Abstract:
A method for fabricating an integrated device, the method including, overlying a first crystalline layer onto a second crystalline layer to form a combined layer, wherein one of the first and second crystalline layers is an image sensor layer and at least one of the first and second crystalline layers has been transferred by performing an atomic species implantation, and wherein at least one of the first and second crystalline layers includes single crystal transistors.
Abstract:
A method for the design and manufacturing of a 3D semiconductor device including a first circuit stratum and a second circuit stratum, the method including: applying a synthesis tool with at least first and second technology libraries; and performing a synthesis that utilizes the at least first and second technology libraries, where the first and second technology libraries correspond to two different processes, where the first technology library targets the first circuit stratum and the second technology library targets the second circuit stratum, and where the performing a synthesis results in a netlist, the netlist includes first cells of the first technology library and second cells of the second technology library.
Abstract:
A method for formation of a semiconductor device including a first wafer including a first single crystal layer comprising first transistors and first alignment mark, the method including: implanting to form a doped layer within a second wafer; forming a second mono-crystalline layer on top of the first wafer by transferring at least a portion of the doped layer using layer transfer step, and completing the formation of second transistors on the second mono-crystalline layer including a step of forming a gate dielectric followed by second transistors gate formation step, wherein the second transistors are horizontally oriented.
Abstract:
A method to process an Integrated Circuit device including processing a first layer of first transistors, then processing a first metal layer overlaying the first transistors and providing at least one connection to the first transistors, then processing a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer, then processing a second layer of second transistors overlaying the second metal layer, wherein the second metal layer is connected to provide power to at least one of the second transistors.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing semiconductor wafers, the method including: providing a donor wafer including a semiconductor substrate; performing a lithography step and processing the donor wafer; and performing at least two subsequent steps of layer transfer out of the donor wafer, each layer transfer step producing a transferred layer, where each of the transferred layers had been affected by the lithography step, and where each of the transferred layer includes a plurality of transistors with side gates, and where the layer transfer includes an ion-cut, the ion-cut including an ion implant thru the transistors.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer, the method comprising: providing a base wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate; preparing a first monocrystalline layer comprising semiconductor regions; preparing a second monocrystalline layer comprising semiconductor regions overlying the first monocrystalline layer; and etching portions of said first monocrystalline layer and portions of said second monocrystalline layer as part of forming at least one transistor on said first monocrystalline layer.
Abstract:
A system includes a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first single crystal silicon layer comprising first transistors, first alignment marks, and at least one metal layer overlying the first single crystal silicon layer, wherein the at least one metal layer comprises copper or aluminum more than other materials; and a second single crystal silicon layer overlying the at least one metal layer. The second single crystal silicon layer comprises a plurality of second transistors arranged in substantially parallel bands. Each of a plurality of the bands comprises a portion of the second transistors along an axis in a repeating pattern.
Abstract:
A method of performing a holding operation to a semiconductor memory array having rows and columns of memory cells by applying an electrical signal to collector regions of multiplicity of said memory cells in parallel, wherein said collector region of said memory cells in a row of said memory array is connected to a common control line, wherein each of said memory cells comprises a floating body region defining at least a portion of a surface of the memory cell, the floating body region having a first conductivity type; and wherein at least one of said memory cells further comprises another memory cell on top thereof; and wherein said holding operation maintains charges stored in said floating body region of multiplicity of memory cells connected to said common control line.
Abstract:
A device, including: a first layer of first transistors, overlaid by at least one interconnection layer, wherein the interconnection layer includes metals such as copper or aluminum; a second layer including second transistors, the second layer overlaying the interconnection layer, wherein the second layer is less than about 0.4 micron thick; and a connection path connecting the second transistors to the interconnection layer, wherein the connection path includes at least one through-layer via, and the through-layer via includes material whose co-efficient of thermal expansion is within about 50 percent of the second layer coefficient of thermal expansion.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a light-emitting integrated device, comprises overlying three layers, wherein each of the three layers emits light at a different wavelength, and wherein the overlying comprises one of: performing an atomic species implantation, performing a laser lift-off, performing an etch-back, or chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP).