Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a silicon substrate including a first region which has a buried insulating layer below a single-crystal silicon layer and a second region which does not have the buried insulating layer below the single-crystal silicon layer, at least one memory cell transistor which has a first gate electrode, the first gate electrode being provided on the single-crystal silicon layer in the first region, and at least one selective gate transistor which has a second gate electrode and is provided on the single-crystal silicon layer in the first region. The one selective gate transistor is provided in such a manner that a part of the second gate electrode is placed on the single-crystal silicon layer in the second region.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate with an insulating film interposed therebetween, the semiconductor layer being in contact with the semiconductor substrate via an opening formed in the insulating film; and a NAND cell unit formed on the semiconductor layer with a plurality of electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells connected in series and first and second select gate transistors disposed at both ends thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a step including a first upper surface and a second upper surface higher than the first upper surface, a memory cell array formed on the first upper surface, and a peripheral circuit formed on the second upper surface and configured to supply an electrical signal to the memory cell array. The memory cell array includes a stacked structure having a plurality of first interconnection layers and a plurality of second interconnection layers respectively connected to the first interconnection layers. The first interconnection layers are stacked on the first upper surface, are separated from each other by insulating films, and extend in a first direction. The second interconnection layers extend upward and are separated from each other by insulating films.

Abstract: An non-volatile semiconductor memory having a linear arrangement of a plurality of memory cell transistors, includes: a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer provided on the first semiconductor layer to prevent diffusion of impurities from the first semiconductor layer to regions above the second semiconductor layer; and a third semiconductor layer provided on the second semiconductor layer, including a first source region having a second conductivity type, a first drain regions having the second conductivity type and a first channel region having the second conductivity type for each of the memory cell transistors.

Abstract: Semiconductor storage devices in which a plurality of semiconductor element devices having different functions are disposed in the appropriate region of the partial SOI substrate and the interface between each gate insulator and each gate electrode is formed to be the same level, and manufacturing methods thereof are disclosed. According to one aspect, there is provided a semiconductor storage device includes a first semiconductor region provided in a semiconductor substrate including a buried insulator having opening portions, a second semiconductor region without including buried insulator, a plurality of first semiconductor element devices disposed above the buried insulator, a plurality of second semiconductor element devices each disposed in a region including a region above the opening portion of the buried insulator, and a plurality of third semiconductor element devices disposed in the second semiconductor region.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an aspect of the invention comprises a semiconductor substrate which has an SOI region and an epitaxial region at its surface, a buried oxide film arranged on the semiconductor substrate in the SOI region, an SOI layer arranged on the buried oxide film, a plurality of memory cells arranged on the SOI layer, an epitaxial layer arranged in the epitaxial region, and a select gate transistor arranged on the epitaxial layer, wherein the SOI layer is made of a microcrystalline layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a lightly-doped semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the first major surface of the substrate, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed on an island-shaped region on the lightly-doped semiconductor layer, a first electrode surrounding the first semiconductor region and buried at a deeper position than the first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region formed on the second major surface of the substrate, a buried field relaxation layer formed in the lightly-doped semiconductor layer between a bottom surface of the first electrode and the second semiconductor region, including a first field relaxation layer of the first conductivity type and second field relaxation layers of the second conductivity type formed at two ends of the first field relaxation layer, second and third electrodes formed on the first and second semiconductor regions, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory including a plurality of cell units arranged in a row direction, each of the cell units includes: a semiconductor region; a first buried insulating film provided on the semiconductor region; a second buried insulating film provided on the first buried insulating film, which has higher dielectric constant than the first buried insulating film; a semiconductor layer provided on the second buried insulating film; and a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged in a column direction, each of the memory cell transistors having a source region, a drain region and a channel region defined in the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes: a first memory cell transistor including: a first floating gate electrode provided on and insulated from the substrate; and a first control gate electrode provided on and insulated from the first floating gate electrode; and a second memory cell transistor including: a second floating gate electrode provided on and insulated from the substrate, an upper surface being larger than a lower surface, and the upper surface being lower than an upper surface of the first floating gate electrode; and a second control gate electrode provided on and insulated from the second floating gate electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate, on which an impurity diffusion layer is formed in a cell array area; a gate wiring stack body formed on the cell array area, in which multiple gate wirings are stacked and separated from each other with insulating films; a gate insulating film formed on the side surface of the gate wiring stack body, in which an insulating charge storage layer is contained, pillar-shaped semiconductor layers arranged along the gate wiring stack body, one side surfaces of which are opposed to the gate wiring stack body via the gate insulating film, each pillar-shaped semiconductor layer having the same conductivity type as the impurity diffusion layer; and data lines formed to be in contact with the upper surfaces of the pillar-shaped semiconductor layers and intersect the gate wirings.

Abstract: An non-volatile semiconductor memory having a linear arrangement of a plurality of memory cell transistors, includes: a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer provided on the first semiconductor layer to prevent diffusion of impurities from the first semiconductor layer to regions above the second semiconductor layer; and a third semiconductor layer provided on the second semiconductor layer, including a first source region having a second conductivity type, a first drain regions having the second conductivity type and a first channel region having the second conductivity type for each of the memory cell transistors.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate with an insulating film interposed therebetween, the semiconductor layer being in contact with the semiconductor substrate via an opening formed in the insulating film; and a NAND cell unit formed on the semiconductor layer with a plurality of electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells connected in series and first and second select gate transistors disposed at both ends thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor rectifier has a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, an electric field reduced layer of conductive type contrary to that of the semiconductor layer, which is formed on the semiconductor layer positioned on a bottom portion of a trench formed on a portion of the semiconductor layer, a first electrode connected on the semiconductor layer adjacent to the trench by Schottky junction, a second electrode which is connected on sidewalls of the trench by Schottky junction, electrically conductive with the first electrode and made of a material different from that of the first electrode, and a third electrode formed on the substrate at opposite side of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A decrease in breakdown voltage can be prevented as much as possible. A field-effect transistor includes: a drain region made of SiC; a drift layer which is formed on the drain region and is made of n-type SiC; a source region which is formed on the surface of the drift layer and is made of n-type SiC; a channel region which is formed on the surface of the drift layer located on a side of the source region and is made of SiC; an insulating gate which is formed on the channel region; and a p-type base region interposed between the bottom portion of the source region and the drift region, and containing two kinds of p-type impurities.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a lightly-doped semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the first major surface of the substrate, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed on an island-shaped region on the lightly-doped semiconductor layer, a first electrode surrounding the first semiconductor region and buried at a deeper position than the first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region formed on the second major surface of the substrate, a buried field relaxation layer formed in the lightly-doped semiconductor layer between a bottom surface of the first electrode and the second semiconductor region, including a first field relaxation layer of the first conductivity type and second field relaxation layers of the second conductivity type formed at two ends of the first field relaxation layer, second and third electrodes formed on the first and second semiconductor regions, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a lightly-doped semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the first major surface of the substrate, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed on an island-shaped region on the lightly-doped semiconductor layer, a first electrode surrounding the first semiconductor region and buried at a deeper position than the first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region formed on the second major surface of the substrate, a buried field relaxation layer formed in the lightly-doped semiconductor layer between a bottom surface of the first electrode and the second semiconductor region, including a first field relaxation layer of the first conductivity type and second field relaxation layers of the second conductivity type formed at two ends of the first field relaxation layer, second and third electrodes formed on the first and second semiconductor regions, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a lightly-doped semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the first major surface of the substrate, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed on an island-shaped region on the lightly-doped semiconductor layer, a first electrode surrounding the first semiconductor region and buried at a deeper position than the first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region formed on the second major surface of the substrate, a buried field relaxation layer formed in the lightly-doped semiconductor layer between a bottom surface of the first electrode and the second semiconductor region, including a first field relaxation layer of the first conductivity type and second field relaxation layers of the second conductivity type formed at two ends of the first field relaxation layer, second and third electrodes formed on the first and second semiconductor regions, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for activating protein wherein protein produced in a biologically inactive form (non-natural-form protein) is converted into a biologically active protein (natural-form protein) by bringing it into contact with cultured cells of an organism, and according to the present invention, the non-natural-form protein can be converted efficiently into the natural-form protein having activity, so the yield of the natural-form protein can be further raised by subjecting, e.g., culture of transformant to the activation treatment.

Abstract: A media library system capable of carrying out an access to each recording medium in very short time. A media exchange operation is controlled such that the storage cells of the storehouse are divided into at least two groups arranged in an order of average distances with respect to the media drive, including a first group with a shortest average distance with respect to the media drive, and when the previously used recording medium was mounted on the media drive from the first group, the previously used recording medium is stored in the first group, whereas when the previously used recording medium was mounted on the media drive from one group other than the first group, one recording medium with a lowest utilization frequency among an adjacent group of that one group having a shorter average distance with respect to the media drive than that one group is moved from that adjacent group to that one group and then the previously used recording medium is stored in that adjacent group.

Abstract: A media library system capable of reducing a time and an average moving distance of the media carrying unit required for exchanging the recording media. The system includes a storehouse having a plurality of storage cells for storing a plurality of recording media, a media driving unit for executing data read/write operation with respect to the recording media, and a media carrying unit for carrying the recording media between the storehouse and the media driving unit, so as to exchange a previously used recording medium mounted on the media driving unit with a new recording medium stored in the storehouse.