摘要:
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device that contains a trench metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor and a field effect transistor (FET). The trench MIM capacitor comprises a first metallic electrode layer located over interior walls of a trench in a substrate, a dielectric layer located in the trench over the first metallic electrode layer, and a second metallic electrode layer located in the trench over the dielectric layer. The FET comprises a source region, a drain region, a channel region between the source and drain regions, and a gate electrode over the channel region. The trench MIM capacitor is connected to the FET by a metallic strap. The semiconductor device of the present invention can be fabricated by a process in which the trench MIM capacitor is formed after the FET source/drain region but before the FET source/drain metal silicide contacts, for minimizing metal contamination in the FET.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of fabrication process which integrates the processing steps for fabricating the trench MIM capacitor with the conventional middle-of-line processing steps for fabricating metal contacts, so that the inner metallic electrode layer of the trench MIM capacitor and the metal contact of the FET or other logic circuitry components are formed by a single middle-of-line processing step and comprise essentially the same metallic material. The semiconductor device contains at least one trench metal-oxide-metal (MIM) capacitor and at least one other logic circuitry component, preferably at least one field effect transistor (FET). The trench MIM capacitor is located in a trench in a substrate and comprises inner and outer metallic electrode layers with a dielectric layer therebetween. The FET comprises a source region, a drain region, a channel region, and at least one metal contact connected with the source or drain region.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device that contains at least one trench metal-oxide-metal (MIM) capacitor and at least one other logic circuitry component, preferably at least one field effect transistor (FET). The trench MIM capacitor is located in a trench in a substrate and comprises inner and outer metallic electrode layers with a dielectric layer therebetween. The FET comprises a source region, a drain region, a channel region, and at least one metal contact connected with the source or drain region. The present invention also relates to a fabrication process, which integrates the processing steps for fabricating the trench MIM capacitor with the conventional middle-of-line processing steps for fabricating metal contacts, so that the inner metallic electrode layer of the trench MIM capacitor and the metal contact of the FET or other logic circuitry components are formed by a single middle-of-line processing step and comprise essentially the same metallic material.
摘要:
A novel trench-type decoupling capacitor structure and low-cost manufacturing process to create trench decoupling capacitors (decaps). In a unique aspect, the invention necessitates the addition of only a simplified trench to a base logic design.
摘要:
Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device in which a vertical trench semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (SONOS) memory cell is created in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is provided that allows for the integration of dense non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) cells in SOI-based complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The trench is processed using conventional trench processing and it is processed near the beginning of the inventive method that allows for the fabrication of the memory cell to be fully separated from SOI logic processing.
摘要:
In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided. The first apparatus is a memory cell that includes (1) a semiconductor fin enclosure formed on an insulating layer of a substrate; and (2) a ferromagnetic material within the semiconductor fin enclosure. A top surface of the ferromagnetic material is below a top surface of the semiconductor fin enclosure. Numerous other aspects are provided.
摘要:
The present invention provides two-transistor silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (2-Tr SONOS) non-volatile memory cells with randomly accessible storage locations as well as method of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, a 2-Tr SONOS cell is provided in which the select transistor is located within a trench structure having trench depth from 1 to 2 μm and the memory transistor is located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate adjoining the trench structure. In another embodiment, a 2-Tr SONOS memory cell is provided in which both the select transistor and the memory transistor are located within a trench structure having the depth mentioned above.
摘要:
Disclosed is an improved process and liner for trench isolation which includes either a single oxynitride layer or a dual oxynitride (or oxide)/nitride layer. Such a process and liner has an improved process window as well as being an effective O.sub.2 diffusion barrier and resistant to hot phosphoric and hydrofluoric acids.
摘要:
Disclosed is an improved process and liner for trench isolation which includes either a single oxynitride layer or a dual oxynitride (or oxide)/nitride layer. Such a process and liner has an improved process window as well as being an effective O.sub.2 diffusion barrier and resistant to hot phosphoric and hydrofluoric acids.