Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region, a tunnel insulating film provided on the semiconductor region, a charge storage insulating film provided on the tunnel insulating film and having a hafnium oxide including a cubic region, a block insulating film provided on the charge storage insulating film, and a control gate electrode provided on the block insulating film.
Abstract:
A semiconductor storage element includes: a source region and a drain region provided in a semiconductor substrate; a tunnel insulating film provided on the semiconductor substrate between the source region and the drain region; a charge storage film provided on the tunnel insulating film; a block insulating film provided on the charge storage film; a gate electrode provided on the block insulating film; and a region containing a gas molecule, the region provided in a neighborhood of an interface between the charge storage film and the block insulating film.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is provided that forms a three-dimensional semiconductor device having semiconductor devices stacked on one another. In this semiconductor device, a hole is formed in a silicon semiconductor substrate that has an integrated circuit unit and an electrode pad formed on a principal surface on the outer side. The hole is formed by etching, with the electrode pad serving as an etching stopper layer. An embedded electrode is formed in the hole. This embedded electrode serves to electrically lead the electrode pad to the principal surface on the bottom side of the silicon semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A memory cell of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a semiconductor region, source/drain areas arranged separately from each other in the semiconductor region, a tunnel insulating film arranged on a channel region between the diffusion areas, a floating gate electrode arranged on the tunnel insulating film, an inter-electrode insulator arranged on the floating gate electrode, and a control gate electrode arranged on the inter-electrode insulator. The inter-electrode insulator includes lanthanoid-based metal Ln, aluminum Al, and oxygen O, and a composition ratio Ln/(Al+Ln) between the lanthanoid-based metal and the aluminum takes a value within the range of 0.33 to 0.39.
Abstract:
In a semiconductor device, the side walls are made of SiO2, SiN or SiON, and the top insulating film or gate insulating film is made of an oxide including Al, Si, and metal element M so that the number ratio Si/M is set to no less than a number ratio Si/M at a solid solubility limit of SiO2 composition in a composite oxide including metal element M and Al and set to no more than a number ratio Si/M at the condition that the dielectric constant is equal to the dielectric constant of Al2O3 and so that the number ratio Al/M is set to no less than a number ratio Al/M where the crystallization of an oxide of said metal element M is suppressed due to the Al element and set to no more than a number ratio Al/M where the crystallization of the Al2O3 is suppressed due to the metal element M.
Abstract translation:在半导体器件中,侧壁由SiO 2,SiN或SiON制成,并且顶部绝缘膜或栅极绝缘膜由包括Al,Si和金属元素M的氧化物制成,使得Si / M的数量比设定 在包含金属元素M和Al的复合氧化物中SiO 2组成的固溶度极限的Si / M的数量比不小于Si / M,在介电常数等于 Al 2 O 3的介电常数和Al / M的数量比被设定为不小于Al / M的数量比,其中所述金属元素M的氧化物的结晶由于Al元素而被抑制,并且设定为不大于 由于金属元素M而抑制了Al 2 O 3的结晶化的数值比Al / M
Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory element includes a semiconductor region, a source region and a drain region provided in the semiconductor region, a tunnel insulating layer provided on the semiconductor region between the source region and the drain region, a charge storage layer provided on the tunnel insulating layer, a block insulating layer provided on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode provided on the block insulating layer. The charge storage layer includes one of an oxide, a nitride and an oxynitride, which contains at least one material selected from the group consisting of Hf, Al, Zr, Ti and a rare-earth metal, and is entirely or partially crystallized. The block insulating layer includes one of an oxide, an oxynitride, a silicate and an aluminate, which contains at least one rare-earth metal.
Abstract:
A complementary semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor region formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor region formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate apart from the first semiconductor region, an n-MIS transistor having a first gate insulating film including La and Al, formed on the first semiconductor region, and a first gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a p-MIS transistor having a second gate insulating film including La and Al, formed on the second semiconductor region, and a second gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, an atomic density ratio Al/La in the second gate insulating film being larger than an atomic density ratio Al/La in the first gate insulating film.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film which is formed on the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate electrode which is formed on the first insulating film and made of a conductive metal oxide, a second insulating film which is formed on the floating gate electrode, has a relative dielectric constant of not less than 7.8, and is made of an insulating metal oxide of a paraelectric material, and a control gate electrode which is formed on the second insulating film and made of one of a metal and a conductive metal oxide.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to an example of the present invention includes a semiconductor region, source/drain areas arranged separately in the semiconductor region, a tunnel insulating film arranged on a channel region between the source/drain areas, a floating gate electrode arranged on the tunnel insulating film, an inter-electrode insulating film arranged on the floating gate electrode, and a control gate electrode arranged on the inter-electrode insulating film. The inter-electrode insulating film includes La, Al and Si.
Abstract:
A memory cell of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a semiconductor region, source/drain areas arranged separately from each other in the semiconductor region, a tunnel insulating film arranged on a channel region between the diffusion areas, a floating gate electrode arranged on the tunnel insulating film, an inter-electrode insulator arranged on the floating gate electrode, and a control gate electrode arranged on the inter-electrode insulator. The inter-electrode insulator includes lanthanoid-based metal Ln, aluminum Al, and oxygen O, and a composition ratio Ln/(Al+Ln) between the lanthanoid-based metal and the aluminum takes a value within the range of 0.33 to 0.39.