Abstract:
A semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an integrated circuit including the semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate section, a resistor formed on the substrate section, a metal pattern formed on the resistor, an oxide pattern formed on the metal pattern, and a protective film covering the resistor, the metal pattern and the oxide pattern. With this structure, the metal pattern sufficiently prevents formation of an oxide film on a surface of the resistor even when dry ashing or dry etching is performed in the manufacturing process.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device which has few peripheral element malfunctions and superior performance is obtained. The semiconductor device includes a p-type buried layer on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, an n-type cathode region provided on the p-type buried layer, and a p-type anode region in contact with the side surface of the n-type cathode region, the p-type buried layer being higher than the p-type anode region in acceptor content, and the p-type buried layer being in contact with the bottom surfaces of the anode and cathode regions.
Abstract:
An EEPROM cell is formed in an IC chip by using only three masking steps in addition to those required for the basic CMOS transistors in the chip. A first mask layer is used to define source/drain regions of select and memory transistors within the EEPROM cell; a second mask layer is used to define a tunneling region of the memory transistor;and a third mask layer is used to define a floating gate of the memory transistor and a gate of the select transistor. A control gate of the memory transistor is formed using the same mask that is used to define the gates of the CMOS transistors. The third and fourth mask layers may also be used to form the lower and upper electrodes, respectively, of a capacitor.
Abstract:
Video signal processing apparatus which amplifies the composite video signal from the video detector of a television receiver and charges a capacitance to the peak voltage of the synchronizing pulses. The composite video signal is compared with the voltage stored in the capacitance by a comparator and an output pulse is produced when the voltage of the composite video signal is high enough to indicate the presence of a synchronizing pulse. The composite video signal is also compared with the stored voltage by a second comparator, and a noise-cancelling signal which prevents noise from affecting the voltage stored on the capacitance of the first comparator is generated when the voltage of the composite video signal is high enough to indicate the presence of noise.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a reduced free-charge carrier lifetime semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of transistor gate structures in trenches arranged in a semiconductor substrate, forming a body region between adjacent ones of the transistor gate structures and forming an end-of-range irradiation region between adjacent ones of the transistor gate structures, the end-of-range irradiation region having a plurality of vacancies.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device including a multiplicity of large current power elements with each power element divided into a multiplicity of divisional elements and arranged such that the power elements belonging to different power elements are arranged in a repetitive sequential order. The IC chip of the semiconductor device is formed to have output wires extending from the respective divisional elements connected to corresponding output pads without crossing other output wires. Arranged on the IC chip are output bumps in association with the respective output pads. A rewiring layer is provided having output coupling wires for connecting together the bumps that belong to the same power element and connecting them further to an external output electrode.
Abstract:
A semiconductor physical quantity sensor includes (i) a semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type, (ii) a diaphragm portion disposed in the semiconductor substrate, (iii) a sensing portion disposed in the diaphragm portion, (iv) a well layer having a second conductive type, and (v) a back flow prevention element. The well layer is disposed in a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate, and corresponds to the diaphragm portion. The back flow prevention element is provided by a MOSFET, a JFET, a MESFET, or a HEMT. The back flow prevention element includes two second conductive diffused portions and a gate electrode. The back flow prevention element is arranged on a first electrical wiring, which provides a passage for applying a predetermined voltage to the well layer from an external circuit. The back flow prevention element turns on based on a voltage applied to the gate electrode.
Abstract:
An integrated device including a vertical III-nitride FET and a Schottky diode includes a drain comprising a first III-nitride material, a drift region comprising a second III-nitride material coupled to the drain and disposed adjacent to the drain along a vertical direction, and a channel region comprising a third III-nitride material coupled to the drift region. The integrated device also includes a gate region at least partially surrounding the channel region, a source coupled to the channel region, and a Schottky contact coupled to the drift region. The channel region is disposed between the drain and the source along the vertical direction such that current flow during operation of the vertical III-nitride FET and the Schottky diode is along the vertical direction.
Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a substrate, a multi-gate transistor device formed on the substrate, and an n-well resistor formed in the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of first isolation structures and at least a second isolation structure formed therein. A depth of the first isolation structures is smaller than a depth of the second isolation structure. The multi-gate transistor device includes a plurality of fin structures, and the fin structures are parallel with each other and spaced apart from each other by the first isolation structures. The n-well resistor includes at least one first isolation structure. The n-well resistor and the multi-gate transistor device are electrically isolated from each other by the second isolation structure.