Abstract:
An integrated device having: a first conductive region; a second conductive region; an insulating layer arranged between the first and the second conductive region; at least one through opening extending in the insulating layer between the first and the second conductive region; and a contact structure formed in the through opening and electrically connecting the first conductive region and the second conductive region. The contact structure is formed by a conductive material layer that coats the side surface and the bottom of the through opening and surrounds an empty region which is closed at the top by the second conductive region. The conductive material layer preferably comprises a titanium layer and a titanium-nitride layer arranged on top of one another.
Abstract:
Presented is a memory cell integrated in a semiconductor substrate that includes a MOS device connected in series to a capacitive element. The MOS device has first and second conduction terminals, and the capacitive element has a lower electrode covered with a layer of a dielectric material and capacitively coupled to an upper electrode. The MOS device is overlaid by at least one metallization layer that is covered with at least one top insulating layer. The capacitive element is formed on the top insulating layer. The cell is unique in that the metallization layer extends only between the MOS device and the capacitive element.
Abstract:
The ROM memory cell, not decodable by visual inspection comprises a substrate of semiconductor material having a first conductivity type, in particular Pnull. A first MOS device having a first threshold voltage is formed in a first portion of the substrate, and a MOS device having a second threshold voltage, greater than the first threshold voltage, is formed in a second portion of the substrate adjacent to the first portion. The second MOS device is a diode reverse biased during a reading phase of the ROM memory cell and comprises a source region having the first conductivity type and a drain region having a second conductivity type. The source region has a level of doping higher than that of the substrate.
Abstract:
A contact structure for a ferroelectric memory device integrated in a semiconductor substrate and includes an appropriate control circuitry and a matrix array of ferroelectric memory cells, wherein each cell includes a MOS device connected to a ferroelectric capacitor. The MOS device has first and second conduction terminals and is covered with an insulating layer. The ferroelectric capacitor has a lower plate formed on the insulating layer above the first conduction terminals and connected electrically to the first conduction terminals, which lower plate is covered with a layer of a ferroelectric material and coupled capacitively to an upper plate. Advantageously, the contact structure comprises a plurality of plugs filled with a non-conductive material between the first conduction terminals and the ferroelectric capacitor, and comprises a plurality of plugs filled with a conductive material and coupled to the second conduction terminals or the control circuitry.