Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising at least one FET formed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the FET comprises a source region, a drain region, a channel region formed between the source and drain regions and including a plurality of projected epitaxial silicon regions arranged in a width direction of the channel region, each of the projected epitaxial silicon regions having a triangular ridge portion, a gate insulating film formed on the channel region, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes forming a gate insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first layer on the gate insulating film, the first layer containing a first p-type impurity and, an amorphous or polycrystalline formed of Si1-xGex (0?x<0.25), subjecting the first layer to a first heat treatment wherein the first layer is heated for 1 msec or less at a temperature higher than 1100° C., forming a second layer on the first layer, the second layer containing a second p-type impurity and formed of amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon, the second p-type impurity having a smaller covalent bond radius than that of the first p-type impurity, and subjecting the second layer to a second heat treatment to heat the second layer at a temperature ranging from 800° C. to 1100° C.

Abstract: A method is provided with: arranging nitrogen atoms on a surface of a silicon substrate; performing a heat treatment in a hydrogen atmosphere so that the nitrogen atoms and silicon atoms existing on the surface of the silicon substrate are brought into a three-coordinate bond state; and forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon substrate with the three-coordinate bond state of nitrogen atoms and the silicon atoms being maintained.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; an isolation structure formed in a trench, formed in the semiconductor substrate, through a semiconductor oxide film; a floating gate formed on the semiconductor substrate between the isolation structures through an insulating film; a gate oxidation protection film formed on a side surface, on the isolation structure side, of the floating gate so that each of a part of a side surface and a bottom surface of the gate oxidation protection film contacts the insulating film; and a control gate formed on the floating gate through an inter-gate insulating film.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor region; device isolation regions placed in the semiconductor region and extending in a column direction; a semiconductor layer placed on the semiconductor region and between the device isolation regions, and having a convex shape in cross section along a row direction; source/drain regions placed in the semiconductor layer and spaced from each other; a gate insulating film placed on the semiconductor layer between the source/drain regions; a floating gate electrode layer placed on the gate insulating film; an intergate insulating film placed on the floating gate electrode layer and upper surfaces of the device isolation regions; and a control gate electrode layer placed on the intergate insulating film and extending in the row direction.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory includes a plurality of memory cell transistors, each of the plurality of memory cell transistors includes: a source region having a first conductivity type and in contact with a buried insulating layer on a supporting substrate; a drain region having the first conductivity type and in contact with the buried insulating layer; and a channel region having the first conductivity type and provided between the source region and the drain region so as to contact the buried insulating layer, wherein a thickness of the channel region is more than one nm and not more than a value obtained by adding seven nm to a half value of a gate length of the memory cell transistor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a supporting substrate applied with a predetermined potential, an insulating layer formed on the supporting substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, a FDSOI transistor formed on the semiconductor layer and including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, the channel region being formed between the source region and the drain region, and a high-concentration impurity region formed in a vicinity of a surface of the supporting substrate at least just below the channel region, in which an average impurity concentration in the vicinity of the surface of the supporting substrate just below the channel region is not lower than an impurity concentration of the channel region.

Abstract: A NAND cell unit is formed with an advanced gate forming process on a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, which is formed on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type with an insulating film interposed therebetween. First impurity-doped layers of a second conductivity type are formed on the semiconductor layer, which serve as channel regions of the select gate transistors Bit line contact- and source line contact-use second impurity-doped layers of the first conductivity type are formed at bit line and source line contact portions, sidewalls of which are covered with an insulating film.

Abstract: It is made possible to reduce the interface resistance at the interface between the nickel silicide film and the silicon. A semiconductor manufacturing method includes: forming an impurity region on a silicon substrate, with impurities being introduced into the impurity region; depositing a Ni layer so as to cover the impurity region; changing the surface of the impurity region into a NiSi2 layer through annealing; forming a Ni layer on the NiSi2 layer; and silicidating the NiSi2 layer through annealing.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate with an insulating film interposed therebetween, the semiconductor layer being in contact with the semiconductor substrate via an opening formed in the insulating film; and a NAND cell unit formed on the semiconductor layer with a plurality of electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells connected in series and first and second select gate transistors disposed at both ends thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a semiconductor layer, includes: a first impurity atom having a covalent bond radius larger than a minimum radius of a covalent bond of a semiconductor constituent atom of a semiconductor layer; and a second impurity atom having a covalent bond radius smaller than a maximum radius of the covalent bond of the semiconductor constituent atom; wherein the first and second impurity atoms are arranged in a nearest neighbor lattice site location and at least one of the first and second impurity atoms is electrically active.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes forming a gate insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first layer on the gate insulating film, the first layer containing a first p-type impurity and, an amorphous or polycrystalline formed of Si1-xGex (0?x<0.25), subjecting the first layer to a first heat treatment wherein the first layer is heated for 1 msec or less at a temperature higher than 1100° C., forming a second layer on the first layer, the second layer containing a second p-type impurity and formed of amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon, the second p-type impurity having a smaller covalent bond radius than that of the first p-type impurity, and subjecting the second layer to a second heat treatment to heat the second layer at a temperature ranging from 800° C. to 1100° C.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention includes; a silicon oxynitride film having an oxynitride layer which is formed on at least the surface of a silicon substrate and in which nitrogen atoms are in a three-coordinate bond state, and a silicon oxide layer which is formed between said oxynitride layer and said silicon substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising at least one FET formed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the FET comprises a source region, a drain region, a channel region formed between the source and drain regions and including a plurality of projected epitaxial silicon regions arranged in a width direction of the channel region, each of the projected epitaxial silicon regions having a triangular ridge portion, a gate insulating film formed on the channel region, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; an insulation film provided on the semiconductor substrate; and an electrode provided on the insulation film, and containing boron and a semiconductor material, wherein at least one element of the group V and carbon is introduced into an interface between the insulation film and the electrode.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory including a plurality of memory cell transistors, each of the plurality of memory cell transistors includes: a source region having a first conductivity type and in contact with a buried insulating layer on a supporting substrate; a drain-region having the first conductivity type and in contact with the buried insulating layer; and a channel region having the first conductivity type and provided between the source region and the drain region so as to contact the buried insulating layer, wherein a thickness of the channel region is more than one nm and not more than a value obtained by adding seven nm to a half value of a gate length of the memory cell transistor.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising a semiconductor substrate, element isolating regions formed on the semiconductor substrate, an element forming region provided between the element isolating regions on the semiconductor substrate, the element forming region having a protruding portion, a transistor having a channel formed in the protruding portion of the element forming region, and a capacitor formed in or on the semiconductor substrate to be connected to the transistor, wherein the protruding portion in the element forming region includes first and second inclined and opposed planes arranged along a channel width direction of the transistor, and an upper plane provided between the first and second inclined planes.

Abstract: A method is provided with: arranging nitrogen atoms on a surface of a silicon substrate; performing a heat treatment in a hydrogen atmosphere so that the nitrogen atoms and silicon atoms existing on the surface of the silicon substrate are brought into a three-coordinate bond state; and forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon substrate with the three-coordinate bond state of nitrogen atoms and the silicon atoms being maintained.

Abstract: Plural boundary points are generated on a string on the surface of a material and a first length of a line segment between the boundary points is obtained. Then, the displacement of the boundary point according to a process model and the boundary point is moved by the displacement. A second length of the line segment between the boundary points after the boundary point is moved is found. When the second length is greater than a value obtained by multiplying the first length by a first factor exceeding 1, a new boundary point is added to the line segment whereas when the second length is smaller than a value obtained by multiplying the first length by a second factor less than 1, one of the boundary points of the line segment is eliminated.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a semiconductor layer, includes: a first impurity atom having a covalent bond radius larger than a minimum radius of a covalent bond of a semiconductor constituent atom of a semiconductor layer; and a second impurity atom having a covalent bond radius smaller than a maximum radius of the covalent bond of the semiconductor constituent atom; wherein the first and second impurity atoms are arranged in a nearest neighbor lattice site location and at least one of the first and second impurity atoms is electrically active.