Abstract:
The present invention provides a voltage controlled oscillator comprising an thin film BAW resonator and a variable capacitor element. The thin film BAW resonator includes an anchor section formed on a Si substrate, a lower electrode supported on the anchor section and positioned to face the Si substrate, a first piezoelectric film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the first piezoelectric film. On the other hand, the variable capacitor element includes a stationary electrode formed on a Si substrate, an anchor section formed on the Si substrate, a first electrode supported on the anchor section and positioned to face the Si substrate, a second piezoelectric film formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the second piezoelectric film.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a voltage controlled oscillator comprising an thin film BAW resonator and a variable capacitor element. The thin film BAW resonator includes an anchor section formed on a Si substrate, a lower electrode supported on the anchor section and positioned to face the Si substrate, a first piezoelectric film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the first piezoelectric film. On the other hand, the variable capacitor element includes a stationary electrode formed on a Si substrate, an anchor section formed on the Si substrate, a first electrode supported on the anchor section and positioned to face the Si substrate, a second piezoelectric film formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the second piezoelectric film.
Abstract:
A micro-mechanical device includes a first piezoelectric actuator including a piezoelectric film, and lower and upper electrodes interleaving the piezoelectric film, and extending from a first fixing part on a substrate to a first operating end, and a second piezoelectric actuator connected to the first piezoelectric actuator via a connecting part at the first operating end of the first piezoelectric actuator, and extending from the connecting part to a second operating end, the second piezoelectric actuator being shorter than the first piezoelectric actuator.
Abstract:
A tunable filter has a plurality of variable capacitors and a plurality of inductor elements, each being formed on a common substrate, a filter circuit formed by using at least a portion of the plurality of variable capacitors and a portion of the plurality of inductor elements, a monitor circuit formed by using at least a portion of the plurality of variable capacitors and a portion of the plurality of inductor elements, a detecting circuit which detects a prescribed circuit constant of the monitor circuit, a storage which stores information relating to a reference circuit constant of the monitor circuit, and a capacitance control circuit which controls capacitance of the variable capacitors in the monitor circuit and capacitance of the variable capacitors in the filter circuit, based on a result detected by the detecting circuit and information stored in the storage.
Abstract:
A ferroelectric memory device has a lower insulating film (first insulating film) formed on a semiconductor substrate. A ferroelectric capacitor structure is formed on the lower insulating film. The ferroelectric capacitor structure is created by layering in order a lower electrode, ferroelectric layer and upper electrode. The ferroelectric memory device also has an upper insulating film (fifth insulating film) which covers the ferroelectric capacitor structure. A wiring layer is formed over the upper insulating film. An aluminum oxide film of thickness 5 to 50 nm is formed so as to cover the wiring layer and upper insulating film.
Abstract:
In a wiring structure of a semiconductor device, dielectric tolerance of the wiring is improved by preventing diffusion of the wiring material. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device includes a first insulating film having plural grooves, plural wiring films formed protrusively above tops of the first insulating film among the grooves, plural barrier films formed on bottoms of the wiring films and up to a higher position than the tops on sides of the wiring films, first cap films comprising metal films formed on tops of the wiring films, and a second cap film formed on at least respective sides of the first cap films and the barrier films.
Abstract:
In a wiring structure of a semiconductor device, dielectric tolerance of the wiring is improved by preventing diffusion of the wiring material. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device includes a first insulating film having plural grooves, plural wiring films formed protrusively above tops of the first insulating film among the grooves, plural barrier films formed on bottoms of the wiring films and up to a higher position than the tops on sides of the wiring films, first cap films including metal films formed on tops of the wiring films, and a second cap film formed on at least respective sides of the first cap films and the barrier films.
Abstract:
A method of forming buried wiring, includes the steps of forming an insulating layer having a trench on a semiconductor substrate; forming a conductive layer mainly composed of copper on the insulating layer in such a manner that the trench is filled with the conductive layer; removing an oxide layer generated in a surface of the conductive layer by oxidation; forming a cap layer made of a material having less mechanical strength than the oxide layer, on the conductive layer; and removing the cap layer and a part of the conductive layer by chemical mechanical polishing in such a manner that the conductive layer is left in the trench.
Abstract:
A method of forming buried wiring, includes the steps of forming an insulating layer having a trench on a semiconductor substrate; forming a conductive layer mainly composed of copper on the insulating layer in such a manner that the trench is filled with the conductive layer; removing an oxide layer generated in a surface of the conductive layer by oxidation; forming a cap layer made of a material having less mechanical strength than the oxide layer, on the conductive layer; and removing the cap layer and a part of the conductive layer by chemical mechanical polishing in such a manner that the conductive layer is left in the trench.
Abstract:
A voltage controlled oscillator includes a resonator configured to resonate with an initial oscillation frequency during starting period of oscillation and a steady oscillation frequency during a steady state oscillation. The resonator includes a film bulk acoustic resonator having a series resonance frequency higher than the steady oscillation frequency. A negative resistance circuit configured to drive the resonator, has a positive increment for reactance in the steady state oscillation compared with reactance in the starting period.