摘要:
A memory allowing reduction of the period of an external access operation is provided. This memory comprises an access control portion performing an internal access operation on the basis of an external access operation, a refresh control portion performing a refresh operation and a refresh division control portion dividing the refresh operation into a read operation RFRD and rewrite operations RFRS1 and RFRS2. The memory performs the read operation RFRD and the rewrite operations RFRS1 and RFRS2 at least either before or after different internal access operations corresponding to different external access operations respectively.
摘要:
A memory includes a first electrode film, a storage material film formed on the first electrode film, provided with a storage part and a thin-film part having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the storage part and which is at least about 15% of the thickness of the storage part on average, a second electrode film formed on the storage part of the storage material film. The thickness of the thin-film part may be between 15% and 95% of the thickness of the storage part. An insulator film may be formed on the thin-film part and the second electrode part, the insulator film formed on the thin-film part having a same pattern as the thin-film part.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device having a first memory including a bit line, a word line arranged to intersect with the bit line and a storage unit arranged between the bit line and the word line, and a second memory different in type from the first memory. The first memory and the second memory are formed on a semiconductor substrate in a stacked manner reducing the thickness in the height direction and attaining further miniaturization (thinning). Further, no wire having a large parasitic capacitance or solder is employed for connecting the first memory and the second memory, thereby enabling high-speed data transfer between the first memory and the second memory.
摘要:
A dummy gate is removed together with an SiO.sub.2 film thereon by lift-off to form a reverse dummy-gate pattern with the SiO.sub.2 film. A photoresist pattern is formed to cover the reverse dummy-gate pattern and an SiN protection film therebetween, and a mesa pattern is formed by mesa etching. The photoresist pattern is etched so that the edge of the photoresist pattern is located between the edge of the mesa pattern and the edge of the reverse dummy-gate pattern and the exposed part of the SiN protection film is etched. The edge of the SiN protection film is thus located inside the edge of the mesa pattern.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a memory capable of improving the strength of a signal read from a memory cell is provided. This method of fabricating a memory comprises steps of forming a storage part and an etched thin-film part by partially etching a storage material film formed on a first electrode film by a prescribed thickness, forming an insulator film to cover at least the thin-film part of the storage material film and patterning the insulator film and the thin-film part of the storage material film by forming an etching mask on a prescribed region of the insulator film and thereafter etching the insulator film and the thin-film part of the storage material film through the etching mask.
摘要:
A dielectric element capable of attaining excellent element characteristics by suppressing an oxide dielectric film from deterioration of characteristics caused by hydrogen is obtained. This dielectric element comprises a lower electrode including a first conductor film containing a metal, silicon and nitrogen, a first insulator film including the oxide dielectric film and an upper electrode including a second conductor film containing the metal, silicon and nitrogen, while the metal includes at least one metal selected from a group consisting of Ir, Pt, Ru, Re, Ni, Co and Mo. According to this structure, the first conductor film and the second conductor film function as barrier films preventing diffusion of hydrogen. Consequently, the first conductor film and the second conductor film suppress hydrogen from diffusing into the oxide dielectric film. Thus, the oxide dielectric film is prevented from deterioration of characteristics.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a memory capable of improving the strength of a signal read from a memory cell is provided. This method of fabricating a memory comprises steps of forming a storage part and an etched thin-film part by partially etching a storage material film formed on a first electrode film by a prescribed thickness, forming an insulator film to cover at least the thin-film part of the storage material film and patterning the insulator film and the thin-film part of the storage material film by forming an etching mask on a prescribed region of the insulator film and thereafter etching the insulator film and the thin-film part of the storage material film through the etching mask.
摘要:
A dielectric element capable of effectively suppressing diffusion of oxygen into a region located under a lower electrode in heat treatment for sintering an oxide-based dielectric film is obtained. This dielectric element comprises a lower electrode including a first conductor film having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen, a first dielectric film, formed on the lower electrode, including an oxide-based dielectric film, and a first insulator film, arranged on a region other than the lower electrode, having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen. Thus, the first conductor film and the first insulator film function as barrier films preventing diffusion of oxygen, whereby the first conductor film effectively prevents oxygen from diffusing downward along grain boundaries of the lower electrode while the first insulator film effectively prevents oxygen from diffusing downward from the region other than the lower electrode in heat treatment for sintering the oxide-based dielectric film.
摘要:
This invention has an objective to provide a field effect transistor semiconductor which has great adhesiveness between a gate metal and an insulating film defining a gate electrode end and to improve production yield thereof. The field effect transistor semiconductor of this invention comprises a source/drain electrode 6 positioned in a predetermined position in a GaAs substrate 1, a channel region provided in the GaAs substrate 1 and between the source/drain electrodes 6, a gate electrode 11 which is in schottky contact with a part of a channel region and is positioned between the source/drain electrodes 6, and an insulating film 7 which electrically insulates a surface of the GaAs substrate and the gate electrode 11 at both side surfaces of the gate electrode 11. The gate electrode 11 covers a part of the insulating film 7 and the surface of the GaAs substrate serving as the channel region, and a bottom metallic layer 8 contained in the gate electrode 11 is covered with a second metallic layer 9 which is highly adhesive to the insulating film 7.
摘要:
This memory comprises a bit line, a first word line and a second word line arranged to intersect with the bit line while holding the bit line therebetween and a first ferroelectric film and a second ferroelectric film, having capacitances different from each other, arranged between the bit line and the first word line and between the bit line and the second word line respectively at least on a region where the bit line and the first and second word lines intersect with each other. The bit line, the first word line and the first ferroelectric film constitute a first ferroelectric capacitor while the bit line, the second word line and the second ferroelectric film constitute a second ferroelectric capacitor, and the first ferroelectric capacitor and the second ferroelectric capacitor constitute a memory cell.