Abstract:
An LDMOS is formed with a second gate stack over n− drift region, having a common gate electrode with the gate stack, and having a higher work function than the gate stack. Embodiments include a device including a substrate; a first well and a second well in the substrate, the first well being doped with a first conductivity type dopant, the second well being doped with a second conductivity type dopant, and the second well surrounding the first well; a source in the first well and a drain in the second well; a doped region of the first conductivity type dopant in the first well, the doped region functioning as a body contact to the first well; a first gate stack on a portion of the first well; a second gate stack on a portion of the second well, the first and second gate stacks having a common gate electrode.
Abstract:
A split gate memory cell is fabricated with a dielectric spacer comprising a high-k material between the word gate and the memory gate stack. Embodiments include memory cells with a dielectric spacer comprising low-k and high-k layers. Other embodiments include memory cells with an air gap between the word gate and the memory gate stack.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional one-transistor non-volatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a primary fin disposed on a substrate along a first direction, first and second secondary fins disposed on the substrate along a second direction, and a first gate of a first memory cell disposed on the substrate in a gate region thereof. The first gate includes a program gate, a floating gate and a control gate.
Abstract:
Devices and methods for forming a device are presented. The device includes a substrate and a fin type transistor disposed on the substrate. The transistor includes a fin structure which serves as a body of the transistor. The fin structure includes first and second end regions and an intermediate region in between the first and second end regions. A source region is disposed on the first end region, a drain region disposed in the second end region and a gate disposed on the intermediate region of the fin structure. The device includes a channel region disposed adjacent to the source region and a gate dielectric of the gate. A source tunneling junction is aligned to the gate with a controlled channel thickness TCH.
Abstract:
CMOS devices are fabricated with a channel layer having minimized dopant fluctuation and diffusion. Embodiments include forming a dummy gate, on a substrate, between a pair of spacers, forming, in the substrate, a source and drain separated by a ground plane layer, removing the dummy gate from the substrate, forming a cavity between the pair of spacers, forming, after removal of the dummy gate, a channel layer on the substrate, forming a high-k layer on the channel layer and on side surfaces of the cavity, and forming a replacement gate in the cavity.
Abstract:
A memory cell is disclosed. The memory cell includes a vertical base disposed on a substrate. The vertical base includes first and second channels between top and bottom terminals. The memory cell also includes a first gate surrounding the first channel and a second gate surrounding the second channel. The first and second gates form a gate-all-around transistor of the memory cell.
Abstract:
A photodiode device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a diode structure on a first side of the substrate and a conductive layer on a second side of the substrate, and DTI structures isolating adjacent pixels from one another, the DTI structures including a conductive material that electrically couples the conductive layer on the second side of the substrate and a metal line on the first side of the substrate. The conductive material in the DTI structures is part of an electrode circuit for the pixels.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a structure which includes a semiconductor substrate, a recessed shallow trench isolation structure within the semiconductor substrate, and a gate structure provided at least partially over the recessed shallow isolation structure.
Abstract:
According to various embodiments, there is provided a sensor device that includes: a substrate and two semiconductor structures. Each semiconductor structure includes a source region and a drain region at least partially disposed within the substrate, a channel region between the source region and the drain region, and a gate region. A first semiconductor structure of the two semiconductor structures further includes a sensing element electrically connected to the first gate structure. The sensing element is configured to receive a solution. The drain regions of the two semiconductor structures are electrically coupled. The source regions of the two semiconductor structures are also electrically coupled. A mobility of charge carriers of the channel region of a second semiconductor structure of the two semiconductor structures is lower than a mobility of charge carriers of the channel region of the first semiconductor structure.
Abstract:
A memory structure may be provided, including a substrate, and a first well region, a second well region, and a third well region arranged within the substrate, where the first well region and the third well region may have a first conductivity type, and the second well region may have a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and where the second well region may be arranged laterally between the first well region and the third well region. The memory structure may further include a first gate structure and a second gate structure arranged over the second well region. The first gate structure may extend over the third well region and the second gate structure may extend over the first well region.