摘要:
The invention relates to a semiconductor device produced on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate that includes a thin layer of semiconductor material separated from a base substrate by a buried insulating layer, the device including a first conducting region in the thin layer, a second conducting region in the base substrate and a contact connecting the first region to the second region through the insulating layer. The invention also relates to a process for fabricating such semiconductor devices.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory having bit lines and wordlines crossing each other, a memory cell array formed by memory cells arranged in rows and columns on crossover points of the bit lines and wordlines, and sense amplifier banks arranged on opposite sides of the memory cell array. Each sense amplifier bank has staggered sense amplifiers connected to a bit line according to an interleaved arrangement whereby bit lines alternate in the direction of the wordlines between bit lines coupled to different sense amplifiers. This results in interconnect spaces parallel to the bit lines. Also, each sense amplifier bank includes a local column decoder for selecting a sense amplifier and which is staggered with the sense amplifiers and coupled to the sense amplifier by an output line running in an available interconnect space parallel to the bit lines.
摘要:
A circuit made on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. The circuit includes a first transistor having a first channel, a second transistor having a second channel, with the transistors provided in serial association between first and second terminals for applying a power supply potential, each of the transistors comprising a drain region and a source region in the thin layer, a channel extending between the source region and the drain region, and a front control gate located above the channel. Each transistor has a back control gate formed in the base substrate below the channel of the transistor and capable of being biased in order to modulate the threshold voltage of the transistor. At least one of the transistors is configured for operating in a depletion mode under the action of a back gate signal which will sufficiently modulate its threshold voltage.
摘要:
This invention provides a semiconductor device structure formed on a conventional semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) substrate defined by a pattern defining at least one field-effect transistor having: in the thin film of the SeOI substrate, a source region, a drain region, a channel region, and a front control gate region formed above the channel region; and in the base substrate beneath the buried oxide of the SeOI substrate, a back control gate region, arranged under the channel region and configured to shift the threshold voltage of the transistor in response to bias voltages. This invention also provides patterns defining standard-cell-type circuit structures and data-path-cell type circuit structures that include arrays of the FET patterns provided by this invention. Such circuit structures also include back gate lines connecting the back gate control regions. This invention also provides methods of operating and designing such semiconductor device structures.
摘要:
A circuit made on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. The circuit includes a first transistor having a first channel, a second transistor having a second channel, with the transistors provided in serial association between first and second terminals for applying a power supply potential, each of the transistors comprising a drain region and a source region in the thin layer, a channel extending between the source region and the drain region, and a front control gate located above the channel. Each transistor has a back control gate formed in the base substrate below the channel of the transistor and capable of being biased in order to modulate the threshold voltage of the transistor. At least one of the transistors is configured for operating in a depletion mode under the action of a back gate signal which will sufficiently modulate its threshold voltage.
摘要:
A method for forming a structure that includes a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer on a substrate. The method includes the steps of growing an elastically stressed layer of semiconductor material on a donor substrate; forming a glassy layer of a viscous material on the stressed layer; removing a portion of the donor substrate to form a structure that includes the glassy layer, the stressed layer and a surface layer of donor substrate material; patterning the stressed layer; and heat treating the structure at a temperature of at least a viscosity temperature of the glassy layer to relax the stressed layer and form the relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer of the structure.
摘要:
A method for forming a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed useful layer on a substrate is described. The method includes growing a strained semiconductor layer on a donor substrate, bonding a receiver substrate to the strained semiconductor layer by a vitreous layer of a material that becomes viscous above a certain viscosity temperature to form a first structure. The method further includes detaching the donor substrate from the first structure to form a second structure comprising the receiver substrate, the vitreous layer, and the strained layer, and then heat treating the second structure at a temperature and time sufficient to relax strains in the strained semiconductor layer and to form a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed useful layer on the receiver substrate.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of producing a film intended for applications in electronics, optics or optronics starting from an initial wafer, which includes a step of implanting atomic species through one of the faces of the wafer. This method includes forming a step of defined height around the periphery of the wafer, with the step having a mean thickness that is less than that of the wafer; and selectively implanting atomic species through a face of the wafer but not through the step to form an implanted zone at a defined implant depth with the film being defined between the face of the wafer and the implanted zone. The implantation of atomic species into the step can be prevented by forming a protective layer at least over the step or by masking the step. The invention also relates to a wafer obtainable by the method.
摘要:
Methods for producing a multilayer semiconductor structure are described. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a support substrate made of a first semiconductor material having a first lattice parameter, and depositing a layer of a second semiconductor material having a second lattice parameter, substantially different than the first, onto the support substrate to form an intermediate structure having an interface therebetween, the depositing being conducted such that most of the defects are confined to an adaptation layer located in a region adjacent to the interface. The method also includes creating a zone of weakness in the intermediate structure, bonding the second semiconductor material layer to a target substrate, detaching the support substrate at the zone to obtain a multilayer semiconductor structure having an exposed surface where detached, and fully removing the adaptation layer to obtain a relaxed thin layer of the second semiconductor material having a high quality surface.
摘要:
The invention provides methods of direct bonding substrates at least one of which includes a layer of semiconductor material that extends over its front face or in the proximity thereof. The provided methods include, prior to bonding, subjecting the bonding face of at least one substrate comprising a semiconductor material to selected heat treatment at a selected temperature and in a selected gaseous atmosphere. The bonded substrates are useful for electronic, optic, or optoelectronic applications.