Efficient voltage conversion
    11.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09755506B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-05

    申请号:US14566944

    申请日:2014-12-11

    IPC分类号: H02M3/155 H02M3/07 G06F1/26

    CPC分类号: H02M3/07 G06F1/26 H02M3/155

    摘要: An apparatus for providing on-chip voltage-regulated power includes a switched capacitor voltage conversion circuit that receives an elevated power demand signal and operates at a base rate when the elevated power demand signal is not active and at an elevated rate when the elevated power demand signal is active. The switched capacitor voltage conversion circuit comprises an auxiliary set of transistors that are disabled, when the elevated power demand signal is not active and enabled, when the elevated power demand signal is active. The apparatus may also include a droop detection circuit that monitors a monitored power signal and activates the elevated power demand signal in response to the monitored power signal dropping below a selected voltage level. The monitored power signal may be a voltage input provided by an input power supply for the switched capacitor voltage conversion circuit. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.

    STACKED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR CONTACTS
    13.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240014135A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17860082

    申请日:2022-07-07

    摘要: A semiconductor device including a first source/drain region (S/D) located on a frontside of a substrate, wherein the first source/drain region has a first width, a second S/D region located on the frontside of the substrate, wherein the second source/drain region is located above the first source drain region, wherein the second source/drain region has second width, wherein the first width is larger than the second width, a first power rail located on a backside of the substrate, a second power rail located on the backside of the substrate, a first connector in contact with the first source/drain region, wherein the first connector is only in contact with a sidewall of the first source/drain region, and a second connector in contact with the second source/drain region, wherein the second connector is in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the second source/drain region.

    STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY USING VERTICAL TRANSPORT FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20230217639A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18183276

    申请日:2023-03-14

    摘要: A memory device includes a first field effect transistor (FET) stack on a first bottom source/drain region, which includes a first vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET) device between a second VTFET device and the first source/drain region, and a second FET stack on a second bottom source/drain region, which includes a third VTFET device between a fourth VTFET device and the bottom source/drain region. The memory device includes a third FET stack on a third bottom source/drain region, which includes a fifth VTFET between a sixth VTFET and the third source/drain region, which is laterally adjacent to the first and second source/drain regions. The memory device includes a first electrical connection interconnecting a gate structure of the third VTFET with a gate structure of the fifth VTFET, and a second electrical connection interconnecting a gate structure of the second VTFET with a gate structure of the sixth VTFET.

    BACKSIDE PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY
    19.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240164089A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18054161

    申请日:2022-11-10

    IPC分类号: H01L27/112

    CPC分类号: H01L27/11206

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processing methods and resulting structures having backside programmable memory cells. In a non-limiting embodiment, a front end of line structure having a plurality of programmable cells is formed such that each programmable cell includes a backside via in direct contact with a device region of the respective cell. A first portion of the backside vias defines one or more placeholder backside vias and a second portion defines one or more programmed backside vias. A back end of line structure (word line) is formed on a first surface of the front end of line structure. A backside structure is formed on a second surface of the front end of line structure opposite the first surface. The backside structure includes a backside metallization layer (bit line) in direct contact with the one or more programmed backside vias.

    BACKSIDE PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY
    20.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240162231A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18054160

    申请日:2022-11-10

    IPC分类号: H01L27/118

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processing methods and resulting structures for integrated circuits having backside programmable gate arrays. In a non-limiting embodiment, a front end of line structure having an array of transistors is formed such that each transistor of the array of transistors includes one or more placeholder backside vias. A first portion of the backside vias defines one or more placeholder backside vias and a second portion of the one or more backside vias defines one or more programmed backside vias. A back end of line structure is formed on a first surface of the front end of line structure. A backside structure is formed on a second surface of the front end of line structure opposite the first surface. The backside structure includes a backside metallization layer in direct contact with the one or more programmed backside vias.