Patents Assigned to Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Patent number: 10176287
    Abstract: The invention discloses an STI stress effect modeling method and device of an MOS device, and belongs to the technical field of parameter extraction modeling of devices. The method comprises the following steps: introducing the influence of temperature parameters on the STI stress effect of the MOS device, so as to form a function showing that the STI stress effect of the MOS device changes along with the temperature parameters; extracting the model parameter Model1 of the MOS device at normal temperature; on the basis of the Model1, extracting the parameter Model2 that the STI stress affects the properties of the MOS device at normal temperature; and on the basis of the Model2, extracting fitting parameters of the MOS device in the function so as to acquire final model parameters. The device comprises a first module, a second module, a third module and a fourth module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Science
    Inventors: Jianhui Bu, Shuzhen Li, Jiajun Luo, Zhengsheng Han
  • Publication number: 20190006584
    Abstract: A method for improving endurance of 3D integrated resistive switching memory, comprising: Step 1: Calculating the temperature distribution in the integrated array by the 3D Fourier heat conduction equation; Step 2, selecting heat transfer mode; Step 3: selecting an appropriate array structure; Step 4: analyzing the influence of integration degree on temperature in the array; Step 5: evaluating the endurance performance in the array; and Step 6: changing the array parameters according to the evaluation result to improve the endurance performance. According to the method of the present invention, based on the thermal transmission mode in the 3D integrated resistive switching device, a suitable 3D integrated array is selected to analyze the influence of the integration degree on the device temperature so as to evaluate and improve the endurance of the 3D integrated resistive switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Science
    Inventors: Nianduan LU, Pengxiao SUN, Ling LI, Ming IIU, Qi LIU, Hangbing LV, Shibing LONG
  • Publication number: 20180366643
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the thermal effects of 3D RRAM arrays and reducing thermal crosstalk, including the following steps: Step 1: calculating the temperature distribution in the array through 3D Fourier heat conduction equation; Step 2, selecting a heat transfer mode; Step 3, selecting an appropriate array structure; Step 4, analyzing the effect of position of programming device in the array on the temperature; Step 5, analyzing the thermal crosstalk effect in the array; Step 6, evaluating thermal effects and thermal crosstalk; Step 7, changing the array structure or modify operating parameters based on the evaluation results to reduce the thermal crosstalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Nianduan Lu, Pengxiao Sun, Ling Li, Ming Iiu, Qi Liu, Hangbing Lv, Shibing Long
  • Patent number: 10157956
    Abstract: A method for monolithic integration of a hyperspectral image sensor is provided, which includes: forming a bottom reflecting layer on a surface of the photosensitive region of a CMOS image sensor wafer; forming a transparent cavity layer composed of N step structures on the bottom reflecting layer through area selective atomic layer deposition processes, where N=2m, m?1 and m is a positive integer; and forming a top reflecting layer on the transparent cavity layer. With the method, non-uniformity accumulation due to etching processes in conventional technology is minimized, and the cavity layer can be made of materials which cannot be etched. Mosaic cavity layers having such repeated structures with different heights can be formed by extending one-dimensional ASALD, such as extending in another dimension and forming repeated regions, which can be applied to snapshot hyperspectral image sensors, for example, pixels, and greatly improving performance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hushan Cui, Jinjuan Xiang, Xiaobin He, Tao Yang, Junfeng Li, Chao Zhao
  • Patent number: 10141408
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for reducing a contact resistance of a two-dimensional crystal material are provided. An example method may include forming a contact material layer on a two-dimensional crystal material layer; performing ion implantation; and performing thermal annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Kunpeng Jia, Yajuan Su, Huilong Zhu, Chao Zhao
  • Patent number: 10134862
    Abstract: High integrity, lower power consuming semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes: semiconductor substrate; a well region in the semiconductor substrate; an interlayer structure over the well region, the interlayer structure including a back gate conductor, semiconductor fins at both sides of the back gate conductor and respective back gate dielectric isolating the back gate conductor from the semiconductor fins, respectively, wherein the well region functions as one portion of a conductive path of the back gate conductor; a punch-through stop layer at a lower portion of the semiconductor fin; a front gate stack intersecting the semiconductor fin, the front gate stack including a front gate dielectric and a front gate conductor and the front gate dielectric isolating the front gate conductor from the semiconductor fin; and a source region and a drain region connected to a channel region provided by the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10134983
    Abstract: A nonvolatile resistive switching memory, comprising an inert metal electrode, a resistive switching functional layer, and an easily oxidizable metal electrode, and characterized in that: a graphene barrier layer is inserted between the inert metal electrode and the resistive switching functional layer, which is capable of preventing the easily oxidizable metal ions from migrating into the inert metal electrode through the resistive switching functional layer under the action of electric field during the programming of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qi Liu, Ming Liu, Haitao Sun, Keke Zhang, Shibing Long, Hangbing Lv, Writam Banerjee, Kangwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10128244
    Abstract: Provided are a CMOS device having a charged punch-through stopper (PTS) layer to reduce punch-through and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the CMOS semiconductor device includes an n-type device and a p-type device. The n-type device and the p-type device each may include: a fin structure formed on a substrate; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the fin structure above the isolation layer acts as a fin of the n-type device or the p-type device; a charged PTS layer formed on side walls of a portion of the fin structure beneath the fin; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the fin. For the n-type device, the PTS layer has net negative charges, and for the p-type device, the PTS layer has net positive charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Xing Wei
  • Patent number: 10128375
    Abstract: An FinFET and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The FinFET comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a stress layer on the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor fin on the stress layer, the semiconductor fin having two sidewalls extending in its length direction; a gate dielectric on the sidewalls of the semiconductor fin; a gate conductor on the gate dielectric; and a source region and a drain region at two ends of the semiconductor fin, wherein the stress layer extends below and in parallel with the semiconductor fin, and applies stress to the semiconductor fin in the length direction of the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Miao Xu
  • Patent number: 10128351
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, the method may include: forming a first shielding layer on a substrate; forming one of source and drain regions with the first shielding layer as a mask; forming a second shielding layer on the substrate, and removing the first shielding layer; forming a shielding spacer on a sidewall of the second shielding layer; forming the other of the source and drain regions with the second shielding layer and the shielding spacer as a mask; removing at least a portion of the shielding spacer; and forming a gate dielectric layer, and forming a gate conductor as a spacer on a sidewall of the second shielding layer or a possible remaining portion of the shielding spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Qingqing Liang, Huicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 10115641
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor arrangement, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the semiconductor arrangement. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor arrangement may include a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device stacked in sequence on a substrate. Each of the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device may include a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked in sequence, and a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer may comprise a semiconductor material different from that of the first source/drain layer and from that of the second source/drain layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10115804
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate trench on a substrate; forming a gate dielectric layer and a metal gate layer thereon in the gate trench; forming a first tungsten (W) layer on a surface of the metal gate layer, and forming a tungsten nitride (WN) blocking layer by injecting nitrogen (N) ions; and filling with W through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The blocking layer prevents ions in the precursors from aggregating on an interface and penetrating into the metal gate layer and the gate dielectric layer. At the same time, adhesion of W is enhanced, a process window of W during planarization is increased, reliability of the device is improved and the gate resistance is further reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guilei Wang, Junfeng Li, Jinbiao Liu, Chao Zhao
  • Patent number: 10096691
    Abstract: A method for forming a metal silicide. The method comprises: providing a substrate having a fin, a gate formed on the fin, and spacers formed on opposite sides of the gate; depositing a Ti metal layer; siliconizing the Ti metal layer; and removing unreacted Ti metal layer. As the Ti atoms have relatively stable characteristics, diffusion happens mostly to Si atoms while the Ti atoms rarely diffuse during the thermal annealing. As a result, current leakage can be prevented in a depletion region and thus leakage current of the substrate can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qingzhu Zhang, Lichuan Zhao, Xiongkun Yang, Huaxiang Yin, Jiang Yan, Junfeng Li, Tao Yang, Jinbiao Liu
  • Patent number: 10096717
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the MOSFET comprises: an SOI wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer; a gate stack on the semiconductor layer; a source region and a drain region in the semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate stack; and a channel region in the semiconductor layer and located between the source region and the drain region, wherein the MOSFET further comprises a back gate which is located in the semiconductor substrate and has a first doped region as a lower portion of the back gate and a second doped region as an upper portion of the back gate, and the second doped region of the back gate is self-aligned with the gate stack. The MOSFET can adjust a threshold voltage by changing doping type and doping concentration of the back gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Qingqing Liang, Haizhou Yin, Zhijiong Luo
  • Patent number: 10068803
    Abstract: A planarization process is disclosed. The method includes forming a trench in an area of a material layer which has a relatively high loading condition for sputtering. The method further includes sputtering the material layer to make the material layer flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Jun Luo, Chunlong Li, Jian Deng, Chao Zhao
  • Patent number: 10068990
    Abstract: A MOS transistor with stacked nanowires and a method of manufacturing the same. The transistor may include a stack of cascaded nanowires extending in a first direction on a substrate; a gate stack extending in a second direction across the nanowire stack; source and drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the gate stack in the second direction; and a channel region constituted of the nanowire stack between the source and drain regions. The cascaded nanowires can be formed by repeated operations of etching back, and lateral etching and then filling of grooves, thereby increasing an effective width of the channel, increasing a total area of an effective conductive section, and thus improving a drive current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huaxiang Yin, Xiaolong Ma, Weijia Xu, Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10062775
    Abstract: A GaN-based power electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same is provided. The GaN-based power electronic device comprising a substrate and an epitaxial layer over the substrate. The epitaxial layer comprises a GaN-based heterostructure layer, a superlattice structure layer and a P-type cap layer. The superlattice structure layer is provided over the heterostructure layer, and the P-type cap layer is provided over the superlattice structure layer. By using this electronic device, gate voltage swing and safe gate voltage range of the GaN-based power electronic device manufactured on the basis of the P-type cap layer technique may be further extended, and dynamic characteristics of the device may be improved. Therefore, application process for the GaN-based power electronic device that is based on the P-type cap layer technique will be promoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Sen Huang, Xinyu Liu, Xinhua Wang, Ke Wei, Qilong Bao, Wenwu Wang, Chao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180240809
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate dielectric layer and a first amorphous channel layer on a substrate; thinning the first amorphous channel layer; etching the first amorphous channel layer and the gate dielectric layer until the substrate is exposed; forming a second amorphous channel layer on the first amorphous channel layer and the substrate; annealing such that the first amorphous channel layer and the second amorphous channel layer are converted into a polycrystalline channel layer; and thinning the polycrystalline channel layer. According to the method of manufacturing semiconductor device of the present invention, the grain size of the polycrystalline thin film is increased by depositing a thick amorphous film and then annealing and thinning it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Tianchun Ye
  • Patent number: 10056261
    Abstract: Provided are P type MOSFETs and methods for manufacturing the same. The method may include forming source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a high K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer on the high K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopants into the first metal gate layer through conformal doping; and performing annealing to change an effective work function of a gate stack including the first metal gate layer, the high K gate dielectric, and the interfacial oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Qiuxia Xu, Yanbo Zhang, Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 10043909
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high-quality epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device may include: a substrate; a fin-shaped first semiconductor layer spaced apart from the substrate; a second semiconductor layer at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first semiconductor layer; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, exposing at least a part of the second semiconductor layer, wherein the exposed part of the second semiconductor layer extends in a fin shape; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu