With Schottky Drain Or Source Contact (epo) Patents (Class 257/E29.311)
  • Patent number: 9018638
    Abstract: A MOSFET device is provided. An N-type epitaxial layer is disposed on an N-type substrate. An insulating trench is disposed in the epitaxial layer. A P-type well region is disposed in the epitaxial layer at one side of the insulating trench. An N-type heavily doped region is disposed in the well region. A gate structure is disposed on the epitaxial layer and partially overlaps with the heavily doped region. At least two P-type first doped regions are disposed in the epitaxial layer below the well region. At least one P-type second doped region is disposed in the epitaxial layer and located between the first doped regions. Besides, the first and second doped regions are separated from each other. The first doped regions extend along a first direction, and the second doped region extends along a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chee-Wee Liu, Hui-Hsuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8716078
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a III-nitride substrate and a first III-nitride epitaxial layer coupled to the III-nitride substrate and comprising a drift region, a channel region, and an extension region. The channel region is separated from the III-nitride substrate by the drift region. The channel region is characterized by a first width. The extension region is separated from the drift region by the channel region. The extension region is characterized by a second width less than the first width. The semiconductor device also includes a second III-nitride epitaxial layer coupled to a top surface of the extension region, a III-nitride gate structure coupled to a sidewall of the channel region and laterally self-aligned with respect to the extension region, and a gate metal structure in electrical contact with the III-nitride gate structure and laterally self-aligned with respect to the extension region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Avogy, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Disney, Richard J. Brown, Hui Nie
  • Patent number: 8658523
    Abstract: A metal source/drain field effect transistor is fabricated such that the source/drain regions are deposited, multilayer structures, with at least a second metal deposited on exposed surfaces of a first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Acorn Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl M. Faulkner, Daniel J. Connelly, Paul A. Clifton, Daniel E. Grupp
  • Patent number: 8598636
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat dissipation structure for a SOI field effect transistor having a schottky source/drain, which relates to a field of microelectronics. The heat dissipation structure includes two holes connected with a drain terminal or with both a source terminal and a drain terminal, which are filled with an N-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient and a P-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient respectively. A metal wire for the N-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient in the vicinity of the drain terminal is applied a high potential with respect to the drain terminal, and a metal wire for the P-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient in the vicinity of the drain terminal is applied a low potential with respect to the drain terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Xin Huang, Shoubin Xue, Yujie Ai
  • Publication number: 20130001655
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat dissipation structure for a SOI field effect transistor having a schottky source/drain, which relates to a field of microelectronics. The heat dissipation structure includes two holes connected with a drain terminal or with both a source terminal and a drain terminal, which are filled with an N-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient and a P-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient respectively. A metal wire for the N-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient in the vicinity of the drain terminal is applied a high potential with respect to the drain terminal, and a metal wire for the P-type material with high thermoelectric coefficient in the vicinity of the drain terminal is applied a low potential with respect to the drain terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Xin Huang, Shoubin Xue, Yujie Ai
  • Patent number: 8338866
    Abstract: An undoped AlGaN layer 13 is formed on a buffer layer composed of a GaN series material formed on a semiconductor substrate, a drain electrode 15 and a source electrode 16 forming ohmic junction with the undoped AlGaN layer 13 are formed separately from each other on the undoped AlGaN layer 13. A gate electrode 17 composed of metal Ni and Au laminated in this order is formed between the drain electrodes 15 and the source electrode 16 on the undoped AlGaN layer 13. The end portion 17-2 of the gate electrode 17 is formed on the underlying metal 18 formed by a metal containing Ti via an insulating film 14 on a GaN buffer layer 12 surrounding the undoped AlGaN layer 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hisao Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8154025
    Abstract: A CMOS device and method of fabrication are disclosed. The present invention utilizes Schottky barrier contacts for source and/or drain contact fabrication within the context of a CMOS device and CMOS integrated circuits, to eliminate the requirement for halo/pocket implants, shallow source/drain extensions to control short channel effects, well implant steps, and complex device isolation steps. Additionally, the present invention eliminates the parasitic bipolar gain associated with CMOS device operation, reduces manufacturing costs, tightens control of device performance parameters, and provides for superior device characteristics as compared to the prior art. The present invention, in one embodiment, uses a silicide exclusion mask process to form the dual silicide Schottky barrier source and/or drain contact for the complimentary PMOS and NMOS devices forming the CMOS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Avolare 2, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Snyder, John M. Larson
  • Patent number: 8084793
    Abstract: An undoped AlGaN layer 13 is formed on a buffer layer composed of a GaN series material formed on a semiconductor substrate, a drain electrode 15 and a source electrode 16 forming ohmic junction with the undoped AlGaN layer 13 are formed separately from each other on the undoped AlGaN layer 13. A gate electrode 17 composed of metal Ni and Au laminated in this order is formed between the drain electrodes 15 and the source electrode 16 on the undoped AlGaN layer 13. The end portion 17-2 of the gate electrode 17 is formed on the underlying metal 18 formed by a metal containing Ti via an insulating film 14 on a GaN buffer layer 12 surrounding the undoped AlGaN layer 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hisao Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8039902
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a substrate having first and second active regions; a P-channel transistor associated with the first active region and including at least one of source and drain regions; an N-channel field-effect transistor associated with the second active region and including at least one of the source and drain regions; first and second contact pad layers each including silicon (Si) and SiGe epitaxial layers on the source and drain regions the SiGe epitaxial layers being sequentially stacked on the Si epitaxial layers; an interlayer insulating film; a first metal silicide film on the SiGe epitaxial layer of the P-channel transistor and a second metal silicide film on the Si epitaxial layer of the N-channel transistor; and contact plugs on the first and second metal silicide films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-bum Kim, Si-young Choi, Hyung-ik Lee, Ki-hong Kim, Yong-koo Kyoung
  • Publication number: 20110114999
    Abstract: To provide a deposition technique for forming an oxide semiconductor film. An oxide semiconductor film is formed using a sputtering target which contains a sintered body of metal oxide and in which the concentration of hydrogen contained in the sintered body of metal oxide is, for example, as low as 1×1016 atoms/cm3 or lower, so that the oxide semiconductor film contains a small amount of impurities such as a hydrogen atom and a compound containing a hydrogen atom typified by H2O. Further, this oxide semiconductor film is used as an active layer of a transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toru TAKAYAMA, Keiji SATO
  • Patent number: 7884002
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a self-aligned Schottky junction (29) in respect of a semiconductor device. After gate etching and spacer formation, a recess defining the junction regions is formed in the Silicon substrate (10) and a SiGe layer (22) is selectively grown therein. A dielectric layer (24) is then provided over the gate (14) and the SiGe layer (22), a contact etch is performed to form contact holes (26) and the SiGe material (22) is then removed to create cavities (28) in the junction regions. Finally the cavities (28) are filled with metal to form the junction (29). Thus, a process is provided for self-aligned fabrication of a Schottky junction having relatively low resistivity, wherein the shape and position of the junction can be well controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Markus Muller
  • Publication number: 20110024802
    Abstract: To attain reduction in size of a semiconductor device having a power transistor and an SBD, a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a first region and a second region formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate; plural first conductors and plural second conductors formed in the first and second regions respectively; a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region formed between adjacent first conductors in the first region, the second semiconductor region lying in the first semiconductor region and having a conductivity type opposite to that of the first semiconductor region; a third semiconductor region formed between adjacent second conductors in the second region, the third semiconductor region having the same conductivity type as that of the second semiconductor region and being lower in density than the second semiconductor region; a metal formed on the semiconductor substrate in the second region, the third semiconductor region having a metal contact
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: NOBUYUKI SHIRAI, Nobuyoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 7816240
    Abstract: A metal source/drain field effect transistor is fabricated such that the source/drain regions are deposited, multilayer structures, with at least a second metal deposited on exposed surfaces of a first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Acorn Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl M. Faulkner, Daniel J. Connelly, Paul A. Clifton, Daniel E. Grupp
  • Patent number: 7791138
    Abstract: A semiconductor component and method of making a semiconductor component. One embodiment provides a first metallization structure electrically coupled to charge compensation zones via an ohmic contact and to drift zones via a Schottky contact. A second metallization structure, which is arranged opposite the first metallization structure, is electrically coupled to the charge compensation zones via a Schottky contact and to drift zones via an ohmic contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventor: Frank Pfirsch
  • Patent number: 7763938
    Abstract: A transistor has a source electrode (22) on the opposite side of a semiconductor body layer (10) to a gate electrode (4) insulated from the body layer (10) by gate insulator (8). The source electrode (22) has a potential barrier to the semiconductor body layer (10), for example a Schottky barrier. At least one drain electrode (54) is also connected to the semiconductor body layer (10). A suitable source-drain voltage and gate voltage depletes the region of the semiconductor body layer adjacent to the source electrode (22), and then source-drain current is controlled by the gate voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: John M. Shannon, Edmund G. Gerstner
  • Publication number: 20090250730
    Abstract: An undoped AlGaN layer 13 is formed on a buffer layer composed of a GaN series material formed on a semiconductor substrate, a drain electrode 15 and a source electrode 16 forming ohmic junction with the undoped AlGaN layer 13 are formed separately from each other on the undoped AlGaN layer 13. A gate electrode 17 composed of metal Ni and Au laminated in this order is formed between the drain electrodes 15 and the source electrode 16 on the undoped AlGaN layer 13. The end portion 17-2 of the gate electrode 17 is formed on the underlying metal 18 formed by a metal containing Ti via an insulating film 14 on a GaN buffer layer 12 surrounding the undoped AlGaN layer 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hisao KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 7453133
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a dielectric/metal/2nd energy bandgap (Eg) semiconductor/1st Eg substrate structure. In order to reduce the contact resistance, a semiconductor with a lower energy bandgap (2nd Eg) is put in contact with metal. The energy bandgap of the 2nd Eg semiconductor is lower than the energy bandgap of the 1st Eg semiconductor and preferably lower than 1.1eV. In addition, a layer of dielectric may be deposited on the metal. The dielectric layer has built-in stress to compensate for the stress in the metal, 2nd Eg semiconductor and 1st Eg substrate. A process of making the structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chin Lee, Chung-Hu Ge, Chenming Hu
  • Publication number: 20080191285
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, and an NMOS device at a surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the NMOS device comprises a Schottky source/drain extension region. The semiconductor structure further includes a PMOS device at the surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the PMOS device comprises a source/drain extension region comprising only non-metal materials. Schottky source/drain extension regions may be formed for both PMOS and NMOS devices, wherein the Schottky barrier height of the PMOS device are reduced by forming the PMOS device over a semiconductor layer having a low valence band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Chih-Hsin Ko, Hung-Wei Chen, Chung-Hu Ke, Wen-Chin Lee
  • Patent number: 7405449
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a MOS transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate and having a channel type of a first conductivity, the MOS transistor comprising a semiconductor region of the first conductivity type including first and second channel regions, gate insulating films provided on the first and second channel regions, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating films, and first and second source/drain regions which are located at a distance from each other so as to sandwich the first and second channel regions, the first and second source/drain regions contacting the semiconductor region of the first conductivity type and forming a Schottky junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Atsushi Yagishita
  • Patent number: 7405452
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a field shield region that is doped opposite to the conductivity of the substrate and is bounded laterally by dielectric sidewall spacers and from below by a PN junction. For example, in a trench-gated MOSFET the field shield region may be located beneath the trench and may be electrically connected to the source region. When the MOSFET is reverse-biased, depletion regions extend from the dielectric sidewall spacers into the “drift” region, shielding the gate oxide from high electric fields and increasing the avalanche breakdown voltage of the device. This permits the drift region to be more heavily doped and reduces the on-resistance of the device. It also allows the use of a thin, 20 ? gate oxide for a power MOSFET that is to be switched with a 1V signal applied to its gate while being able to block over 30V applied across its drain and source electrodes, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventor: Hamza Yilmaz