摘要:
A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device includes an active layer including active, devices, such as transistors. Below the active layer is an insulating layer, e.g., an SOI buried oxide layer (BOX), and below the BOX layer, one or more metal layers. The metal layer adjacent the BOX layer includes at least one metal region positioned below a corresponding active device, e.g., the channel region or diffusion region of the transistor. The metal region, during operation of the device, may act as a heat sink for the active device or may be biased to improve the performance of the active device.
摘要:
An integrated circuit assembly includes an insulating layer having a having a first surface and a second surface. A first active layer contacts the first surface of the insulating layer. A metal bond pad is electrically connected to the first active layer and formed on the second surface of the insulating layer. A substrate having a first surface and a second surface, with a second active layer formed in the first surface, is provided such that the first active layer is coupled to the second surface of the substrate.
摘要:
A first wafer is provided that includes an insulating layer, a first active layer, and a handle layer. The insulating layer has a first surface and a second surface. The first active layer contacts the first surface of the insulating layer. The handle layer contacts the second surface of the insulating layer. A second wafer is provided that includes a substrate and a second active layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The second active layer contacts the first surface of the substrate. The second wafer is bonded to the first wafer by physically connecting the first active layer to the second surface of the substrate. The handle layer is removed. A metal bond pad is formed on the second surface of the insulating layer. The metal bond pad is electrically connected to the first active layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure is formed with an active layer having an active device including a body region. The active device is formed by top side processing in and on a top side of a semiconductor on insulator wafer. A damaged region is formed within a portion of the body region by bottom side processing at a bottom side of the semiconductor on insulator wafer, the damaged region having a structure sufficient to prevent a kink effect and self-latching in operation of the active device.
摘要:
Various methods and devices that involve phase change material (PCM) switches are disclosed. An exemplary integrated circuit comprises an active layer with a plurality of field effect transistor (FET) channels for a plurality of FETs. The integrated circuit also comprises an interconnect layer comprising a plurality of conductive interconnects. The plurality of conductive interconnects couple the plurality of field effect transistors. The integrated circuit also comprises an insulator layer covering at least a portion of the interconnect layer. The integrated circuit also comprises a channel of a radio-frequency (RF) PCM switch. The channel of the RF PCM switch is formed on the insulator layer.
摘要:
A charge pump regulator circuit includes an oscillator and one or more charge pumps. One or more oscillating signals are generated by the oscillator. Each oscillating signal has a peak-to-peak amplitude that is variable dependent on a variable drive signal. For some embodiments having multiple oscillating signals, each oscillating signal is phase shifted from a preceding oscillating signal. For some embodiments having multiple charge pumps, each charge pump is connected to receive a corresponding one of the oscillating signals. Each charge pump outputs a voltage and current. For some embodiments having multiple charge pumps, the output of each charge pump is phase shifted from the outputs of other charge pumps. A combination of the currents thus produced is provided at about a voltage level to a load.
摘要:
Various methods and devices that involve power-on-reset (POR) circuits are disclosed herein. An exemplary POR circuit for generating a POR signal upon detecting that a supply voltage has reached a desired level comprises a sense circuit and a delayed buffer. The sense circuit comprises: (i) an inverter powered by a known bias voltage; (ii) a feedback circuit powered by the supply voltage; and (iii) an output node of the sense circuit that experiences a voltage transition when the supply voltage has reached the desired level. The delayed buffer is coupled to the output node of the sense circuit that generates the POR signal in response to the voltage transition. The feedback circuit shuts off the sense circuit in response to the voltage transition. The POR circuit generates the POR signal for a local system. The known bias voltage is provided by an external system.
摘要:
An integrated circuit assembly includes a first substrate and a second substrate, with active layers formed on the first surfaces of each substrate, and with the second surfaces of each substrate coupled together. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit assembly includes forming active layers on the first surfaces of each of two substrates, and coupling the second surfaces of the substrates together.
摘要:
An integrated circuit assembly comprises an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a handle layer, a metal interconnect layer, and transistors. The insulating layer has a first surface, a second surface, and a hole extending from the first surface to the second surface. The semiconductor layer has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the semiconductor layer contacting the first surface of the insulating layer. The handle layer is coupled to the second surface of the semiconductor layer. The metal interconnect layer is coupled to the second surface of the insulating layer, the metal interconnect layer being disposed within the hole in the insulating layer. The transistors are located in the semiconductor layer. The hole in the insulating layer extends to at least the first surface of the semiconductor layer. The metal interconnect layer electrically couples a plurality of the transistors to each other.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure is formed with a first wafer (e.g. a handle wafer) and a second wafer (e.g. a bulk silicon wafer) bonded together. The second wafer includes an active layer, which in some embodiments is formed before the two wafers are bonded together. A substrate is removed from the second wafer on an opposite side of the active layer from the first wafer using a SiGeC or SiGeBC layer as an etch stop. In some embodiments, the SiGeC or SiGeBC layer is formed by epitaxial growth, ion implantation or a combination of epitaxial growth and ion implantation.