摘要:
A vertical field effect transistor includes: an active region with a bundle of linear structures functioning as a channel region; a lower electrode, functioning as one of source and drain regions; an upper electrode, functioning as the other of the source and drain regions; a gate electrode for controlling the electric conductivity of at least a portion of the bundle of linear structures included in the active region; and a gate insulating film arranged between the active region and the gate electrode to electrically isolate the gate electrode from the bundle of linear structures. The transistor further includes a dielectric portion between the upper and lower electrodes. The upper electrode is located over the lower electrode with the dielectric portion interposed and includes an overhanging portion sticking out laterally from over the dielectric portion. The active region is located right under the overhanging portion of the upper electrode.
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 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 region of an Si layer 15 located between source and drain regions 19 and 20 is an Si body region 21 which contains an n-type impurity of high concentration. An Si layer 16 and an SiGe layer 17 are, in an as grown state, undoped layers into which no n-type impurity is doped. Regions of the Si layer 16 and the SiGe layer 17 located between the source and drain regions 19 and 20 are an Si buffer region 22 and an SiGe channel region 23, respectively, which contain the n-type impurity of low concentration. A region of an Si film 18 located directly under a gate insulating film 12 is an Si cap region 24 into which a p-type impurity (5×1017 atoms·cm−3) is doped. Accordingly, a semiconductor device in which an increase in threshold voltage is suppressed can be achieved.
摘要:
The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor layer (3); a gate electrode (11) formed on the semiconductor layer (3) via a gate insulation film (10); and a first insulation film (13) formed at one or more of sidewalls of the semiconductor layer (3), the gate insulation film (10) and the gate electrode (11); wherein the first insulation film (13) overlies a part of the gate insulation film (10) surface. According to the semiconductor device, leakage current at the isolation edge can be suppressed and thus reliability can be improved.
摘要:
A silicon oxide film 102, a Pt film 103x, a Ti film 104x and a PZT film 105x are deposited in this order over a Si substrate 101. The Si substrate 101 is placed in a chamber 106 so that the PZT film 105x is irradiated with an EHF wave 108. The irradiation with the EHF wave locally heats a dielectric film such as the PZT film. As a result, it is possible to improve, for example, the leakage property of the dielectric film without adversely affecting a device formed on the Si substrate 101.
摘要:
A method for measuring semiconductor constituent element content utilizes the steps of: obtaining a film thickness of an SiGeC layer formed on a semiconductor substrate by evaluation using spectroscopic ellipsometry; measuring infrared absorption spectrum of the SiGeC layer; and obtaining a C content of the SiGeC layer based on the film thickness and the infrared absorption spectrum of the SiGeC layer. The method: obtaining an apparent Ge content of the SiGeC layer by evaluation using spectroscopic ellipsometry; and obtaining an actual Ge content of the SiGeC layer based on the apparent Ge content and the C content. The constituent element content of the SiGeC layer can be easily and accurately measured according to the above-mentioned method.
摘要:
A heterojunction bipolar transistor is fabricated by stacking a Si collector layer, a SiGeC base layer and a Si emitter layer in this order. By making the amount of a lattice strain in the SiGeC base layer on the Si collector layer 1.0% or less, the band gap can be narrower than the band gap of the conventional practical SiGe (the Ge content is about 10%), and good crystalline can be maintained after a heat treatment. As a result, a narrow band gap base with no practical inconvenience can be realized.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises an Si substrate, an isolation insulating film formed on the Si substrate, an Si layer formed on the Si substrate, a gate oxide film formed on the Si layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate oxide film, a sidewall formed on the side face of the gate electrode, a gate silicide film formed on the gate electrode, source and drain regions formed at both the sides of the gate electrode and including a part of the Si layer, and a silicide film formed on the source and drain regions. Because the source and drain regions are formed on a layer-insulating film so as to be overlayed, it is possible to decrease the active region and cell area of a device. Thereby, a high-speed operation and high integration can be realized.
摘要:
A variable capacitor includes an N+ layer including a variable capacitance region, a P+ layer epitaxially grown on the N+ layer and formed from a SiGe film and a Si film, and a P-type electrode. An NPN-HBT (Hetero-junction Bipolar Transistor) includes a collector diffusion layer formed simultaneously with the N+ layer of the variable capacitor, a collector layer, and a Si/SiGe layer epitaxially grown simultaneously with the P+ layer of the variable capacitor. Since a depletion layer formed in a PN junction of the variable capacitor can extend entirely across the N+ layer, reduction in variation range of the capacitance can be suppressed.