摘要:
A nonvolatile memory element according to the present invention includes a first metal line; a plug formed on the first metal line and connected to the first metal line; a stacked structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance layer, the stacked structure being formed on a plug which is connected to the first electrode; a second metal line formed on the stacked structure and directly connected to the second electrode; and a side wall protective layer which covers the side wall of the stacked structure and has an insulating property and an oxygen barrier property, wherein part of a lower surface of the second metal line is located under an upper surface of the stacked structure.
摘要:
A variable resistance non-volatile storage device includes: a first line which includes a barrier metal layer and a main layer, and fills an inside of a line trench formed in a first interlayer insulating layer; a first electrode covering a top surface of the first line and comprising a precious metal; memory cell holes formed in a second interlayer insulating layer; a variable resistance layer formed in the memory cell holes and connected to the first electrode; and second lines covering the variable resistance layer and the memory cell holes, wherein in an area near the memory cell holes, the main layer is covered with the barrier metal layer and the first electrode in an arbitrary widthwise cross section of the first line.
摘要:
Each of the step of forming a first variable resistance layer (18a) and the step of forming a second variable resistance layer (18b) includes performing a cycle once or plural times, the cycle consisting of a first step of introducing a source gas composed of molecules containing atoms of a transition metal; a second step of removing the source gas after the first step; a third step of introducing a reactive gas to form a transition metal oxide after the second step; and a fourth step of removing the reactive gas after the third step. The step of forming the first variable resistance layer (18a) is performed in a state in which the substrate is kept at a temperature at which a self-decomposition reaction of the source gas does not occur. One or plural of conditions used for forming the second variable resistance layer (18b) is/are made different from the one or plural conditions used for forming the first variable resistance layer (18a), the conditions being the temperature of the substrate, an amount of the introduced source gas and an amount of the introduced reactive gas.
摘要:
Provided are a nonvolatile memory device which can suppress non-uniformity in initial breakdown voltages among nonvolatile memory elements and prevent reduction of yield, and a manufacturing method thereof. The nonvolatile memory device includes a nonvolatile memory element (108) having a stacked-layer structure in which a resistance variable layer (106) is parallel to a main surface of a substrate (117) and is planarized, and a plug (103) electrically connected to either a first electrode (105) or a second electrode (107), and an area of an end surface of a plug (103) at which the plug (103) and the nonvolatile memory element (108) are connected together, the end surface being parallel to the main surface of the substrate (117), is greater than a cross-sectional area of a cross-section of a first transition metal oxide layer (115) which is an electrically-conductive region, the cross-section being parallel to the main surface of the substrate (117).
摘要:
A semiconductor device according to this invention includes: a first insulating layer (11); a first body section (13) including an island-shaped semiconductor formed on the first insulating layer; a second body section (14) including an island-shaped semiconductor formed on the first insulating layer; a ridge-shaped connecting section (15) formed on the first insulating layer to interconnect the first body section and the second body section; a channel region (15a) formed by at least a part of the connecting section in lengthwise direction of the connecting section; a gate electrode (18) formed to cover a periphery of the channel region, with a second insulating layer intervening therebetween; a source region formed to extend over the first body section and a portion of the connecting section between the first body section and the channel region; and a drain region formed to extend over the second body section and a portion of the connecting section between the second body section and the channel region, wherein a semiconductor forming the channel region has a lattice strain.
摘要:
A semiconductor device according to the present invention, which comprises a MISFET, has a semiconductor layer (3) having a recessed portion (101) formed in the surface thereof, the recessed portion (101) having an opening the outer circumference of which is closed, a gate insulating film (13) formed so as to cover at least the inner face of the recessed portion (3), a gate electrode (14) filling the recessed portion (101) such that the gate insulating film (13) is interposed between the gate electrode (14) and the inner face of the recessed portion (101), and a pair of source/drains (102), located on both sides of the gate electrode (14) when viewed in plan and formed to a predetermined depth from the surface of the semiconductor layer (3).
摘要:
A semiconductor device of this invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate; a pair of source and drain electrodes respectively formed in regions of the semiconductor substrate situated on opposite sides of the gate electrode in a plan view; and a germanium-containing channel layer situated below the gate electrode to sandwich an gate insulator therebetween and intervening between the pair of source and drain electrodes, wherein a silicide layer forming at least a part of the source and drain electrodes has a lower germanium concentration than the channel layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication method according to this invention includes: a step of forming a pair of first device forming regions and a pair of second device forming regions in a surface layer portion of a semiconductor substrate by surrounding each of the regions by device isolation; a step of forming a first oxide film covering the surface of the semiconductor substrate after the preceding step; a step of removing an intended portion of the first oxide film to expose the pair of second device forming regions; a step of forming a pair of heterojunction structures, by selective epitaxial growth, on the pair of second device forming regions thus exposed; a step of forming a second oxide film covering the surface of the substrate after the preceding step; and a step of forming a pair of gate electrodes above each of the pair of first device forming regions and the pair of second device forming regions, whereby a normal complementary MOS transistor and a heterojunction complementary MOS transistor are eventually formed in the pair of first device forming regions and the pair of second device forming regions, respectively.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication method according to this invention includes: a step of forming a pair of first device forming regions and a pair of second device forming regions in a surface layer portion of a semiconductor substrate by surrounding each of the regions by device isolation; a step of forming a first oxide film covering the surface of the semiconductor substrate after the preceding step; a step of removing an intended portion of the first oxide film to expose the pair of second device forming regions; a step of forming a pair of heterojunction structures, by selective epitaxial growth, on the pair of second device forming regions thus exposed; a step of forming a second oxide film covering the surface of the substrate after the preceding step; and a step of forming a pair of gate electrodes above each of the pair of first device forming regions and the pair of second device forming regions, whereby a normal complementary MOS transistor and a heterojunction complementary MOS transistor are eventually formed in the pair of first device forming regions and the pair of second device forming regions, respectively.
摘要:
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same according to this invention are such that: a gate insulator is formed over a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode is formed on the gate insulator; source and drain regions respectively formed in portions of the predetermined region that are situated on both sides of the gate electrode in plan view; a body region formed by a region of the predetermined region exclusive of the source and drain regions; and a contact electrically interconnecting the gate electrode and the body region, wherein a portion of the contact which is connected to the gate electrode is formed to intersect the gate electrode in plan view.