Patents by Inventor Jiewen Fan

Jiewen Fan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8722312
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor nano circular ring. In the method, firstly, a positive photoresist is coated on a semiconductor substrate, then the photoresist is exposed by using a circular mask with a micrometer-sized diameter to obtain the circular ring-shaped photoresist, based on the poisson diffraction principle. Then, a plasma etching is performed on the substrate under a protection of the circular ring-shaped photoresist to form a circular ring-shaped structure with a nano-sized wall thickness on a surface of the substrate. The embodiment of present invention fabricates a nano-sized circular ring-shaped structure by using a micrometer-sized lithography equipment and a micrometer-sized circular mask, and overcomes the dependence on advanced technologies, so as to effectively reduce the fabrication cost of the circular ring-shaped nano structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Yujie Al, Zhihua Hao, Shuangshuang Pu, Jiewen Fan, Shuai Sun, Runsheng Wang, Xia An
  • Patent number: 8592276
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a fabrication method of a vertical silicon nanowire field effect transistor having a low parasitic resistance, which relates to a field of an ultra-large-integrated-circuit fabrication technology. As compared with a conventional planar field effect transistor, on one hand the vertical silicon nanowire field effect transistor fabricated by the present invention can provide a good ability for suppressing a short channel effect due to the excellent gate control ability caused by the one-dimensional structure, and reduce a leakage current and a drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL). On the other hand, an area of the transistor is further reduced and an integration degree of an IC system is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Shuai Sun, Runsheng Wang, Jibin Zou, Xin Huang
  • Patent number: 8563370
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a surrounding-gate silicon nanowire transistor with air sidewalls is provided. The method is compatible with the CMOS process; the introduced air sidewalls can reduce the parasitic capacitance effectively and increase the transient response characteristic of the device, thus being applicable to a high-performance logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jing Zhuge, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Runsheng Wang, Xin Huang
  • Patent number: 8564031
    Abstract: The invention provides a high voltage-resistant lateral double-diffused transistor. The lateral double-diffused MOS transistor includes a channel region, a gate dielectric, a gate region, a source region, a drain region, a source end extension region and a drain end S-shaped drifting region, wherein the channel region has a lateral cylindrical silicon nanowire structure, on which a layer of gate dielectric is uniformly covered, the gate region is on the gate dielectric, the gate region and the gate dielectric completely surround the channel region, the source end extension region lies between the source region and the channel region, the drain end S-shaped drifting region lies between the drain region and the channel region, the plan view of the drain end S-shaped drifting region is in the form of single or multiple S-shaped structure(s), and an insulating material with a relative dielectric constant of 1-4 is filled within the S-shaped structure(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jibin Zou, Runsheng Wang, Gengyu Yang, Yujie Ai, Jiewen Fan
  • Publication number: 20130214810
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for testing the density and location of a gate dielectric layer trap of a semiconductor device. The testing method tests the trap density and two-dimensional trap location in the gate dielectric layer of a semiconductor device with a small area (the effective channel area is less than 0.5 square microns) using the gate leakage current generated by a leakage path. The present invention is especially suitable for testing a device with an ultra-small area (the effective channel area is less than 0.05 square microns). The present method can obtain trap distribution scenarios of the gate dielectric layer in the case of different materials and different processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jibin Zou, Changze Liu, Runsheng Wang, Jiewen Fan, Yangyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8513067
    Abstract: The invention discloses a fabrication method for a surrounding gate silicon nanowire transistor with air as spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jing Zhuge, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Runsheng Wang, Xin Huang
  • Publication number: 20130168759
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a field effect transistor with a vertical channel and a fabrication method thereof. A channel region of the field effect transistor is a circular ring-shaped Si platform, which is formed over a substrate and perpendicular to the substrate; a source, which is made of polysilicon, is located at an upper end of the Si platform; a drain is disposed at an outside of a lower end of the circular ring-shaped Si platform; a gate is placed on an outer side surface of the circular ring-shaped Si platform; and an inside of the circular ring-shaped Si platform is filled with a dielectric material. In comparison with the conventional vertical structure MOSFET with a Si platform, the circular ring-shaped structure field effect transistor according to the invention can effectively suppress the short channel effect and improve the device performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Yujie Ai, Zhihua Hao, Shuangshuang Pu, Jiewen Fan, Shuai Sun, Runsheng Wang, Xiaoyan Xu
  • Publication number: 20130130503
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating an ultra-fine nanowire by combining a trimming process and a mask blocking oxidation process. The ultra-thin nanowire is fabricated by a combination of performing a trimming process on a mask to reduce a width of the mask and blocking an oxidation through the mask. A diameter of the floated ultra-thin nanowire fabricated by the method is controlled to 20 nm below by a thickness of a deposited silicon oxide film, a width of the silicon oxide nanowire after trimming, and a time and a temperature for performing a wet oxidation process. Also, since a speed of the wet oxidation process is faster, the width of the nanowire obtained by a conventional photolithography is reduced faster. Moreover, when fabricating an ultra-thin nanowire by using the method, the cost is reduced and it is more feasible to be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Shuai Sun, Yujie Ai, Jiewen Fan, Runsheng Wang, Xiaoyan Xu
  • Publication number: 20130075701
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hexagonal programmable array based on a silicon nanowire field effect transistor and a method for fabricating the same. The array includes a nanowire device, a nanowire device connection region and a gate connection region, wherein, the nanowire device has a cylinder shape, and includes a silicon nanowire channel, a gate dielectric layer, and a gate region, the nanowire channel being surrounded by the gate dielectric layer, and the gate dielectric layer being surrounded by the gate region; the nanowire devices are arranged in a hexagon shape to form programming unit, the nanowire device connection region is a connection node of three nanowire devices and secured to a silicon supporter. The present invention can achieve a complex control logic of interconnections and is suitable for a digital/analog and a mixed-signal circuit having a high integration degree and a high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jibin Zou, Runsheng Wang, Jiewen Fan, Changze Liu, Yangyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8372752
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating an ultra fine nanowire, which relates to a manufacturing technology of a microelectronic semiconductor transistor. This method obtains a suspended ultra fine nanowire base on a combination of a mask blocking oxidation process and a stepwise oxidation process. A diameter of the suspended ultra fine nanowire fabricated by this method is precisely controlled to 20 nm by controlling a thickness of a deposited silicon nitride film and a time and temperature of the two oxidation process. Since a speed of a dry oxidation process is slower, the size of the final nanowire may be precisely controlled. This method can be used to fabricate an ultra fine nanowire with a lower cost and a higher applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Shuai Sun, Yujie Al, Jiewen Fan, Runsheng Wang, Xiaoyan Xu
  • Publication number: 20130017654
    Abstract: The invention discloses a fabrication method for a surrounding gate silicon nanowire transistor with air as spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jing Zhuge, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Runsheng Wang, Xin Huang
  • Publication number: 20130011980
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a fabrication method of a vertical silicon nanowire field effect transistor having a low parasitic resistance, which relates to a field of an ultra-large-integrated-circuit fabrication technology. As compared with a conventional planar field effect transistor, on one hand the vertical silicon nanowire field effect transistor fabricated by the present invention can provide a good ability for suppressing a short channel effect due to the excellent gate control ability caused by the one-dimensional structure, and reduce a leakage current and a drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL). On the other hand, an area of the transistor is further reduced and an integration degree of an IC system is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Shuai Sun, Runsheng Wang, Jibin Zou, Xin Huang
  • Publication number: 20120302014
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a surrounding-gate silicon nanowire transistor with air sidewalls is provided. The method is compatible with the CMOS process; the introduced air sidewalls can reduce the parasitic capacitance effectively and increase the transient response characteristic of the device, thus being applicable to a high-performance logic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jing Zhuge, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Runsheng Wang, Xin Huang
  • Publication number: 20120302027
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating a silicon nanowire field effect transistor based on a wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jiewen Fan, Yujie Ai, Shuai Sun, Runsheng Wang, Jibin Zou, Xin Huang
  • Publication number: 20120199808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high voltage-resistant lateral double-diffused transistor based on a nanowire device, which relates to the field of microelectronics semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jibin Zou, Runsheng Wang, Gengyu Yang, Yujie Al, Jiewen Fan
  • Publication number: 20120190202
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor nano circular ring. In the method, firstly, a positive photoresist is coated on a semiconductor substrate, then the photoresist is exposed by using a circular mask with a micrometer-sized diameter to obtain the circular ring-shaped photoresist, based on the poisson diffraction principle. Then, a plasma etching is performed on the substrate under a protection of the circular ring-shaped photoresist to form a circular ring-shaped structure with a nano-sized wall thickness on a surface of the substrate. The embodiment of present invention fabricates a nano-sized circular ring-shaped structure by using a micrometer-sized lithography equipment and a micrometer-sized circular mask, and overcomes the dependence on advanced technologies, so as to effectively reduce the fabrication cost of the circular ring-shaped nano structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Yujie Al, Zhihua Hao, Shuangshuang Pu, Jiewen Fan, Shuai Sun, Runsheng Wang, Xia An
  • Publication number: 20120187976
    Abstract: A method for testing trap density in a gate dielectric layer of a semiconductor device having no substrate contact is provided in the invention. A source and a drain of the device are bilateral symmetric, and probes and cables of a test instrument connecting to the source and the drain are bilateral symmetric. Firstly, bias settings at the gate, the source and the drain are controlled so that the device is under an initial state that an inversion layer is not formed and traps in the gate dielectric layer impose no confining effects on charges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ru Huang, Jibin Zou, Runsheng Wang, Jiewen Fan, Changze Liu, Yangyuan Wang