公开(公告)号：US11335729B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US17074643

申请日：2020-10-20

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chia-Chang Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Hung-Chan Lin ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: G11C11/16 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L43/12 ,  H01L23/544 ,  H01L21/321 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L23/485

Abstract: The disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device including a substrate having a memory cell region and an alignment mark region; a dielectric layer covering the memory cell region and the alignment mark region; conductive vias in the dielectric layer within the memory cell region; an alignment mark trench in the dielectric layer within the alignment mark region; and storage structures disposed on the conductive vias, respectively. Each of the storage structures includes a bottom electrode defined from a bottom electrode metal layer, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure defined from an MTJ layer, and a top electrode. A residual metal stack is left in the alignment mark trench. The residual metal stack includes a portion of the bottom electrode metal layer and a portion of the MTJ layer.

公开(公告)号：US20220149171A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17128168

申请日：2020-12-20

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chih-Wen Huang ,  Shih-An Huang

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L29/66

Abstract: A work function metal gate device includes a gate, a drift region, a source, a drain and a first isolation structure. The gate includes a convex stair-shaped work function metal stack or a concave stair-shaped work function metal stack disposed on a substrate. The drift region is disposed in the substrate below a part of the gate. The source is located in the substrate and the drain is located in the drift region beside the gate. The first isolation structure is disposed in the drift region between the gate and the drain.

公开(公告)号：US20220140139A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17109153

申请日：2020-12-02

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Sheng-Yao Huang ,  Yu-Ruei Chen ,  Zen-Jay Tsai ,  Yu-Hsiang Lin

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/265

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a buried oxide layer formed in the substrate and near a surface of the substrate, a gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate and covering the buried oxide layer, a gate structure formed on the gate dielectric layer and overlapping the buried oxide layer, and a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate and at two sides of the gate structure.

公开(公告)号：US20220139938A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17103872

申请日：2020-11-24

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Tzu-Ping Chen

IPC: H01L27/11524 ,  H01L27/11519 ,  H01L27/11558

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a select transistor and a floating gate transistor on a substrate. The select transistor includes a select gate, a select gate oxide layer and a drain doping region. The floating gate transistor includes a floating gate, a floating gate oxide layer, a source doping region, a first tunnel doping region and a second tunnel doping region under the floating gate, a first tunnel oxide layer on the first tunnel doping region, and a second tunnel oxide layer on the second tunnel doping region. The floating gate oxide layer is disposed between the first tunnel oxide layer and the second tunnel oxide layer. A lightly doped diffusion region surrounds the source doping region and the second tunnel doping region.

公开(公告)号：US20220130964A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17103620

申请日：2020-11-24

Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.

Inventor： Ling-Gang Fang

IPC: H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/423

Abstract: A structure of a semiconductor device, including a substrate, is provided. A first gate insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. A second gate insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. The second gate insulating layer is thicker than the first gate insulating layer and abuts the first gate insulating layer. A gate layer has a first part gate on the first gate insulating layer and a second part gate on the second gate insulating layer. A dielectric layer has a top dielectric layer and a bottom dielectric layer. The top dielectric layer is in contact with the gate layer, and the bottom dielectric layer is in contact with the substrate. A field plate layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and includes a depleted region, and is at least disposed on the bottom dielectric layer. A method for fabricating the semiconductor device is provided too.

公开(公告)号：US20220130903A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17571519

申请日：2022-01-09

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Wen-Jen Wang ,  Chun-Hung Cheng ,  Chuan-Fu Wang

IPC: H01L27/24 ,  H01L45/00

Abstract: An RRAM structure includes a substrate. The substrate is divided into a memory cell region and a logic device region. A metal plug is disposed within the memory cell region. An RRAM is disposed on and contacts the metal plug. The RRAM includes a top electrode, a variable resistive layer, and a bottom electrode. The variable resistive layer is disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The variable resistive layer includes a first bottom surface. The bottom electrode includes a first top surface. The first bottom surface and the first top surface are coplanar. The first bottom surface only overlaps and contacts part of the first top surface.

公开(公告)号：US20220115587A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

申请号：US17090859

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Po-Kai Hsu ,  Ju-Chun Fan ,  Yi-Yu Lin ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Hung-Yueh Chen

IPC: H01L43/08 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L43/02 ,  H01L43/10

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate, around a first metal interconnection. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, around a via and a second metal interconnection. The second metal interconnection directly contacts the first metal interconnection. The third dielectric layer is disposed on the second dielectric layer, around a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure and a third metal interconnection. The third metal interconnection directly contacts the first MTJ structure and the second metal interconnection, and the first MTJ structure directly contacts the via.

公开(公告)号：US20220109058A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17551149

申请日：2021-12-14

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chun-Ming Chang ,  Che-Hung Huang ,  Wen-Jung Liao ,  Chun-Liang Hou ,  Chih-Tung Yeh

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/20

Abstract: A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a first barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a second barrier layer on the first barrier layer; forming a first hard mask on the second barrier layer; removing the first hard mask and the second barrier layer to form a recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer in the recess.

公开(公告)号：US11296036B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16986270

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chih-Kai Kang ,  Sheng-Yuan Hsueh ,  Yi-Chung Sheng ,  Kuo-Yu Liao ,  Shu-Hung Yu ,  Hung-Hsu Lin ,  Hsiang-Hung Peng

IPC: H01L23/544 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/02 ,  G03F9/00 ,  H01L21/8238

Abstract: A mark pattern includes unit cells immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a form of dot matrix to form a register mark or an identification code, wherein each unit cell has configuration identical to functional devices of pMOS and nMOS, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, and first gate structures extending along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first gate structures straddling the first active region and the second active region, contact structures disposed between the first gate structures on the first active region and the second active region, and via structures disposed on the contact structures and two opposite ends of the first gate structures.

公开(公告)号：US20220102629A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17084639

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chih-Wei Kuo

IPC: H01L45/00 ,  H01L27/24

Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure includes a resistance random access memory (RRAM), a first spacer located at two sides of the RRAM, a second spacer located outside the first spacer, wherein the second spacer contains metal material or metal oxide material, and a third spacer located outside the second spacer.