Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to advanced integrated circuit (IC) structure fabrication and, in particular, to IC structures with graphene contacts. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to provide electrical insulation between a gate and a channel region of a non-planar circuit device. In an embodiment, the gate structure, and insulation spacers at opposite respective sides of the gate structure, each extend over a semiconductor fin structure. In a region between the insulation spacers, a first dielectric layer extends conformally over the fin, and a second dielectric layer adjoins and extends conformally over the first dielectric layer. A third dielectric layer, adjoining the second dielectric layer and the insulation spacers, extends under the gate structure. Of the first, second and third dielectric layers, the third dielectric layer is conformal to respective sidewalls of the insulation spacers. In another embodiment, the second dielectric layer is of dielectric constant which is greater than that of the first dielectric layer, and equal to or less than that of the third dielectric layer.

Abstract: Thin film transistors having strain-inducing structures integrated with two-dimensional (2D) channel materials are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a two-dimensional (2D) material layer above a substrate. A gate stack is on the 2D material layer, the gate stack having a first side opposite a second side. A first gate spacer is on the 2D material layer and adjacent to the first side of the gate stack. A second gate spacer is on the 2D material layer and adjacent to the second side of the gate stack. The first gate spacer and the second gate spacer induce a strain on the 2D material layer. A first conductive structure is on the 2D material layer and adjacent to the first gate spacer. A second conductive structure is on the 2D material layer and adjacent to the second gate spacer.

Abstract: Thin film transistors having semiconductor structures integrated with two-dimensional (2D) channel materials are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a two-dimensional (2D) material layer above a substrate. A gate stack is above the 2D material layer, the gate stack having a first side opposite a second side. A semiconductor structure including germanium is included, the semiconductor structure laterally adjacent to and in contact with the 2D material layer adjacent the first side of the gate stack. A first conductive structure is adjacent the first side of the second gate stack, the first conductive structure over and in direct electrical contact with the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure is intervening between the first conductive structure and the 2D material layer. A second conductive structure is adjacent the second side of the second gate stack, the second conductive structure over and in direct electrical contact with the 2D material layer.

Abstract: Thin film transistors having edge-modulated two-dimensional (2D) channel material are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a device layer including a two-dimensional (2D) material layer above a substrate, the 2D material layer including a center portion and first and second edge portions, the center portion consisting essentially of molybdenum or tungsten and of sulfur or selenium, and the first and second edge portions including molybdenum or tungsten and including tellurium.

Abstract: Thin film transistors having fin structures integrated with two-dimensional (2D) channel materials are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of insulator fins above a substrate. A two-dimensional (2D) material layer is over the plurality of insulator fins. A gate dielectric layer is on the 2D material layer. A gate electrode is on the gate dielectric layer. A first conductive contact is on the 2D material layer adjacent to a first side of the gate electrode. A second conductive contact is on the 2D material layer adjacent to a second side of the gate electrode, the second side opposite the first side.

Abstract: Describe is a resonator that uses ferroelectric (FE) material in a capacitive structure. The resonator includes a first plurality of metal lines extending in a first direction; an array of capacitors comprising ferroelectric material; a second plurality of metal lines extending in the first direction, wherein the array of capacitors is coupled between the first and second plurality of metal lines; and a circuitry to switch polarization of at least one capacitor of the array of capacitors. The switching of polarization regenerates acoustic waves. In some embodiments, the acoustic mode of the resonator is isolated using phononic gratings all around the resonator using metal lines above and adjacent to the FE based capacitors.

Abstract: A memory device, an integrated circuit component including an array of the memory devices, and an integrated device assembly including the integrated circuit component. The memory devices includes a first electrode; a second electrode including an antiferromagnetic (AFM) material; and a memory stack including: a first layer adjacent the second electrode and including a multilayer stack of adjacent layers comprising ferromagnetic materials; a second layer adjacent the first layer; and a third layer adjacent the second layer at one side thereof, and adjacent the first electrode at another side thereof, the second layer between the first layer and the third layer, the third layer including a ferromagnetic material. The memory device may correspond to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) magnetic random access memory bit cell, and the memory stack may correspond to a MTJ device.

Abstract: A pbit device, in one embodiment, includes a first field-effect transistor (FET) that includes a source region, a drain region, a source electrode on the source region, a drain electrode on the drain region, a channel region between the source and drain regions, a dielectric layer on a surface over the channel region, an electrode layer above the dielectric layer, and a ferroelectric (FE) material layer between the dielectric layer and the electrode layer. The pbit device also includes a second FET comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The drain electrode of the second FET is connected to the drain electrode of the first FET.

Abstract: Described is an ultra-dense ferroelectric memory. The memory is fabricated using a patterning method by that applies atomic layer deposition with selective dry and/or wet etch to increase memory density at a given via opening. A ferroelectric capacitor in one example comprises: a first structure (e.g., first electrode) comprising metal; a second structure (e.g., a second electrode) comprising metal; and a third structure comprising ferroelectric material, wherein the third structure is between and adjacent to the first and second structures, wherein a portion of the third structure is interdigitated with the first and second structures to increase surface area of the third structure. The increased surface area allows for higher memory density.

Abstract: A transistor includes a channel layer including a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) material, an encapsulation layer on a first portion of the channel layer, a gate electrode above the encapsulation layer, a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the encapsulation layer. The transistor further includes a source contact on a second portion of the channel layer and a drain contact on a third portion of the channel layer, where the gate structure is between drain contact and the source contact.

Abstract: A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistor includes a first transistor with a first gate dielectric layer above a first channel, where the first gate dielectric layer includes Hf1-xZxO2, where 0.33<x<0.5. The first transistor further includes a first gate electrode on the first gate dielectric layer and a first source region and a first drain region on opposite sides of the first gate electrode. The CMOS transistor further includes a second transistor adjacent to the first transistor. The second transistor includes a second gate dielectric layer above a second channel, where the second gate dielectric layer includes Hf1-xZxO2, where 0.5<x<0.99, a second gate electrode on the second gate dielectric layer and a second source region and a second drain region on opposite sides of the second gate electrode.

Abstract: Metal insulator metal capacitors are described. In an example, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor includes a first electrode plate, and a first capacitor dielectric on the first electrode plate. The first capacitor dielectric is or includes a perovskite high-k dielectric material. A second electrode plate is on the first capacitor dielectric and has a portion over and parallel with the first electrode plate, and a second capacitor dielectric is on the second electrode plate. A third electrode plate is on the second capacitor dielectric and has a portion over and parallel with the second electrode plate.

Abstract: Thin film transistors having boron nitride integrated with two-dimensional (2D) channel materials are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first gate stack above a substrate. A 2D channel material layer is above the first gate stack. A second gate stack is above the 2D channel material layer, the second gate stack having a first side opposite a second side. A first conductive contact is adjacent the first side of the second gate stack and in contact with the 2D channel material layer. A second conductive contact is adjacent the second side of the second gate stack and in contact with the 2D channel material layer. A hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer is included between the first gate stack and the 2D channel material layer, between the second gate stack and the 2D channel material layer, or both.

Abstract: Transistor structures with monocrystalline metal chalcogenide channel materials are formed from a plurality of template regions patterned over a substrate. A crystal of metal chalcogenide may be preferentially grown from a template region and the metal chalcogenide crystals then patterned into the channel region of a transistor. The template regions may be formed by nanometer-dimensioned patterning of a metal precursor, a growth promoter, a growth inhibitor, or a defected region. A metal precursor may be a metal oxide suitable, which is chalcogenated when exposed to a chalcogen precursor at elevated temperature, for example in a chemical vapor deposition process.

Abstract: A transistor includes a first channel layer over a second channel layer, where the first and the second channel layers include a monocrystalline transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). The transistor structure further includes a source structure coupled to a first end of the first and second channel layers, a drain structure coupled to a second end of the first and second channel layers, a gate structure between the source material and the drain material, and between the first channel layer and the second channel layer. The transistor further includes a spacer laterally between the gate structure and the and the source structure and between the gate structure and the drain structure. A liner is between the spacer and the gate structure. The liner is in contact with the first channel layer and the second channel layer and extends between the gate structure and the respective source structure and the drain structure.

Abstract: A memory device structure includes a transistor structure including a gate electrode over a top surface of a fin and adjacent to a sidewall of the fin, a source structure coupled to a first region of the fin and a drain structure coupled to a second region of the fin, where the gate electrode is between the first and the second region. A gate dielectric layer is between the fin and the gate electrode. The memory device structure further includes a capacitor coupled with the transistor structure, the capacitor includes the gate electrode, a ferroelectric layer on a substantially planar uppermost surface of the gate electrode and a word line on the ferroelectric layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are capacitors including built-in electric fields, as well as related devices and assemblies. In some embodiments, a capacitor may include a top electrode region, a bottom electrode region, and a dielectric region between and in contact with the top electrode region and the bottom electrode region, wherein the dielectric region includes a perovskite material, and the top electrode region has a different material structure than the bottom electrode region.

Abstract: Thin film transistors having electrostatic double gates are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes an insulator layer above a substrate. A first gate stack is on the insulator layer. A 2D channel material layer is on the first gate stack. A second gate stack is on a first portion of the 2D channel material layer, the second gate stack having a first side opposite a second side. A first conductive contact is adjacent the first side of the second gate stack, the first conductive contact on a second portion of the 2D channel material layer. A second conductive contact is adjacent the second side of the second gate stack, the second conductive contact on a third portion of the 2D channel material layer. A gate electrode of the first gate stack extends beneath a portion of the first conductive contact and beneath a portion of the second conductive contact.

Abstract: A capacitor device includes a first electrode having a first metal alloy or a metal oxide, a relaxor ferroelectric layer adjacent to the first electrode, where the ferroelectric layer includes oxygen and two or more of lead, barium, manganese, zirconium, titanium, iron, bismuth, strontium, neodymium, potassium, or niobium and a second electrode coupled with the relaxor ferroelectric layer, where the second electrode includes a second metal alloy or a second metal oxide.