Abstract:
Semiconductor devices including an elevated or raised doped crystalline structure extending from a device layer are described. In embodiments, III-N transistors include raised crystalline n+ doped source/drain structures on either side of a gate stack. In embodiments, an amorphous material is employed to limit growth of polycrystalline source/drain material, allowing a high quality source/drain doped crystal to grow from an undamaged region and laterally expand to form a low resistance interface with a two-degree electron gas (2DEG) formed within the device layer. In some embodiments, regions of damaged GaN that may spawn competitive polycrystalline overgrowths are covered with the amorphous material prior to commencing raised source/drain growth.
Abstract:
Crystalline heterostructures including an elevated crystalline structure extending from one or more trenches in a trench layer disposed over a crystalline substrate are described. In some embodiments, an interfacial layer is disposed over a silicon substrate surface. The interfacial layer facilitates growth of the elevated structure from a bottom of the trench at growth temperatures that may otherwise degrade the substrate surface and induce more defects in the elevated structure. The trench layer may be disposed over the interfacial layer with a trench bottom exposing a portion of the interfacial layer. Arbitrarily large merged crystal structures having low defect density surfaces may be overgrown from the trenches. Devices, such as III-N transistors, may be further formed on the raised crystalline structures while silicon-based devices (e.g., transistors) may be formed in other regions of the silicon substrate.
Abstract:
Transistors suitable for high voltage and high frequency operation. A nanowire is disposed vertically or horizontally on a substrate. A longitudinal length of the nanowire is defined into a channel region of a first semiconductor material, a source region electrically coupled with a first end of the channel region, a drain region electrically coupled with a second end of the channel region, and an extrinsic drain region disposed between the channel region and drain region. The extrinsic drain region has a wider bandgap than that of the first semiconductor. A gate stack including a gate conductor and a gate insulator coaxially wraps completely around the channel region, drain and source contacts similarly coaxially wrap completely around the drain and source regions.
Abstract:
III-N high voltage MOS capacitors and System on Chip (SoC) solutions integrating at least one III-N MOS capacitor capable of high breakdown voltages (BV) to implement high voltage and/or high power circuits. Breakdown voltages over 4V may be achieved avoiding any need to series couple capacitors in an RFIC and/or PMIC. In embodiments, depletion mode III-N capacitors including a GaN layer in which a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is formed at threshold voltages below 0V are monolithically integrated with group IV transistor architectures, such as planar and non-planar silicon CMOS transistor technologies. In embodiments, silicon substrates are etched to provide a (111) epitaxial growth surface over which a GaN layer and III-N barrier layer are formed. In embodiments, a high-K dielectric layer is deposited, and capacitor terminal contacts are made to the 2DEG and over the dielectric layer.
Abstract:
A flexible electronic computing device is described. In one embodiment, a flexible display is formed on a flexible substrate. A plurality of electronic components are attached to the flexible substrate. A plurality of conductive signal lines are formed on the flexible substrate, the signal lines electrically coupling the electronic components to the flexible display.
Abstract:
An insulating layer is conformally deposited on a plurality of mesa structures in a trench on a substrate. The insulating layer fills a space outside the mesa structures. A nucleation layer is deposited on the mesa structures. A III-V material layer is deposited on the nucleation layer. The III-V material layer is laterally grown over the insulating layer.
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, systems, and/or techniques for fabricating semiconductor packages that include DRAM using wide band gap materials, such as SiC or GaN to reduce transistor leakage. In addition, transistors may be fabricated adding one or more extra layers between a source and a drain of a transistor and the contact of the source of the drain to increase the effective electrical gate length of the transistor to further reduce leakage. In addition, for these transistors, a thickness of the body below the gate may be made narrow to improve gate control. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, systems, and/or techniques for fabricating semiconductor packages that use high voltage transistors within a SiC layer that are coupled with one or more transistors in one or more other layers in a cascode format in order to switch the high voltage transistors in the SiC layer using low voltages. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, systems, and/or techniques for using layer transfer techniques to bond a silicon layer with a GaN layer, where the silicon layer includes a first portion of a device, for example a transistor, and the GaN layer includes a second portion of the device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, systems, and/or techniques for semiconductor packages that use devices within an SiC layer coupled with devices within a GaN layer proximate to the SiC to convert a high voltage source to the package, e.g. greater than 1 kV, to 1-1.8 V used by components within the package. The devices may be transistors. The voltage conversion will allow increased power to be supplied to the package. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.