Switches in bulk substrate
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11605649B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17306078

    申请日:2021-05-03

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to switches in a bulk substrate and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: at least one active device having a channel region of a first semiconductor material; a single air gap under the channel region of the at least one active device; and a second semiconductor material being coplanar with and laterally bounding at least one side of the single air gap, the second semiconductor material being different material than the first semiconductor material.

    Structure providing charge controlled electronic fuse

    公开(公告)号:US11387353B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US16907600

    申请日:2020-06-22

    Abstract: A structure includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region in a semiconductor body; and a trench isolation between the first and second source/drain regions in the semiconductor body. A first doping region is about the first source/drain region, a second doping region about the second source/drain region, and the trench isolation is within the second doping region. A third doping region is adjacent to the first doping region and extend partially into the second doping region to create a charge trap section. A gate conductor of a gate structure is over the trench isolation and the first, second, and third doping regions. The charge trap section creates a charge controlled e-fuse operable by applying a stress voltage to the gate conductor.

    Epitaxial growth constrained by a template

    公开(公告)号:US11195715B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16821228

    申请日:2020-03-17

    Abstract: Methods of forming structures with electrical isolation. A dielectric layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate, openings are patterned in the dielectric layer that extend to the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor material is epitaxially grown from portions of the semiconductor substrate that are respectively exposed inside the openings. The semiconductor material, during growth, defines a semiconductor layer that includes first portions respectively coincident with the openings and second portions that laterally grow from the first portions to merge over a top surface of the dielectric layer. A modified layer containing a trap-rich semiconductor material is formed in the semiconductor substrate.

    SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR REGION AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210287902A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US16815070

    申请日:2020-03-11

    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor structure embodiments of a semiconductor-on-insulator region on a bulk substrate. The semiconductor-on-insulator region includes an upper semiconductor layer above and physically separated from the substrate by insulator-containing cavities (e.g., by dielectric layer and/or a pocket of trapped air, of trapped gas, or under vacuum) and, optionally, by a lower semiconductor layer. Disclosed method embodiments include forming openings that extend vertically through the upper semiconductor layer, through a sacrificial semiconductor layer and, optionally, through a lower semiconductor layer to the substrate. Then, a selective isotropic etch process is performed to form cavities, which extend laterally off the sides of the openings into the sacrificial semiconductor layer. Depending upon the embodiments, different process steps are further performed to form plugs in at least the upper portions of the openings and insulators (including dielectric layers and/or a pocket of trapped air, of trapped gas or under vacuum) in the cavities.

    HEAT SPREADING ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220189821A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17123184

    申请日:2020-12-16

    Abstract: A structure includes an active device over an area of a substrate, and a heat spreading isolation structure adjacent the active device. The isolation structure includes a dielectric layer above a heat-conducting layer. The heat-conducting layer may include polycrystalline graphite. The heat-conducting layer provides a heat sink, which provides a high thermal conductivity path for heat with low electrical conductivity. The heat-conducting layer may extend into the substrate. The substrate may include an SOI substrate in which case the heat-conducting layer may extend through the buried insulator thereof.

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