摘要:
A semiconductor device having a capacitor integrated in a damascene structure. In one embodiment, the capacitor is formed entirely within a metallization layer of a damascene structure, having therein a semiconductor device component. Preferably, the capacitor is formed within a trench, having been etched in the dielectric material of the metal layer and the capacitor includes a first capacitor electrode formed within the recess in electrical contact with the device component of the metallization layer. An insulator may be formed over the first capacitor electrode, with a second capacitor electrode formed over the insulator. These elements are preferably conformally deposited within the trench, thereby forming a recess, a portion of which extends within the trench. A subsequently fabricated device component may then be placed in electrical contact with the second capacitor electrode.
摘要:
A resistor fuse for use in a semiconductor device having an operating voltage. In one embodiment, the resistor fuse includes a silicon layer located over a semiconductor wafer and a metal silicide layer located over the silicon layer. The resistor fuse has a predetermined current threshold and is configured to open if a current through the resistor fuse at the operating voltage exceeds the current threshold.
摘要:
A wafer configured for in-process testing of electrical components has a plurality of dies disposed on the wafer, wherein adjacent dies are separated from one another by streets. An in-line device monitor having a first port, a second port, and a device-under-test substantially in line with one another is placed within a street, where the device-under-test is between the first and second ports and is electrically coupled to the first and second ports. With such an arrangement, streets having a width of 100 microns and less are suitable for accomodating a RF-device monitor having ground-signal or ground-signal-ground configurations. As a result, accurate GS or GSG RF-device monitors can be provided in narrow streets of wafers, thereby increasing the amount of wafer area available for circuitry.
摘要:
A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors. According to one embodiment of the present invention, bipolar junction transistors having six different collector dopant densities (and thus six different breakdown characteristics) are formed.
摘要:
An integrated circuit is disclosed that comprises structures that confine, shield and/or manipulate the electric fields generated within the integrated circuit so as to improve the performance of the integrated circuit. Such structures include, but are not limited to, transmission lines, capacitors, inductors, filters, and couplers. Although embodiments of the present invention are advantageous for use on many integrated circuits, they are particularly well suited for use with integrated circuits that are disposed on conductive substrates and that operate at high frequencies. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises: an integrated circuit comprising: a first lead and a second lead that are made from a first conductive layer; a substrate; a first plate and a second plate that are made from a second conductive layer; wherein said first plate is sandwiched between and electrically insulated from said first lead and said substrate, said second plate is sandwiched between and electrically insulated from said second lead and said substrate, and said first plate and said second plate are electrically connected.
摘要:
A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors. According to one embodiment of the present invention, bipolar junction transistors having six different collector dopant densities (and thus six different breakdown characteristics) are formed.
摘要:
A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors. According to one embodiment of the present invention, bipolar junction transistors having six different collector dopant densities (and thus six different breakdown characteristics) are formed.
摘要:
A low-thermal budget, silicon-rich silicon nitride film may include a concentration of hydrogen in Si—H bonds being at least 1.5 times as great as a concentration of hydrogen in N—H bonds. The silicon nitride film suppresses boron diffusion in boron-doped devices when such devices are processed using high-temperature processing operations that conventionally urge boron diffusion. The low-thermal budget, silicon-rich silicon nitride film may be used to form spacers in CMOS devices, it may be used as part of a dielectric stack to prevent shorting in tightly packed SRAM arrays, and it may be used in BiCMOS processing to form a base nitride layer and/or nitride spacers isolating the base from the emitter. Furthermore the low-thermal budget, silicon-rich silicon nitride film may remain covering the CMOS structure while bipolar devices are being formed, as it suppresses the boron diffusion that results in boron penetration and boron-doped poly depletion.
摘要:
A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors. According to one embodiment of the present invention, bipolar junction transistors having six different collector dopant densities (and thus six different breakdown characteristics) are formed.
摘要:
A process for forming bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit comprising bipolar junction transistors having a plurality of different collector doping densities. A first group of the transistors are formed during formation of a triple well for use in providing triple well isolation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also formed on the semiconductor substrate. Additional bipolar junction transistors with different collector doping densities are formed during a second doping step after forming a gate stack for the field effect transistors. Implant doping through bipolar transistor emitter windows forms bipolar transistors having different doping densities than the previously formed bipolar transistors. According to one embodiment of the present invention, bipolar junction transistors having six different collector dopant densities (and thus six different breakdown characteristics) are formed.