摘要:
A radiation responsive semiconductor imaging device comprising an array of charge storage devices arranged in rows and columns on the surface of a semiconductor substrate. Each storage device includes a conductor-insulator-semiconductor structure in which minority carriers, controllably generated within the semiconductor in proportional response to incident electromagnetic radiation flux, are stored at the surface of the semiconductor beneath the conductor due to the application of a depletion region forming voltage to the conductor. Means are disclosed for transferring the integrated electrical charge from the storage region to a receiver region for electrical readout of the stored information. Means for reading out selected electrical charges while continuing to store other electrical charges are also disclosed. Means are also disclosed for altering the sensitivity of the array without a sacrifice in dynamic range.
摘要:
There is disclosed an improved insulated gate field-effect transistor having a reduced gate voltage associated with the use of an aluminum-silicon gate electrode in which the electrode is composed of 90% aluminum and 10% silicon by weight. The use of the aluminum-silicon electrode in the weight percentages indicated permits the fabrication of complementary insulated gate field-effect transistors, both of which having as low a gate voltage as that of a corresponding ''''silicon gate'''' device without the inherent processing problems and reliability difficulties of the silicon gate devices. The improved complementary insulated gate field-effect transistor device is made by standard C-MOS processing techniques with the major difference in processing being the co-evaporation of aluminum and silicon during the gate electrode deposition in lieu of evaporation of pure aluminum.
摘要:
A fixed threshold MNOS device and a variable threshold MNOS device internally connected in series with a diffused area in the substrate, having a conductivity type opposite that of the substrate, in contact with both of the devices to provide a common source-drain. The diffused area forming the common sourcedrain is added to remove variations in channel length in the devices.
摘要:
A method for fabricating an array of high density single fieldeffect transistor, electrically alterable memory devices, wherein no ohmic contacts are required within the array and self-aligning devices are provided. A plurality of substantially vertical parallel elongated regions of silicon are provided on an insulating substrate, each elongated region having a plurality of openings therein. The plurality of rectangular silicon nitridesilicon dioxide composite gate insulator regions are provided on the elongated silicon regions, each composite insulator region extending between two of said openings. The silicon nitride insulator regions act as diffusion masks and also as oxidation masks during subsequent diffusion and thermal oxidation steps. A plurality of substantially horizontal parallel metal regions are provided on the exposed surface, each acting as the gate electrode for all of the electrically alterable memory devices in a given row.
摘要:
A thin film transistor utilizing an insulated gate structure is described wherein the semiconducting layer is formed of defectnickel oxide having the general formula Ni(1 x)O, wherein x is within the range of 10 7 to 10 2. In a preferred embodiment, the insulating layer overlying the defect-nickel oxide semiconducting layer is formed of stoichiometric nickel oxide thereby reducing the number of steps required in fabrication. The thin film transistor is fabricated within a single system by utilizing reactive sputtering for the formation of the semiconducting and insulating layers. The sputtering takes place in a pure oxygen atmosphere in the absence of inert gases with the result that the characteristics of the deposited nickel oxide films can be varied by controlling the deposition rate during sputtering.
摘要:
Avalanche injection type MOS memory having a floating gate surrounded by an insulating layer between the source and drain regions formed on one side of a semiconductor substrate wherein there is formed one or two auxiliary semiconductor regions with the same type of conductivity as, but with higher concentrations of impurities than, said semiconductor substrate in the channel region thereof defined between said source and drain regions so as to contact either of these regions.
摘要:
A charge coupled distributed amplifier comprises a first plurality of charge storage wells arranged along a first selected line, a second plurality of charge storage wells arranged along a second selected line, and a multiplicity of amplifier means, each amplifier means electrically coupling one charge storage well in the first plurality of wells to a corresponding charge storage well in the second plurality of wells. Charges are driven along the first and second pluralities of charge storage wells in synchronization. The same charge in the first plurality of charge storage wells creates an additional increment of charge in each charge storage well connected to the output of each amplifier means which adds in that well to the previously accumulated charge in the second plurality of charge storage wells. Thus a given amount of input charge is amplified coherently to produce a detectable output signal.
摘要:
A semiconductor device is disclosed having a layer of metal clusters or semiconductor clusters acting as trap centers for electrons or holes to control the electrical properties of the device.
摘要:
In Charge Coupled Apparatus laterally graded distributions of immobile charge are disposed under the electrodes and, optionally, between the electrodes to enhance the desired unidirectionality of charge transfer and, optionally, to enable the gap regions between electrodes to act as active storage sites in the information channel. A graded distribution of immobile charge under an electrode provides a built-in electric field in the desired direction of charge propagation so that fieldenhanced charge transfer, and concomitant improved speed, is effected. A graded distribution of immobile charge in a gap between electrodes provides a built-in, suitably asymmetric potential well in the gap. This built-in potential well in the gap can be used as a temporary storage site for charge carriers (much like any other potential well in a CCD) to enable one-phase operation and more compact devices.
摘要:
The specification describes a new class of semiconductor devices in which the charge is controllably translated in three dimensions. Translation control circuits can be disposed on both sides of the usual semiconductor wafer giving a new dimension in the design of logic and memory devices. In the exemplary specific embodiment the concept is described in connection with a shift register. Extension to logic circuits, e.g., to perform crossover and fan-in functions, is straightforward.