Patents by Inventor Rongfu ZHU

Rongfu ZHU 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: 11329049
    Abstract: A memory transistor comprises a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the substrate further comprising a first trench having an opening formed in the first surface; a first dielectric layer formed on an inner surface of the first trench; a gate layer formed on the first dielectric layer in the first trench, the gate layer having a top surface lower than the first surface; and a second dielectric layer filled in the first trench and located on the top surface of the gate layer, the second dielectric layer covering the gate layer and connecting to the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer having a cavity formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rongfu Zhu, Dingyou Lin
  • Patent number: 11222960
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The method may include providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming a spacer structure on the gate structure, and forming a contacting conductive structure on the spacer structure. The spacer structure may cover a side wall of the gate structure, and may include a first spacer layer having a first dielectric constant and a second spacer layer having a second dielectric constant different from the first dielectric constant. The contacting conductive structure may cover a side wall of the spacer structure that is defined by a first side surface of the first spacer layer and a second side surface of the second space. The ratio of the area of the second side surface of the second spacer layer to the total area of the side wall of the spacer structure may be in a range from 78% to 98%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Rongfu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11158639
    Abstract: An asymmetric fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) in a memory device, a method for fabricating the FinFET and a semiconductor device are disclosed. In the provided FinFET and method, each of the active areas comprises a fin, a length of a first end of the fin on a first side of the active area and covered by the word line being different from a length of a second end of the fin on a second side of the active area and covered by the word line. For this reason, the present invention allows reduced process difficulty. In addition, the different lengths of the word lines can induce a weaker unidirectional electric field which suffers from much less current leakage, compared to a bidirectional electric field created in word lines with equal such length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rongfu Zhu, Dingyou Lin
  • Publication number: 20210305402
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The method may include providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming a spacer structure on the gate structure, and forming a contacting conductive structure on the spacer structure. The spacer structure may cover a side wall of the gate structure, and may include a first spacer layer having a first dielectric constant and a second spacer layer having a second dielectric constant different from the first dielectric constant. The contacting conductive structure may cover a side wall of the spacer structure that is defined by a first side surface of the first spacer layer and a second side surface of the second space. The ratio of the area of the second side surface of the second spacer layer to the total area of the side wall of the spacer structure may be in a range from 78% to 98%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Rongfu ZHU
  • Patent number: 11063136
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The method may include providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming a spacer structure on the gate structure, and forming a contacting conductive structure on the spacer structure. The spacer structure may cover a side wall of the gate structure, and may include a first spacer layer having a first dielectric constant and a second spacer layer having a second dielectric constant different from the first dielectric constant. The contacting conductive structure may cover a side wall of the spacer structure that is defined by a first side surface of the first spacer layer and a second side surface of the second space. The ratio of the area of the second side surface of the second spacer layer to the total area of the side wall of the spacer structure may be in a range from 78% to 98%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Rongfu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10886380
    Abstract: A method for forming a capacitor profile on a semiconductor is disclosed. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming an ion reflecting mask layer on the dielectric layer; forming a plurality of patterned openings by etching through the ion reflecting mask layer to expose the dielectric layer; and forming a plurality of trenching capacitor profiles by etching through the dielectric layer from the plurality of patterned openings, respectively, to expose the semiconductor substrate. Each trenching capacitor profile includes a bowing profile formed at 75%-95% of a height of the trenching capacitor profile above the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Rongfu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200273863
    Abstract: An asymmetric fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) in a memory device, a method for fabricating the FinFET and a semiconductor device are disclosed. In the provided FinFET and method, each of the active areas comprises a fin, a length of a first end of the fin on a first side of the active area and covered by the word line being different from a length of a second end of the fin on a second side of the active area and covered by the word line. For this reason, the present invention allows reduced process difficulty. In addition, the different lengths of the word lines can induce a weaker unidirectional electric field which suffers from much less current leakage, compared to a bidirectional electric field created in word lines with equal such length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Rongfu ZHU, Dingyou LIN
  • Publication number: 20200243533
    Abstract: A memory transistor comprises a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the substrate further comprising a first trench having an opening formed in the first surface; a first dielectric layer formed on an inner surface of the first trench; a gate layer formed on the first dielectric layer in the first trench, the gate layer having a top surface lower than the first surface; and a second dielectric layer filled in the first trench and located on the top surface of the gate layer, the second dielectric layer covering the gate layer and connecting to the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer having a cavity formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Rongfu ZHU, Dingyou LIN
  • Publication number: 20200144392
    Abstract: A method for forming a capacitor profile on a semiconductor is disclosed. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming an ion reflecting mask layer on the dielectric layer; forming a plurality of patterned openings by etching through the ion reflecting mask layer to expose the dielectric layer; and forming a plurality of trenching capacitor profiles by etching through the dielectric layer from the plurality of patterned openings, respectively, to expose the semiconductor substrate. Each trenching capacitor profile includes a bowing profile formed at 75%-95% of a height of the trenching capacitor profile above the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Rongfu ZHU
  • Publication number: 20200135888
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The method may include providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming a spacer structure on the gate structure, and forming a contacting conductive structure on the spacer structure. The spacer structure may cover a side wall of the gate structure, and may include a first spacer layer having a first dielectric constant and a second spacer layer having a second dielectric constant different from the first dielectric constant. The contacting conductive structure may cover a side wall of the spacer structure that is defined by a first side surface of the first spacer layer and a second side surface of the second space. The ratio of the area of the second side surface of the second spacer layer to the total area of the side wall of the spacer structure may be in a range from 78% to 98%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Rongfu ZHU