VERTICAL DIODES IN STACKED TRANSISTOR TECHNOLOGIES

    公开(公告)号:US20230089395A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17448373

    申请日:2021-09-22

    Abstract: Integrated circuits including vertical diodes. In an example, a first transistor is above a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor body extending laterally from a first source or drain region. The first source or drain region includes one of a p-type dopant or an n-type dopant. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor body extending laterally from a second source or drain region. The second source or drain region includes the other of the p-type dopant or the n-type dopant. The first source or drain region and second source or drain region are at least part of a diode structure, which may have a PN junction (e.g., first and second source/drain regions are merged) or a PIN junction (e.g., first and second source/drain regions are separated by an intrinsic semiconductor layer, or a dielectric layer and the first and second semiconductor bodies are part of the junction).

    TWO-TERMINAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240413147A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18332918

    申请日:2023-06-12

    Abstract: A two-terminal IC device may be used for ESD protection. The IC device may include a deep N-well may be between a P-type substrate and a group of wells that includes a first P-well, a second P-well, and a N-well. There may be another well between the second P-well and the N-well. A P-type semiconductor structure may be formed in the P-well. Two N-type semiconductor structures may be formed in the second P-well and the N-well, respectively. A contact of the P-type semiconductor structure may be electrically coupled to a contact of the N-type semiconductor structure in the second P-well. The two contacts may constitute the first terminal of the IC device. The contact of the N-type semiconductor structure in the N-well may constitute the second terminal of the IC device. The first P-well may have a greater dimension but lower dopant concentration than the second P-well or the N-well.

    LINEAR RATIOMETRIC METAL RESISTOR-BASED TEMPERATURE SENSOR WITH REMOTE SENSING SUPPORT

    公开(公告)号:US20240393186A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18324578

    申请日:2023-05-26

    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a temperature-sensing circuit for a semiconductor device. The circuit has a remote temperature-sensing element (RTSE) including a metal thermistor formed in a metal layer on the front side or backside of a substrate. The metal thermistor may be serpentine or spiral shaped. The RTSE communicates with a separate sense circuit at another location such as on the substrate. The RTSE can further include a thin film resistor (TFR) in an adjacent dielectric layer of the stack or within the sense circuit. The RTSE is driven alternately at opposing ends to cancel out the effects of power supply variations. An output voltage which represents a sensed temperature is obtained from a point between the metal thermistor and the TFR for processing by an analog-to-digital converter.

    Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures including varactors

    公开(公告)号:US11417781B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16830112

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures including varactors are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a varactor structure on a semiconductor substrate. The varactor structure includes a plurality of discrete vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. A plurality of gate stacks is over and surrounding corresponding ones of the plurality of discrete vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. The integrated circuit structure also includes a tap structure adjacent to the varactor structure on the semiconductor substrate. The tap structure includes a plurality of merged vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. A plurality of semiconductor structures is over and surrounding corresponding ones of the plurality of merged vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires.

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