region, and a first insulating film. The memory cells are arranged adjacent to one another on the semiconductor substrate and include a first gate electrode including a charge accumulation layer. A current path functioning as a source region or a drain region of a selected memory cell is formed in the semiconductor substrate when a voltage is applied to the first gate electrode of one of unselected memory cells. The first insulating film is formed on the semiconductor substrate to fill a region between the first gate electrodes of the memory cells adjacent to each other.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor regions, a gate electrode, and silicide layers. The first, second, and third semiconductor regions are formed in a semiconductor substrate while being spaced part from each other. The fourth semiconductor region is formed in the semiconductor substrate between the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region and has an electric resistance higher than the first, second, and third semiconductor regions. In a direction perpendicular to a direction to connect the first and second semiconductor regions, the fourth semiconductor region has a width smaller than that of the semiconductor substrate sandwiched between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. The gate electrode is formed above the semiconductor substrate between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. The silicide layer is formed on each of the first, second, third semiconductor regions and the gate electrode.
摘要:
A method of designing a wiring structure of an LSI is capable of reducing a capacitance variation ratio ΔC/C or a resistance-by-capacitance variation ratio Δ(RC)/(RC) of the wiring structure. The method sets a process-originated variation ratio (δP) for the wiring structure, a tolerance (ξC) for the capacitance variation ratio (ΔC/C), and a tolerance (ξRC) for the resistance-by-capacitance variation ratio (Δ(RC)/(RC)), evaluates a fringe capacitance ratio (F=CF/CP) according to a fringe capacitance CF and parallel-plate capacitance CP of the wiring structure, and determines the wiring structure so that the fringe capacitance ratio (F) may satisfy the following: For ΔC C ≤ ξ C , F ≥ δ P ξ C - 1 ( 1 ) For Δ ( RC ) RC ≤ ξ RC , F ≤ ( 1 - δ P ) δ P δ P - ξ RC - 1 ( 2 ) The method employs an equivalent-variations condition defined as |ΔC/C|=|Δ(RC)/(RC)| to determine the shape parameters of each wire of the wiring structure.
摘要:
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory has memory cells (1) each having an insulated-gate FET that has an information storage part. A semiconductor region (27) is formed at the surface of a channel region of each memory cell. The semiconductor region has the same conductivity type as a channel conductivity type and functions to decrease the strength of an electric field at the surface of the channel region. If the insulated-gate FET is of an n-channel type, the semiconductor region is of an n-type. The semiconductor region suppresses threshold voltage variations among the insulated-gate FETs of the memory cells and prevents soft-writing in the memory cells.
摘要:
A silicon oxide layer serving as an insulation layer is formed on a p-type semiconductor substrate. An n.sup.+ -type source and drain regions are formed on the p-type substrate 110 with a spacing therebetween. A channel region is interposed between the source and drain regions. A silicon oxide layer serving as an insulation layer is formed on the channel region. A gate terminal is formed on the silicon oxide layer. High-concentration p-type regions are formed in the p-type semiconductor substrate under the source and drain regions, respectively.
摘要:
A triangular mesh generation apparatus has a feedback rate calculation unit and a triangular mesh generation unit. The feedback rate calculation unit obtains feedback rate r.sub.i for a given node i from the following relationship: ##EQU1## where d.sub.i is a distance between the respective adjacent nodes, a is a distance between nodes i-1 and i, b is a distance between nodes i and i+1, and .alpha.>0. The triangular ratio generation unit generates triangular meshes as follows:(1) When .theta..ltoreq.90.degree., a triangular element is generated by node i and its adjacent nodes i-1 and i+1.(2) When 90.degree.
摘要:
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device according to one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; an element region; a plurality of memory cell transistors which each include a control gate electrode; and programming means for programming data to a programming target memory cell transistor by applying a programming voltage to the programming target memory cell transistor. Moreover, the programming means applies a programming voltage incremented stepwise from an initial programming voltage, to the programming target memory cell transistor while applying a constant initial intermediate voltage to memory cell transistors adjacent to the programming target memory cell transistor. Thereafter, the programming means applies an intermediate voltage incremented stepwise from the initial intermediate voltage, to one of the respective memory cells adjacent to the programming target memory cell transistor, while applying a constant final programming voltage to the programming target memory cell transistor.