Patents Assigned to Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Publication number: 20180205014
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of a Cu-based resistive random access memory, and a memory. The preparation method includes: forming a copper wire in a groove through a Damascus copper interconnection process, wherein the copper wire includes a lower copper electrode for growing a storage medium, and the copper wire is arranged above a first capping layer; forming a second capping layer above the copper wire; forming a hole at a position corresponding to the lower copper electrode on the second capping layer, wherein the pore is used for exposing the lower copper electrode; performing composition and a chemical combination treatment on the lower copper electrode to generate a compound barrier layer, wherein the compound barrier layer is a compound formed by the chemical combination of elements Cu, Si and N, or a compound formed by the chemical combination of elements Cu, Ge and N; and depositing a solid electrolyte material and an upper electrode on the compound barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: THE INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hangbing LV, Ming LIU, Qi LIU, Shibing LONG
  • Publication number: 20180205015
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of a Cu-based resistive random access memory, and a memory. The preparation method includes: performing composition and a chemical combination treatment on a lower copper electrode (10) to generate a compound buffer layer (40), wherein the compound buffer layer (40) is capable of preventing the oxidation of the lower copper electrode (10); depositing a solid electrolyte material (50) on the compound buffer layer (40); and depositing an upper electrode (60) on the solid electrolyte material (50) to form the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: The Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Hangbing LV, Ming LIU, Qi LIU, Shibing LONG
  • Patent number: 10008602
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, wherein an example method may include: forming a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer sequentially on a substrate; patterning the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer to form a fin; forming an isolation layer on the substrate, wherein the isolation layer exposes a portion of the first semiconductor layer; forming a sacrificial gate stack crossing over the fin on the isolation layer; selectively etching the second semiconductor layer with the sacrificial gate stack as a mask, to expose the first semiconductor layer; selectively etching the first semiconductor layer, to form a void beneath the second semiconductor layer; filling the void with a dielectric material; forming a third semiconductor layer on the substrate, to form source/drain regions; and forming a gate stack to replace the sacrificial gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Miao Xu, Haizhou Yin, Qingqing Liang
  • Patent number: 9997493
    Abstract: The present invention mainly relates to a 3-D packaging structure based on a flexible substrate and a method for manufacturing the same; the method comprises: providing a bendable continuous flexible substrate, determining the shape of the substrate according to the size, the quantity and the shape of dies, and making surface wiring on the substrate to allow interlayer electrical connection; welding dies that are to be packaged onto the bendable continuous flexible substrate; filling the gaps between the dies and the substrate with an underfill; bending the substrates towards the center to allow the peripheral dies to coincide in parallel with the die situated at the center, and bonding the two layers of parallel dies with a bonding adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xueping Guo, Yuan Lu
  • Patent number: 9953923
    Abstract: A metallization stack, comprising: at least an interlayer dielectric layer comprising a dielectric material and a negative capacitance material, wherein: at least a pair of first conductive interconnecting components formed in the interlayer dielectric layer, which are at least partially opposite to each other, comprise both the dielectric material and the negative capacitance material sandwiched between their opposite parts; and/or at least a second conductive interconnecting component formed in an upper interlayer dielectric layer and at least a third conductive interconnecting component formed in a lower interlayer dielectric layer, which are at least partially opposite to each other, comprise both the dielectric material and the negative capacitance material sandwiched between their opposite parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9954071
    Abstract: A method for preparing a TiAl alloy thin film, wherein a reaction chamber is provided, in which at least one substrate is placed; an aluminum precursor and a titanium precursor are introduced into the reaction chamber, wherein the aluminum precursor has a molecular structure of a structural formula (I); and the aluminum precursor and the titanium precursor are brought into contact with the substrate so that a titanium-aluminum alloy thin film is formed on the surface of the substrate by vapor deposition. The method solves the problem of poor step coverage ability and the problem of incomplete filling with regard to the small-size devices by the conventional methods. Meanwhile, the formation of titanium-aluminum alloy thin films with the aid of plasma is avoided so that the substrate is not damaged by plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yuqiang Ding, Chao Zhao, Jinjuan Xiang
  • Patent number: 9934975
    Abstract: An N-type MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises forming source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming an interfacial oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer. The method also includes forming a first metal gate layer on the high-k gate dielectric layer. The method also includes implanting dopants into the first metal gate layer through conformal doping. The method also includes annealing a gate stack to change an effective work function of the gate stack which includes the first metal gate layer, the high-k gate dielectric, and the interfacial oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Qiuxia Xu, Yanbo Zhang, Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 9911617
    Abstract: The invention discloses a novel dry etching method, which comprises the following steps: forming a to-be-etched layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a masking material on the to-be-etched layer; carrying out dry etching on the masking material and the to-be-etched layer; simultaneously carrying out lateral etching (parallel to the surface of the substrate) of a masking layer and longitudinal etching (vertical to the surface of the substrate) of the to-be-etched layer; and obtaining the inclination angle (the included angle between a slope surface and the surface of the substrate) of the corresponding etched slope surface by accurately controlling the speed ratio. The method can flexibly adjust the inclination angle of the etched slope surface within a large range (0-90 degrees), and especially has advantages in the field of the application with a small inclination angle (smaller than 20 degrees) of the etched slope surface in comparison with a conventional etching method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Junjie Li, Junfeng Li, Qinghua Yang, Jinbiao Liu, Xiaobin He
  • Patent number: 9899270
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: forming a portion of the MOSFET on the semiconductor substrate, said portion of said MOSFET comprising source/drains regions located in the semiconductor substrate, a dummy gate stack located between the source/drain region and above the semiconductor substrate and a gate spacer surrounding the dummy gate stack; removing the dummy gate stack of said MOSFET to form a gate opening which exposes the surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor structure; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer within the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; implanting doping ions in the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer to fill up the gate opening; and annealing to diffu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Qingqing Liang, Dapeng Chen, Chao Zhao
  • Patent number: 9892912
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing stacked nanowires MOS transistors are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming a plurality of fins along a first direction on a substrate. The method also includes forming stack of nanowires constituted of a plurality of nanowires in each of the fins. The method also includes forming a gate stack along a second direction in the stack of nanowires, the gate stack surrounding the stack of nanowires. The method also includes forming source/drain regions at both sides of the gate stack, the nanowires between the respective source/drain regions constituting a channel region. A stack of nanowires may be formed by a plurality of etching back, laterally etching a trench and filling the trench. The laterally etching process includes isotropic dry etching having an internally tangent and lateral etching, and a wet etching which selectively etches along respective crystallographic directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huaxiang Yin, Changliang Qin, Zuozhen Fu, Xiaolong Ma, Dapeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20180019393
    Abstract: A nonvolatile resistive switching memory includes an inert metal electrode, a resistive switching functional layer, and an easily oxidizable metal electrode. A graphene intercalation layer with nanopores, interposed between the easily oxidizable metal electrode and the resistive switching functional layer, is capable of controlling the metal ions, which are formed by the oxidation of the easily oxidizable metal electrode during the programming of the device, and only enter into the resistive switching functional layer through the position of the nanopores. Further, the graphene intercalation layer with nanopores is capable of blocking the diffusion of the metal ions, making the metal ions, which are formed after the oxidation of the easily oxidizable metal electrode, enter into the resistive switching functional layer only through the position of the nanopores during the programming of the device, thereby controlling the growing position of conductive filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Qi Liu, Ming Liu, Haltao Sun, Hangbing Lv, Shibing Long, Writam Banerjee, Kangwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9865686
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin extending on a substrate along a first direction; a gate extending along a second direction across the fin; and source/drain regions and a gate spacer on the fin at opposite sides of the gate, in which there is a surface layer on the top and/or sidewalls of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huaxiang Yin, Huilong Zhu, Xiaolong Ma
  • Patent number: 9853153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a fin field effect transistor, comprising: providing an SOI substrate comprising a substrate layer (100), a BOX layer (120) and an SOI layer (130); forming a basic fin structure from an SOI layer; forming source/drain regions (110) on both sides of the basic fin structure; forming a fin structure between the source/drain regions (110) from a basic fin structure; and forming a gate stack across the fin structure. The method of manufacturing a fin field effect transistor provided in the present invention can integrate a high-k gate dielectric layer, a metal gate, and stressed source/drain regions into the fin field effect transistor to enhance the performance of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Zhijiong Luo, Haizhou Yin, Qingqing Liang
  • Patent number: 9831089
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an effective work function of a metal gate. The method includes forming a metal gate arrangement comprising at least a metal work function layer, and performing plasma treatment on at least one layer in the metal gate arrangement. In this way, it is possible to adjust the effective work function of the metal gate in a relatively flexible way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hong Yang, Wenwu Wang, Jiang Yan, Weichun Luo
  • Patent number: 9825135
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. An example method may include: forming a sacrificial gate stack on a substrate; forming a gate spacer on sidewalls of the sacrificial gate stack; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate and planarizing it to expose the sacrificial gate stack; partially etching back the sacrificial gate stack to form an opening; expanding the resultant opening so that the opening is in a shape whose size gradually increases from a side adjacent to the substrate towards an opposite side away from the substrate; and removing a remaining portion of the sacrificial gate stack and forming a gate stack in a space defined by the gate spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170288037
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first device, and a second device. Each of the first and second devices includes a gate extending in a first direction, source/drain regions respectively formed on opposite first and second sides of the gate, dielectric spacers formed respectively on outer sidewalls of the gate on the first side and the second side, and conductive spacers serving contacts to the source/drain regions and formed respectively on outer sidewalls of the respective gate spacers. A second direction from the source/drain region on the first side to the source/drain region on the second side crosses the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huicai Zhong, Qingqing Liang, Haizhou Yin
  • Patent number: 9779836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of information data storage and processing. There is provided a method for regulating magnetic multi-domain state, comprising: when a current is applied to a magnetic thin film, applying an additional external magnetic field having a magnetic field strength of 0 to 4×105 A/m to regulate magnetization state of the magnetic thin film; wherein the current is configured to drive movements of a magnetic domain of the magnetic multi-domain states in the magnetic thin film, and the external magnetic field is configured to regulate generation of new magnetic domain in the magnetic thin film and state of the magnetic domain during the movement, so that the magnetic thin film is in a stable magnetic multi-domain state. Such a multi-domain state can't be affected by a higher or lower current and keeps stable when the current is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Chong Bi, Shibing Long, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9780200
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement and a method for manufacturing the same. An arrangement may include a bulk semiconductor substrate; a fin formed on the substrate; a first FinFET and a second FinFET formed on the substrate. The first FinFET comprises a first gate stack intersecting the fin and a first gate spacer disposed on sidewalls of the first gate stack. The second FinFET includes a second gate stack intersecting the fin and a second gate spacer disposed on sidewalls of the second gate stack; a dummy gate spacer formed between the first FinFET and the second FinFET and intersecting the fin; an isolation section self-aligned to a space defined by the dummy gate spacer. The isolation section electrically isolates the first FinFET from the second FinFET; and an insulation layer disposed under and abutting the isolation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9773707
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: providing a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of openings formed thereon by removing a sacrificial gate; filling the openings with a top metal layer having compressive stress; and performing amorphous doping with respect to the top metal layer in a PMOS device region. Thus, it is possible to effectively improve carrier mobility of an NMOS device, and also to reduce the compressive stress in the PMOS device region to ensure a desired performance of the PMOS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Guilei Wang, Jinbiao Liu, Jianfeng Gao, Junfeng Li, Chao Zhao
  • Patent number: 9762217
    Abstract: A sampler adapted to a one-dimension slow-varying signal, including: a signal preprocessing unit configured to preprocess an input signal; a slope-controllable sawtooth wave signal generating unit configured to generate a slope-controllable sawtooth wave signal and perform zero-resetting; a signal comparing unit configured to compare the preprocessed input signal from the signal preprocessing unit with the sawtooth wave signal and to output a pulse signal to the generating unit and a signal outputting unit when the preprocessed input signal is equal to the sawtooth wave signal; a counting unit configured to count a number of clock signals while the sawtooth wave signal generating unit is generating the sawtooth wave signal and to transmit the counted number to the signal outputting unit; the signal outputting unit configured to, upon receipt of the pulse signal output from the signal comparing unit, output the number counted by the counting unit at the moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Dongmei Li, Qing Luo, Shengfa Liang, Hongzhang Yang, Xiaojing Li, Hao Zhang, Changqing Xie, Ming Liu