Abstract:
In the circuit arrangement two of the four vertical transistors are complementary to the remaining two transistors. Two of the transistors are respectively arranged at the same level. For this purpose, layer structures (St1, St2, St3, St4) are structured that respectively have at least a channel layer and a source/drain region of one of the transistors. All the layer structures (St1, St2, St3, St4) can be produced from a layer sequence with only four layers. In order to avoid leakage currents due to a parasitic bipolar transistor, the layer structures (St1, St2, St3, St4) can be realized very thinly, using spacer-type masks. Electrical connections between parts of the four transistors can take place via layers of the layer sequence. The contacting to the output voltage terminal can take place via a step that is formed by two layers of the layer sequence.
Abstract:
A read-only-memory cell arrangement comprises memory cells, each having a vertical MOS transistor, in a substrate (21) made of semiconductor material, the various logic values (zero, one) being implemented by gate dielectrics (27, 28) of different thickness. The memory cell arrangement can preferably be produced in a silicon substrate, with a small number of process steps and a high packing density. The memory cell arrangement and a drive circuit for read-out can in this case be produced in an integrated manner.
Abstract:
An electrically programmable memory cell arrangement has a plurality of individual memory cells that respectively has an MOS transistor with a gate dielectric with traps, and which are arranged in rows that run in parallel. Adjacent rows thereby respectively run in alternating fashion on the bottom of the longitudinal trenches (5) and between adjacent longitudinal trenches (5) and are insulated against one another. The memory cell arrangement can be manufactured by means of self-adjusting process steps with a surface requirement per memory cell of 2 F.sup.2 (F: minimum structural size).
Abstract:
In its gate region (10), a silicon MOS technology component has a surface structure (6) having edges and/or vertices at which inversion regions, suitable as quantum wires or quantum dots, are preferentially formed when a gate voltage is applied. The surface structure is preferably formed as a silicon pyramid (6) by local molecular beam epitaxy.
Abstract:
For each storage cell, the DRAM cell arrangement has a vertical MOS transistor, the first source/drain region of which is connected to a memory node of a storage capacitor, the channel region of which is annularly enclosed by a gate electrode and the second source/drain region of which is connected to a buried bit line. The DRAM cell arrangement can be produced with a storage-cell area of 4F.sup.2 by using only two masks, F being the minimum producible structure size in the respective technology.
Abstract:
The DRAM cell arrangement has one vertical MOS transistor per memory cell, whose first source/drain region adjoins a trenched bitline (5), whose gate electrode (13) is connected with a trenched wordline and whose second source/drain region (3) adjoins a substrate main surface (1). A capacitor dielectric (16), which is in particular a ferroelectric or paraelectric layer, is arranged on at least the second source/drain region and a capacitor plate (17) is arranged on the dielectric, so that the second source/drain region (3) acts additionally as a memory node. The DRAM cell arrangement can be manufactured with a memory cell surface of 4 F.sup.2.
Abstract:
An insulating layer is grown on a principal face of a substrate that comprises a source terminal region. A first opening wherein the surface of the source terminal region is partially uncovered is provided in the insulating layer. A vertical layer sequence that comprises at least a channel region and a drain region for the MOS transistor is produced in the first opening by epitaxial growth of semiconductor material within situ doping. A second opening that is at least of a depth corresponding to the sum of the thicknesses of drain region and channel region is produced in the layer structure, a gate dielectric is applied on the surface thereof and a gate-electrode is applied on said gate dielectric.
Abstract:
To make a contact between a capacitor electrode (13) disposed in a trench (11) and an MOS transistor source/drain region disposed outside the trench, a shallow etching is carried out in a self-aligned manner with respect to a field-oxide region insulating the MOS transistor by producing the trench (11) in a substrate (1). After forming an Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 spacer (10) at the edge (8), laid bare during the etching, of the substrate (1) the part laid bare of the field-oxide region (2) is first removed with the aid of a mask and the trench (11) is completed in a further etching. The contact is produced after the formation of an SiO.sub.2 layer (12) at the surface of the trench (11) after removing the Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 spacer (10) and producing the capacitor electrode (13) at the edge (8), laid bare by removing the Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 spacer (10), of the substrate (1).
Abstract:
A large scale integrable memory cell including a field effect transistor lying at a bit line and further including a storage capacitor which is formed by the wall of a trench and a cooperating electrode. The active region of the storage cell which lies outside the trench is fashioned in the form of a strip. The end face forms one part of the trench edge and the remaining portion of the trench edge is surrounded by a field oxide region.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit including an array of memory cells and method. In one embodiment, each memory cell includes a resistively switching memory element and a selection diode for selecting one cell from the plurality of memory cells. The memory element is coupled with its top to a first selection line and with its bottom side to the selection diode, the diode further being coupled to the bottom side of a second selection line.