摘要:
An improved process for making a vertical MOSFET structure comprising: A method of forming a semiconductor memory cell array structure comprising: providing a vertical MOSFET DRAM cell structure having a deposited gate conductor layer planarized to a top surface of a trench top oxide on the overlying silicon substrate; forming a recess in the gate conductor layer below the top surface of the silicon substrate; implanting N-type dopant species through the recess at an angle to form doping pockets in the array P-well; depositing an oxide layer into the recess and etching said oxide layer to form spacers on sidewalls of the recess; depositing a gate conductor material into said recess and planarizing said gate conductor to said top surface of the trench top oxide.
摘要:
A method is provided for fabricating a multi-port memory in which a plurality of parallel connected capacitors are in a cell. A plurality of trench capacitors are formed which have capacitor dielectric layers extending along walls of the plurality of trenches, the plurality of trench capacitors having first capacitor plates and second capacitor plates opposite the capacitor dielectric layers from the first capacitor plates. The first capacitor plates are conductively tied together and the second capacitor plates are conductively tied together. In this way, the first capacitor plates are adapted to receive a same variable voltage and the second capacitor plates are adapted to receive a same fixed voltage.
摘要:
A memory cell structure including a semiconductor substrate, a deep (e.g., longitudinal) trench in the semiconductor substrate, the deep trench having a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom, a buried strap along a sidewall of the deep trench, a storage capacitor at the bottom of the deep trench, a vertical transistor extending down the sidewall of the deep trench above the storage capacitor, the transistor having a diffusion extending in the plane of the substrate adjacent the deep trench, a collar oxide extending down another sidewall of the deep trench opposite the capacitor, shallow trench isolation regions extending along a surface of the substrate in a direction transverse to the sidewall where the vertical transistor extends, a gate conductor extending within the deep trench, a wordline extending over the deep trench and connected to the gate conductor, and a bitline extending above the surface plane of the substrate having a contact to the diffusion between the shallow trench isolation regions. The deep trench has a perimeter in a direction normal to its depth, and the buried strap extends a distance along the perimeter, the distance being only within a range of 5% to 20% of the entire linear distance along the perimeter, and being less than one lithographic feature size. Preferably, the strap in a direction along the perimeter is curved and is disposed along only one corner of the perimeter. The structure is particularly useful for a sub-8F2 cell.
摘要:
A memory cell structure including a planar semiconductor substrate. A deep trench is in the semiconductor substrate. The deep trench has a plurality of side walls and a bottom. A storage capacitor is at the bottom of the deep trench. A vertical transistor extends down at least one side wall of the deep trench above the storage capacitor. The transistor has a source diffusion extending in the plane of the substrate adjacent the deep trench. An isolation extends down at least one other sidewall of the deep trench opposite the vertical transistor. Shallow trench isolation regions extend along a surface of the substrate in a direction transverse to the sidewall where the vertical transistor extends. A gate conductor extends within the deep trench. A wordline extends over the deep trench and is connected to the gate conductor. A bitline extends above the surface plane of the substrate and has a contact to the source diffusion between the shallow trench isolation regions.
摘要:
An integrated circuit is provided which includes a memory having multiple ports per memory cell for accessing a data bit within each of a plurality of the memory cells. Such memory includes an array of memory cells in which each memory cell includes a plurality of capacitors connected together as a unitary source of capacitance. A first access transistor is coupled between a first one of the plurality of capacitors and a first bitline and a second access transistor is coupled between a second one of the plurality of capacitors and a second bitline. In each memory cell, a gate of the first access transistor is connected to a first wordline and a gate of the second access transistor is connected to a second wordline.
摘要:
A memory cell containing double-gated vertical metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and isolation regions such as shallow trench isolation, STI, regions that are self-aligned to the wordlines and bitlines of the cell are provided. The inventive memory cell substantially eliminates the backgating problem and floating well effects that are typically present in prior art memory cells. A method of fabricating the inventive memory cell is also provided.
摘要:
A memory cell containing double-gated vertical metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and isolation regions such as shallow trench isolation, STI, regions that are self-aligned to the wordlines and bitlines of the cell are provided. The inventive memory cell substantially eliminates the backgating problem and floating well effects that are typically present in prior art memory cells. A method of fabricating the inventive memory cell is also provided.
摘要:
A DRAM cell storage capacitor is formed above the bottom of a deep trench (DT) below an FET transistor. The DT has upper, central and lower portions with sidewalls. A capacitor plate electrode, surrounding the lower DT portion that is doped with a first dopant type, is separated by an interface from a well region surrounding the upper and central portions of the DT that are doped with an opposite dopant type. A source/drain region formed at the top of the cell is doped with the first dopant type. A node dielectric layer that covers the sidewalls and bottom of the lower and central portions of the DT is filled with a node electrode of the capacitor, doped with the first dopant type, fills the space inside the node dielectric layer in the lower part of the DT. Above a recessed node dielectric layer a strap region space is filled with a buried-strap conductor. An oxide (TTO) layer is formed over the node electrode and the buried-strap in the DT. A peripheral gate oxide layer, which coats sidewalls of the DT above the TTO, defines a space which is filled with the FET gate electrode. An outdiffusion region, doped with the first dopant type, is formed in the well region near the buried-strap. The cell has a first state and an opposite state of operation. A punch-through device, formed in the well between the outdiffusion region and the interface, provides a self-refreshing punchthrough current in the cell between the well and the plate in the first state of cell operation. A reverse bias junction leakage current occurs in the cell between the buried-strap and the P-well to refresh the opposite state of cell operation.
摘要:
A process of forming a hybrid memory cell which is scalable to a minimum feature size, F, of about 60 nm at an operating voltage of Vblh of about 1.5 V and substantially free of floating-well effects is provided.
摘要:
A DRAM memory cell and process sequence for fabricating a dense (20 or 18 square) layout is fabricated with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. Specifically, the present invention provides a dense, high-performance SRAM cell replacement that is compatible with existing SOI CMOS technologies. Various gain cell layouts are known in the art. The present invention improves on the state of the art by providing a dense layout that is fabricated with SOI CMOS. In general terms, the memory cell includes a first transistor provided with a gate, a source, and a drain respectively; a second transistor having a first gate, a second gate, a source, and a drain respectively; and a capacitor having a first terminal, wherein the first terminal of said capacitor and the second gate of said second transistor comprise a single entity.