Abstract:
A Fin FET whose fin (12) has an upper portion (30) doped with a first conductivity type and a lower portion (32) doped with a second conductivity type, wherein the junction (34) between the upper portion (30) and the lower portion (32) acts as a diode; and the FinFET further comprises: at least one layer (26, 28) of high-k dielectric material (for example Si 3 N 4 ) adjacent at least one side of the fin (12) for redistributing a potential drop more evenly over the diode, compared to if the at least one layer of high-k dielectric material were not present, when the upper portion (30) is connected to a first potential and the lower portion (32) is connected to a second potential thereby providing the potential drop across the junction (34). Examples of the k value for the high-k dielectric material are k ≥ 5, k ≥ 7.5, and k ≥ 20.
Abstract:
Various integrated circuit devices, in particular a transistor, are formed inside an isolation structure which includes a floor isolation region and a trench extending from the surface of the substrate to the floor isolation region. The trench may be filled with a dielectric material or may have a conductive material in a central portion with a dielectric layer lining the walls of the trench. Various techniques for terminating the isolation structure by extending the floor isolation region beyond the trench, using a guard ring, and a forming a drift region are described.
Abstract:
There is provided a thin-film transistor including at least a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a protective layer, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is an amorphous oxide containing at least one of the elements In, Ga and Zn, the gate electrode-side carrier density of the oxide semiconductor layer is higher than the protective layer-side carrier density thereof, and the film thickness of the oxide semiconductor layer is 30 nm 15 nm.
Abstract:
A memory semiconductor cell (30) comprises a gate region (16), a source region (14) and a drain region (14). A channel region (17) is formed between the source region (14) and the drain region (14). The channel region (17) comprises a first channel portion (33) with a first concentration of doping material, the first channel portion (33) disposed adjacent to an edge of the channel region (17) closest to and substantially parallel to the gate region (16). The channel region (17) further comprises a second channel portion (31) with a second concentration of doping material, the second channel portion (31) disposed substantially parallel to the first channel portion (33) and a third channel portion (32), disposed between the first channel portion (33) and the second channel portion (31), with a third concentration of doping material. The third concentration is lower than the first concentration and lower than the second concentration. The memory cell may be one of two general types of non-volatile memory, a floating gate cell or a nitride read only memory (NROM), whereby layer (12B) in a floating gate or a nitride layer respectively.
Abstract:
An insulated gate field-effect transistor used as a switching element in computers and a method of producing the same. In order to improve dynamic characteristics of the transistor by decreasing the junction capacitance between a substrate (1) and a source (7) or a drain (8), an insulating layer (2) is provided under the source region and the drain region. In order to decrease the drop of carrier mobility and to suppress the short channel effect, furthermore, the impurity concentration is lowered on the surface side of the semiconductor layer just under the gate and is heightened on the side of the substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of field effect transistors (FETs) on the semiconductor substrate. Each FET may include a gate, spaced apart source and drain regions on opposite sides of the gate, upper and lower vertically stacked superlattice layers and a bulk semiconductor layer therebetween between the source and drain regions, and a halo implant having a peak concentration vertically confined in the bulk semiconductor layer between the upper and lower superlattices.
Abstract:
A transistor with small parasitic capacitance can be provided. A transistor with high frequency characteristics can be provided. A semiconductor device including the transistor can be provided. Provided is a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, a first conductor, a second conductor, a third conductor, a first insulator, and a second insulator. The first conductor has a first region where the first conductor overlaps with the oxide semiconductor with the first insulator positioned therebetween; a second region where the first conductor overlaps with the second conductor with the first and second insulators positioned therebetween; and a third region where the first conductor overlaps with the third conductor with the first and second insulators positioned therebetween. The oxide semiconductor including a fourth region where the oxide semiconductor is in contact with the second conductor; and a fifth region where the oxide semiconductor is in contact with the third conductor.
Abstract:
A field effect transistor structure and method includes a well doped to have a first concentration of a dopant and a lightly or substantially undoped channel region. A highly doped screening region is positioned between the well and a gate. A threshold voltage set region can be formed at least in part by dopant implant after dummy gate removal. This allows for low power and good performance transistors capable of being manufactured by widely available planar CMOS processes.