摘要:
In a first aspect, a first method of manufacturing a high-voltage transistor is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) providing a substrate including a bulk silicon layer that is below an insulator layer that is below a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) layer; and (2) forming one or more portions of a transistor node including a diffusion region of the transistor in the SOI layer. A portion of the transistor node is adapted to reduce a voltage greater than about 5 V within the transistor to a voltage less than about 3 V. Numerous other aspects are provided.
摘要:
An E-fuse and a method for fabricating an E-fuse are provided integrating polysilicon resistor masks. The E-fuse includes a polysilicon layer defining a fuse shape including a cathode, an anode, and a fuse neck connected between the cathode and the anode silicide formation. A silicide formation is formed on the polysilicon layer with an unsilicided portion extending over a portion of the cathode adjacent the fuse neck. The unsilicided portion substantially prevents current flow in the silicide formation region of the cathode, with electromigration occurring in the fuse neck during fuse programming. The unsilicided portion has a substantially lower series resistance than the series resistance of the fuse neck.
摘要:
Electrically programmable fuse structures and methods of fabrication thereof are presented, wherein a fuse includes first and second terminal portions interconnected by an elongate fuse element. The first terminal portion has a maximum width greater than a maximum width of the fuse element, and the fuse includes a narrowed width region where the first terminal portion and fuse element interface. The narrowed width region extends at least partially into and includes part of the first terminal portion. The width of the first terminal portion in the narrowed region is less than the maximum width of the first terminal portion to enhance current crowding therein. In another implementation, the fuse element includes a restricted width region wherein width of the fuse element is less than the maximum width thereof to enhance current crowding therein, and length of the restricted width region is less than a total length of the fuse element.
摘要:
Semiconductor methods and device structures for suppressing latch-up in bulk CMOS devices. The method comprises forming a trench in the semiconductor material of the substrate with first sidewalls disposed between a pair of doped wells, also defined in the semiconductor material of the substrate. The method further comprises forming an etch mask in the trench to partially mask the base of the trench, followed by removing the semiconductor material of the substrate exposed across the partially masked base to define narrowed second sidewalls that deepen the trench. The deepened trench is filled with a dielectric material to define a trench isolation region for devices built in the doped wells. The dielectric material filling the deepened extension of the trench enhances latch-up suppression.
摘要:
In a first aspect, a first method of adjusting capacitance of a semiconductor device is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) providing a transistor including a dielectric material having a dielectric constant of about 3.9 to about 25, wherein the transistor is adapted to operate in a first mode to provide a capacitance and further adapted to operate in a second mode to change a threshold voltage of the transistor from an original threshold voltage to a changed threshold voltage such that the changed threshold voltage affects a capacitance provided by the transistor when operated in the first mode; and (2) employing the transistor in a circuit. Numerous other aspects are provided.
摘要:
A method for fabricating and back-end-of-line (BEOL) metalization structures includes simultaneous high-k and low-k dielectric regions. An interconnect structure includes a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer and a second ILD layer with the first ILD layer underlying the second ILD layer. A plurality of columnar air gaps is formed in the first ILD. The columnar air gap structure is created using a two-phase photoresist material for providing different etching selectivity during subsequent processing.
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Structure and method are provided for forming a bipolar transistor. As disclosed, an intrinsic base layer is provided overlying a collector layer. A low-capacitance region is disposed laterally adjacent the collector layer. The low-capacitance region includes at least one of a dielectric region and a void disposed in an undercut underlying the intrinsic base layer. An emitter layer overlies the intrinsic base layer, and a raised extrinsic base layer overlies the intrinsic base layer.
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Methods of forming a semiconductor structure having FinFET's and planar devices, such as MOSFET's, on a common substrate by a damascene approach. A semiconductor fin of the FinFET is formed on a substrate with damascene processing in which the fin growth may be interrupted to implant ions that are subsequently transformed into a region that electrically isolates the fin from the substrate. The isolation region is self-aligned with the fin because the mask used to form the damascene-body fin also serves as an implantation mask for the implanted ions. The fin may be supported by the patterned layer during processing that forms the FinFET and, more specifically, the gate of the FinFET. The electrical isolation surrounding the FinFET may also be supplied by a self-aligned process that recesses the substrate about the FinFET and at least partially fills the recess with a dielectric material.
摘要:
Methods of forming semiconductor structures characterized by a thin active silicon layer on an insulating substrate by a crystal imprinting or damascene approach. The methods include patterning an insulating layer to define a plurality of apertures, filling the apertures in the patterned insulating layer with amorphous silicon to define a plurality of amorphous silicon features, and re-growing the amorphous silicon features to define a thin active silicon layer consisting of regrown silicon features. The amorphous silicon features may be regrown such that a number have a first crystal orientation and another number have a different second crystal orientation.
摘要:
Enhanced silicon-on-insulator transistors and methods are provided for implementing enhanced silicon-on-insulator transistors. The enhanced silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors include a thin buried oxide (BOX) layer under a device channel and a thick self-aligned buried oxide (BOX) region under SOI source/drain diffusions. A selective epitaxial growth is utilized in the source/drain regions to implement appropriate strain to enhance both PFET and NFET devices simultaneously.