摘要:
A programmable passive device comprising a first node and a second node. A plurality of passive device elements electrically coupled to the first node. A plurality of switches are electrically coupled to at least the second node and selectively coupled to a number of the plurality of passive device elements to provide the programmable passive device with a pre-determined value.
摘要:
A programmable passive device comprising a first node and a second node. A plurality of passive device elements electrically coupled to the first node. A plurality of switches are electrically coupled to at least the second node and selectively coupled to a number of the plurality of passive device elements to provide the programmable passive device with a pre-determined value.
摘要:
A programmable passive device comprising a first node and a second node. A plurality of passive device elements electrically coupled to the first node. A plurality of switches are electrically coupled to at least the second node and selectively coupled to a number of the plurality of passive device elements to provide the programmable passive device with a pre-determined value.
摘要:
An interdigitated structure may include at least one first metal line, at least one second metal line parallel to the at least one first metal line and separated from the at least one first metal line, and a third metal line contacting ends of the at least one first metal line and separated from the at least one second metal line. The at least one first metal line does not vertically contact any metal via and at least one second metal line may vertically contact at least one metal via. Multiple layers of interdigitated structure may be vertically stacked. Alternately, an interdigitated structure may include a plurality of first metal lines and a plurality of second metal lines, each metal line not vertically contacting any metal via. Multiple instances of interdigitated structure may be laterally replicated and adjoined, with or without rotation, and/or vertically stacked to form a capacitor.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure comprising a hyperabrupt junction varactor with a compensated cathode contact as well as a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes a single implant mask which is used in forming the subcollector/cathode, collector/well and hyperabrupt junction.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of fabricating a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. In this method, a dielectric layer is formed above a lower conductor layer and an upper conductor layer is formed above the dielectric layer. The invention then forms an etch stop layer above the upper conductor layer and the dielectric layer, and forms a hardmask (silicon oxide hardmask, a silicon nitride hardmask, etc.) over the etch stop layer. Next, a photoresist is patterned above the hardmask, which allows the hardmask, the etch stop layer, the dielectric layer, and the lower conductor layer to be etched through the photoresist.
摘要:
Terminal pads and methods of fabricating terminal pads. The methods including forming a conductive diffusion barrier under a conductive pad in or overlapped by a passivation layer comprised of multiple dielectric layers including diffusion barrier layers. The methods including forming the terminal pads subtractively or by a damascene process.
摘要:
A method of forming semiconductor device treating a surface of a substrate to produce a discontinuous growth of a material on the surface through rapid thermal oxidation of the substrate surface at a temperature of less than about 700° C.
摘要:
An Integrated Circuit (IC) chip with one or more vertical plate capacitors, each vertical plate capacitor connected to circuits on the IC chip and a method of making the chip capacitors. The vertical plate capacitors are formed with base plate pattern (e.g., damascene copper) on a circuit layer and at least one upper plate layer (e.g., dual damascene copper) above, connected to and substantially identical with the base plate pattern. A vertical pair of capacitor plates are formed by the plate layer and base plate. Capacitor dielectric between the vertical pair of capacitor plates is, at least in part, a high-k dielectric.
摘要:
An RF structure that includes an optimum padset for wire bonding and a high performance inductor that contains relatively thick metal inductor wires, both of which are located atop the final interconnect level of an interconnect structure. Specifically, the RF structure includes a dielectric layer having metal inductor wires of a first thickness and a metal bond pad having a major area of a second thickness located on a surface thereof, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. In the inventive RF structure, the majority of the metal bond pad is thinned for wire bonding, while maintaining the fill metal wire thickness in the other areas of the structure for inductor performance requirements, such as, for example, low resistivity. Methods for fabricating the aforementioned RF structure are also provided.