Patents Assigned to Institute of Microelectronics Chinese Academy of Science
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Patent number: 12198930Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. A photolithographic coating, including a first film, a photolithographic film, and a second film, is formed on the to-be-connected structure. Refractive indexes of the first film and the second film are smaller than 1, so that the photolithographic coating forms an optical structure with a high reflection coefficient. The photolithographic coating is exposed to a light having a target wavelength through a mask. The to-be-connected structure is reflected in the photolithographic coating, and hence serves as another mask and is imaged to the photolithographic film. A pattern of the mask is simultaneously imaged to the photolithographic film. That is, both the to-be-connected structure and the pattern of the mask are imaged to a target region of the photolithographic film, and the target region corresponds to the to-be-connected structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Libin Zhang, Yayi Wei, Zhen Song, Yajuan Su, Jianfang He, Le Ma
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Patent number: 12197282Abstract: A data recovery method for a flash memory includes: reading data from the flash memory by using preset read voltage; calculating a check node error rate corresponding to the data; calculating a read voltage adjustment step size according to the check node error rate; adjusting the preset read voltage according to the read voltage adjustment step size and reading data from the flash memory by using the adjusted preset read voltage, and repeating the operation of calculating a check node error rate corresponding to the data to operation of adjusting the preset read voltage according to the read voltage adjustment step size and reading data from the flash memory by using the adjusted preset read voltage, until the check node error rate is minimum; and selecting a read voltage corresponding to the minimum check node error rate to read data from the flash memory, so as to perform data recovery.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Qianhui Li, Qi Wang, Liu Yang, Yiyang Jiang, Xiaolei Yu, Jing He, Zongliang Huo, Tianchun Ye
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Patent number: 12199031Abstract: An interconnection structure for semiconductor devices formed on a substrate may be arranged under the semiconductor devices. The interconnection structure includes at least one via layer and at least one interconnection layer alternately arranged in a direction from the semiconductor device to the substrate, wherein each via layer includes via holes respectively arranged under at least a part of the semiconductor devices, and each interconnection layer includes conductive nodes respectively arranged under at least a part of the semiconductor devices, and in a same interconnection layer, a conductive channel is provided between at least one conductive node and at least another node; and the via holes in each via layer and the conductive nodes in each interconnection layer corresponding to the via holes at least partially overlap with each other in the direction from the semiconductor device to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventor: Huilong Zhu
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Patent number: 12198746Abstract: An in-memory computing circuit having reconfigurable logic, including: an input stage and N output stages which are cascaded. The input stage includes 2N STT-MTJs. Each output stage includes STT-MTJs, of which a quantity is equal to a half of a quantity of STT-MTJs in a just previous stage. Two STT-MTJs in the previous stage and one STT-MTJ in the subsequent stage form a double-input single-output in-memory computing unit. Each double-input single-output in-memory computing unit can implement the four logical operations, i.e., NAND, NOR, AND, and OR, under different configurations. Data storage and logical operations can be realized under the same circuit architecture, and reconfigurations among different logic can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Yan Cui, Jun Luo, Meiyin Yang, Jing Xu
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Patent number: 12191394Abstract: A strained vertical channel semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus including the same are provided. The method includes: providing a vertical channel layer on a substrate, wherein the vertical channel layer is held by a first supporting layer on a first side in a lateral direction, and is held by a second supporting layer on a second side opposite to the first side; replacing the first supporting layer with a first gate stack while the vertical channel layer is held by the second supporting layer; and replacing the second supporting layer with a second gate stack while the vertical channel layer is held by the first gate stack.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventor: Huilong Zhu
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Publication number: 20250006556Abstract: Provided are a self-aligned nanometer through-silicon-via structure and a method of preparing the same. According to the preset range and positions of the first and second trenches, the second preset pattern is formed, and then the first initial blind hole is formed by etching based on the second preset pattern, so that the position of the nanometer through-silicon-via is determined. The depth of the buried power rail may be determined by etching the silicon substrate with the first preset depth, and the depth of the self-aligned nanometer through-silicon-via may be determined by etching the silicon substrate with the second preset depth or thinning the fourth structure from a side of the silicon substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Xianyu CHEN, Huilong ZHU
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Patent number: 12183807Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. A first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode layer are formed on a substrate. The semiconductor layer is etched form a sidewall to form a cavity. A channel layer is formed at the cavity and sidewalls of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The channel layer includes a first channel part located in the cavity and a second channel part located outside the cavity. The first channel part is filled with a dummy gate layer. The dummy gate layer is etched from a sidewall. The second channel part and the first channel part, which is in contact with upper and lower surfaces of the dummy gate layer are removed to form a recess. The recess is filled with a dielectric material to form an isolation sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: BEIJING SUPERSTRING ACADEMY OF MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Weixing Huang, Huilong Zhu
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Patent number: 12176393Abstract: Provided are a nanowire/nanosheet device with a support portion, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus including the nanowire/nanosheet device.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventor: Huilong Zhu
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Publication number: 20240407163Abstract: Provided are a NOR-type memory device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device. The device includes: a plurality of gate stacks extending vertically on a substrate, wherein the gate stack includes a first gate conductor layer and a first filling layer; at least one device layer surrounding a periphery of the gate stack and extending along a sidewall of the gate stack; and a single-crystal vertical channel on a side of the device layer close to the gate stack and in contact with the first filling layer. At least one side surface of the gate stack in the vertical direction is a (100) or (110) crystal plane; and/or the body region includes a second filling layer or the body region includes a second gate conductor layer and a third filling layer, wherein at least one of first and third filling layers is a storage functional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Zijin YAN, Huilong ZHU
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Patent number: 12160529Abstract: A reconfigurable PUF device based on fully electric field-controlled domain wall motion includes a voltage control layer, upper electrodes, a lower electrode, antiferromagnetic pinning layers, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The MTJ includes, from bottom to top, a ferromagnetic reference layer, a potential barrier tunneling layer and a ferromagnetic free layer. In the device, an energy potential well is formed in a middle portion of the ferromagnetic free layer by applying a voltage to the voltage control layer to control magnetic anisotropy, and a current is fed into either of the upper electrodes to drive generation of the magnetic domain walls and pin the magnetic domain walls to the potential well. After the voltage is removed, the potential well is lowered so that the magnetic domain walls are in a metastable state, thereby either a high resistance state or a low resistance state is randomly obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Guozhong Xing, Huai Lin, Di Wang, Long Liu, Kaiping Zhang, Guanya Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaoxin Xu, Ming Liu
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Patent number: 12154609Abstract: A magnetoresistive memory cell includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, a second magnetic tunnel junction and a metal layer. The first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction each are disposed on the metal layer; the metal layer is configured to pass write current, a projection line of an easy axis of the first magnetic tunnel junction on a plane where the metal layer is located forms a first angle against a direction of the write current, and a projection line of an easy axis of the second magnetic tunnel junction on the plane where the metal layer is located forms a second angle against a direction opposite to the direction of the write current; the first angle and the second angle are all less than 90°; the first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction are configured to pass read current.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Guozhong Xing, Long Liu, Di Wang, Huai Lin, Ming Liu
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Publication number: 20240355921Abstract: The folded channel gallium nitride based field-effect transistor includes: a base layer; a multi-heterojunction layer, including a channel layer and a barrier layer alternatingly stacked from bottom to top on a gallium nitride semi-insulating layer; a gallium nitride control layer on the multi-heterojunction layer and extending from one side of the channel region to at least a part of the groove; a current collapse suppression structure formed on the multi-heterojunction layer on another side of the channel region; a source electrode and a drain electrode that are respectively in contact with two sides of the multi-heterojunction layer on the gallium nitride semi-insulating layer; a gate electrode formed on the multi-heterojunction layer between the source electrode and the gallium nitride control layer; and a connecting structure passing over the gate electrode to electrically connect to the source electrode and the gallium nitride control layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Sen HUANG, Qimeng JIANG, Xinyue DAI, Xinhua WANG, Xinyu LIU
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Patent number: 12124945Abstract: Disclosed is a neural network operation device, including: an operation array including operation units, wherein each operation unit includes: a source terminal, a drain terminal, a gate electrode, a threshold voltage adjustment layer under the gate electrode, and a channel region extending between a source region and a drain region, the threshold voltage adjustment layer is located on the channel region. The gate electrodes of each column of operation units of the operation array are connected together, and each column is used to adjust a weight value according to a threshold voltage adjusted by the threshold voltage adjustment layer. The threshold voltage adjustment layer is a ferroelectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Hangbing Lv, Xiaoxin Xu, Qing Luo, Ming Liu
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Patent number: 12120875Abstract: A storage unit, a method of manufacturing the storage unit, and a three-dimensional memory. The storage unit includes: a first conductivity-type substrate; a channel layer stacked on the first conductivity-type substrate in a first direction; a second conductivity-type conduction layer including a first part and a second part that are connected, the first part being located between the first conductivity-type substrate and the channel layer, and the second part being formed in a via hole passing through the channel layer; a channel passage layer penetrating the channel layer and the first part in a negative direction of the first direction, and extending into an interior of the first conductivity-type substrate; and an insulating layer located in the channel layer and surrounding a periphery of the channel passage layer. The first conductivity-type substrate and the second conductivity-type conduction layer provide carriers required for reading and erasing operations, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Gang Zhang, Zongliang Huo
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Patent number: 12119199Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power device including at least one vacuum packaged unit structure. The unit structure comprises a silicon substrate (100) and an emitter (200), a light modulator (300) and a collector (400) formed on the silicon substrate (100). On the one hand, the unified silicon-based process is compatible with the existing commercial process, so that it is easy for integration, simple for manufacture, and low in cost; on the other hand, the light modulator (300) is introduced and formed on the silicon substrate by a silicon-based process, which enhances field emission efficiency of the emitter (200), offsets the inconsistency of distances between the tips of the emitters (200) and the collector (400) caused by unevenness of the emitters, and increases the process redundancy of the cold cathode emitter.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Fazhan Zhao, Jianhui Bu, Jiajun Luo
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L-shaped stepped word line structure, method of manufacturing the same, and three-dimensional memory
Patent number: 12107046Abstract: Provided is an L-shaped stepped word line structure including: L-shaped word line units, each including a long side extending in a second direction and arranged adjacent to a gate line slit, and a short side extending in a first direction. A word line terminal included in the short side is formed in a stepped stacked layer structure including stacked layer pairs formed of an insulating material, a region close to the gate line slit in a stacked layer of each stacked layer pair serves as a replacement metal region including a short side region surface/internal metal layer respectively located on a surface/in an interior. In a first direction, a length of the short side region surface metal layer is greater than that of the short side region internal metal layer, and the word line terminal corresponds to the short side region surface metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Gang Zhang, Zongliang Huo -
Patent number: 12107974Abstract: An encryption method includes: receiving cipher data which is binary data; determining target components in a resistive memory array according to values of respective bits in the cipher data; determining current values generated by respective columns of components according to the target components; and generating key data according to the current values generated by the respective columns of components. The present disclosure can effectively reduce computing power and power consumption of an encryption process in an edge device.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Feng Zhang, Yiming Wang, Qirui Ren
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Publication number: 20240313103Abstract: The vertical MOSFET device includes: an active region including a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer vertically stacked on a substrate in sequence, wherein an outer periphery of the channel layer is recessed with respect to outer peripheries of the first source/drain layer and the second source/drain layer; a spacing layer including an upper spacing layer and a lower spacing layer, wherein the upper spacing layer and the lower spacing layer are both in contact with a side surface of the channel layer and are not in communication with each other; and a gate stack formed at least on a lateral outer periphery of the channel layer and embedded in a groove space between the upper spacing layer and the lower spacing layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicants: Beijing Superstring Academy of Memory Technology, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huilong Zhu, Zhongrui Xiao
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Patent number: 12096623Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same, an integrated circuit, and an electronic apparatus. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an active region on the substrate, the active region includes a first source and drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source and drain layer sequentially stacked on the substrate; a gate stack formed around an outer periphery of the channel layer; and an intermediate dielectric layer and a second conductive layer around an outer periphery of the gate stack and an outer periphery of the active region. The device and method provided by the present disclosure are used to solve the technical problem that the performances of the vertical device in the related art need to be improved. A semiconductor device with better performances is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences ChinaInventors: Huilong Zhu, Weixing Huang, Kunpeng Jia
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Publication number: 20240305479Abstract: An encryption method includes: receiving cipher data which is binary data; determining target components in a resistive memory array according to values of respective bits in the cipher data; determining current values generated by respective columns of components according to the target components; and generating key data according to the current values generated by the respective columns of components. The present disclosure can effectively reduce computing power and power consumption of an encryption process in an edge device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Feng ZHANG, Yiming WANG, Qirui REN