Abstract: According to an embodiment, a memory device includes a plurality of decoders each configured to (i) correct an error and output a corrected read data item if a read data item from a memory circuit corresponding to the decoder contains one error, and (ii) output the read data item if no error is detected in the read data item; and a majority circuit configured to output a read data item which is the same as one of the read data items of the most read data items output from the plurality of decoders.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array area on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell array area including magnetoresistive elements, each of the magnetoresistive elements having a reference layer with an invariable magnetization, a storage layer with a variable magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer therebetween, a magnetic field generating area which generates a first magnetic field cancelling a second magnetic field applying from the reference layer to the storage layer, and which is separated from the magnetoresistive elements, and a closed magnetic path area functioning as a closed magnetic path of the first magnetic field, and surrounding the memory cell array area and the magnetic field generating area.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array area on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell array area including magnetoresistive elements, each of the magnetoresistive elements having a reference layer with an invariable magnetization, a storage layer with a variable magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer therebetween, a magnetic field generating area which generates a first magnetic field cancelling a second magnetic field applying from the reference layer to the storage layer, and which is separated from the magnetoresistive elements, and a closed magnetic path area functioning as a closed magnetic path of the first magnetic field, and surrounding the memory cell array area and the magnetic field generating area.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array area on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell array area including magnetoresistive elements, each of the magnetoresistive elements having a reference layer with an invariable magnetization, a storage layer with a variable magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer therebetween, a magnetic field generating area which generates a first magnetic field cancelling a second magnetic field applying from the reference layer to the storage layer, and which is separated from the magnetoresistive elements, and a closed magnetic path area functioning as a closed magnetic path of the first magnetic field, and surrounding the memory cell array area and the magnetic field generating area.

Abstract: A measuring device measures a gate length of a plurality of gate electrodes formed on a wafer. A calculation device calculates data of an ion implantation dosage for making uniform a threshold voltage in a wafer surface on the basis of distribution of the gate length in a wafer surface measured by the measuring device. The ion implantation device implants ions into the wafer on the basis of the data of the ion implantation dosage calculated by the calculation device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first diffusion region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the first diffusion region, and a channel formed in the first diffusion region to receive a cooling fluid.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first diffusion region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the first diffusion region, and a channel formed in the first diffusion region to receive a cooling fluid.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first diffusion region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the first diffusion region, and a channel formed in the first diffusion region to receive a cooling fluid.

Abstract: A measuring device measures a gate length of a plurality of gate electrodes formed on a wafer. A calculation device calculates data of an ion implantation dosage for making uniform a threshold voltage in a wafer surface on the basis of distribution of the gate length in a wafer surface measured by the measuring device. The ion implantation device implants ions into the wafer on the basis of the data of the ion implantation dosage calculated by the calculation device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device substrate includes forming a mask layer pattern on a semiconductor layer insulated from a surface of a semiconductor substrate by an electrically insulating layer, etching the semiconductor layer according to the pattern of the mask layer to form a trench leading to the insulating layer, etching a protective layer on the semiconductor substrate having a thickness less than the thickness of the insulating layer to form a sidewall protective film which covers a side surface of the trench, etching the insulating layer from a bottom surface of the trench to the semiconductor substrate; and growing a single-crystalline layer from the surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed as a result of etching the insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes selectively removing portions of a buried oxide layer and first semiconductor layer in an SOI substrate having the first semiconductor layer formed above a semiconductor substrate with the buried oxide layer disposed therebetween and exposing part of the semiconductor substrate, removing an exposed region of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, and burying a second semiconductor region in the region from which part of the semiconductor substrate has been removed in the depth direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device contains a CMOS circuit that includes a plurality of N-channel transistors and a plurality of P-channel transistors. The plurality of N-channel transistors is provided with device isolation by one of a gate isolation structure and a shallow trench isolation structure. The plurality of P-channel transistors are provided with device isolation by the other of the gate isolation structure and the shallow trench isolation structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first diffusion region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the first diffusion region, and a channel formed in the first diffusion region to receive a cooling fluid.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device substrate is disclosed, which comprises forming a mask layer patterned on a semiconductor layer insulated from a surface of a semiconductor substrate by an electrically insulating layer, etching the semiconductor layer according to the pattern of the mask layer to form a trench leading to the insulating layer, etching a protective layer deposited thinner on the semiconductor substrate than the thickness of the insulating layer to form a sidewall protective film which covers a side surface of the trench, etching the insulating layer from a bottom surface of the trench to the semiconductor substrate; and growing a single-crystalline layer from the surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed as a result of etching the insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element-isolating region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a real element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof, and a dummy element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof. The ratio of the sum of pattern areas of the real element region and dummy element region occupied in a 1 ?m-square range of interest including the element region is 25% or more.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a base substrate, a bulk device region having a bulk growth layer on a part of the base substrate, an SOI device region having a buried insulator on the base substrate and a silicon layer on the buried insulator, and a boundary layer located at the boundary between the bulk device region and the SOI device region. The bulk device region has a first device-fabrication surface in which a bulk device is positioned on the bulk growth layer. The SOI device region has a second device-fabrication surface in which an SOI device is positioned on the silicon layer. The first and second device-fabrication surfaces are positioned at a substantially uniform level.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes selectively removing portions of a buried oxide layer and first semiconductor layer in an SOI substrate having the first semiconductor layer formed above a semiconductor substrate with the buried oxide layer disposed therebetween and exposing part of the semiconductor substrate, removing an exposed region of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, and burying a second semiconductor region in the region from which part of the semiconductor substrate has been removed in the depth direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device substrate includes forming a mask layer pattern on a semiconductor layer insulated from a surface of a semiconductor substrate by an electrically insulating layer, etching the semiconductor layer according to the pattern of the mask layer to form a trench leading to the insulating layer, etching a protective layer on the semiconductor substrate having a thickness less than the thickness of the insulating layer to form a sidewall protective film which covers a side surface of the trench, etching the insulating layer from a bottom surface of the trench to the semiconductor substrate; and growing a single-crystalline layer from the surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed as a result of etching the insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed above a first region of a supporting substrate with a buried oxide layer disposed therebetween and a second semiconductor layer formed on a second region of the supporting substrate. An interface between the supporting substrate and the second semiconductor layer is placed in substantially the same depth position as the undersurface of the buried oxide layer or in a position deeper than the buried oxide layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element-isolating region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a real element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof, and a dummy element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof. The ratio of the sum of pattern areas of the real element region and dummy element region occupied in a 1 ?m-square range of interest including the element region is 25% or more.