Abstract:
A MOS device for reducing an antenna effect is provided. The MOS device includes a diode including a first nMOS transistor having a first nMOS transistor source, a first nMOS transistor drain, a first nMOS transistor gate, and an nMOS transistor body. The nMOS transistor body is coupled to a first voltage source and is an anode of the diode. The first nMOS transistor source, the first nMOS transistor drain, and the first nMOS transistor gate are coupled together and are a cathode of the diode. The MOS device further includes an interconnect extending between a driver output and a load input. The interconnect is coupled to the cathode of the diode. The interconnect may extend on one metal layer only between the driver output and the load input.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate and first transistors having a first operating voltage. Each first transistor may include a first channel and a first punch-through stop (PTS) layer in the semiconductor substrate, and the first PTS layer may be at a first depth below the first channel. The semiconductor device may further include second transistors having a second operating voltage higher than the first operating voltage. Each second transistor may include a second channel and a second PTS layer in the semiconductor substrate, and the second PTS layer may be at a second depth below the second channel that is greater than the first depth. Furthermore, the first channel may include a first superlattice, and the second channel may include a second superlattice.
Abstract:
In the examples provided herein, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) recording circuit has a first memristive element coupled to a pin of an integrated circuit. The first memristive element switches from a first resistance to a second resistance when an ESD event occurs at the pin, and the first resistance is less than the second resistance. The ESD recording circuit also has shunting circuitry to shunt energy from an additional ESD event away from the first memristive element.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) die. In embodiments, an IC die may include a semiconductor substrate, a group III-Nitride or II-VI wurtzite layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of buffer structures at least partially embedded in the group III-Nitride or II-VI wurtzite layer. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of buffer structures may include a central member disposed over the semiconductor substrate, a lower lateral member disposed over the semiconductor substrate and extending laterally away from the central member, and an upper lateral member disposed over the central member and extending laterally from the central member in an opposite direction from the lower lateral member. The plurality of buffer structures may be positioned in a staggered arrangement to terminate defects of the group III-Nitride or II-VI wurtzite layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.