Patents Issued in April 18, 2017
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Patent number: 9627477Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Kaji, Katsuhito Sasaki, Takaaki Kodaira, Yuuki Doi, Minako Oritsu
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Patent number: 9627478Abstract: A nanowire structure includes successive crystalline nanowire segments formed over a semiconductor substrate. A first crystalline segment formed directly on the semiconductor substrate provides electrical isolation between the substrate and the second crystalline segment. Second and fourth crystalline segments are each formed from a p-type or an n-type semiconductor material, while the third crystalline segment is formed from a semiconductor material that is oppositely doped with respect to the second and fourth crystalline segments.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Effendi Leobandung
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Patent number: 9627479Abstract: In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure includes first and second GAA structures configured to form corresponding similar first and second circuits. At least one of the first or second GAA structure includes at least one GAA device. A GAA device of the at least one GAA device includes at least one nanowire and a gate region. A nanowire of the at least one nanowire has a cross-section asymmetrical with respect to a middle line of the cross-section. The cross-section has first and second end lines substantially parallel the middle line. The first end line is shorter than the second end line. The gate region wraps all around part of the nanowire. The first and second GAA structures have substantially a same of a number of GAA devices in the at least one GAA device configured to have current flow from the first end line to the second end line.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventor: Chung-Hui Chen
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Patent number: 9627480Abstract: The present invention relates generally to semiconductor devices and more particularly, to a structure and method of forming a partially depleted semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) junction isolation structure using a nonuniform trench shape formed by reactive ion etching (RIE) and crystallographic wet etching. The nonuniform trench shape may reduce back channel leakage by providing an effective channel directly below a gate stack having a width that is less than a width of an effective back channel directly above the isolation layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Anthony I. Chou, Judson R. Holt, Arvind Kumar, Henry K. Utomo
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Patent number: 9627481Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a multi-fin active region having a plurality of sub-fins sequentially arranged on a substrate. A gate electrode crosses the multi-fin active region. Source/drain regions are disposed on the sub-fins except a first sub-fin and a last sub-fin. A contact plug is disposed on the source/drain regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byungjae Park, Myeongcheol Kim, Hagju Cho
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Patent number: 9627482Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device may include receiving a gated substrate comprising a substrate with a channel layer and a gate structure formed thereon, over-etching the channel layer to expose an extension region below the gate structure, epitaxially growing a halo layer on the exposed extension region using a first in-situ dopant and epitaxially growing a source or drain on the halo layer using a second in-situ dopant, wherein the first in-situ dopant and the second in-situ dopant are of opposite doping polarity. Using an opposite doping polarity may provide an energy band barrier for the semiconductor device and reduce leakage current. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Pranita Kerber, Young-Hee Kim, Effendi Leobandung, Yanning Sun
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Patent number: 9627483Abstract: A semiconductor device can include a field insulation layer including a planar major surface extending in first and second orthogonal directions and a protruding portion that protrudes a particular distance from the major surface relative to the first and second orthogonal directions. First and second multi-channel active fins can extend on the field insulation layer, and can be separated from one another by the protruding portion. A conductive layer can extend from an uppermost surface of the protruding portion to cross over the protruding portion between the first and second multi-channel active fins.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigenobu Maeda, Hee-Soo Kang, Sang-Pil Sim, Soo-Hun Hong
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Patent number: 9627484Abstract: A method for adjusting a threshold voltage includes depositing a strained liner on a gate structure to strain a gate dielectric. A threshold voltage of a transistor is adjusted by controlling an amount of strain in the liner to control an amount of work function (WF) modulating species that diffuse into the gate dielectric in a channel region. The liner is removed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takashi Ando, Mohit Bajaj, Terence B. Hook, Rajan K. Pandey, Rajesh Sathiyanarayanan
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Patent number: 9627485Abstract: A method for growing a graphene layer on a metal foil includes placing a vessel into a chemical vapor deposition chamber, the vessel having a metal foil positioned therein. The method includes evacuating the chemical vapor deposition chamber, introducing hydrogen gas into the chamber to achieve a first pressure less than atmospheric pressure, heating the atmosphere in the chamber to anneal the metal foil, introducing methane and hydrogen into the chamber to achieve a second pressure less than atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Chongwu Zhou, Yi Zhang, Luyao Zhang
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Patent number: 9627486Abstract: In an active region, p+ regions are selectively disposed in a surface layer of an n? drift layer on an n+ semiconductor substrate. A p-base layer is disposed on surfaces of the n? drift layer and the P+ regions, and an MOS structure is disposed on the p-base layer. In another portion of the active region, a p+ region is disposed to be in contact with the source electrode on the p+ regions. In a breakdown voltage structure region (100), a JTE structure having at least a P? region is disposed separately from the P+ regions and the p-base layer, to surround the active region. The P? region is electrically in contact with the P+ region in a portion in which the MOS structure is not formed, in the vicinity of the boundary between the active region and the breakdown voltage structure region.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki Iwamuro, Yasuyuki Hoshi, Yuichi Harada, Shinsuke Harada
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Patent number: 9627487Abstract: A silicon carbide substrate has first to third semiconductor layers. The first and third semiconductor layers have a first conductivity type, and the second semiconductor layer has a second conductivity type. A trench has a bottom surface and first to third side surfaces, the bottom surface being constituted of the first semiconductor layer, the first to third side surfaces being respectively constituted of the first to third semiconductor layers. A gate insulating film having a bottom portion and a side wall portion is provided on the trench. The bottom portion has a minimum thickness d0. A portion of the side wall portion on the second side surface has a minimum thickness d1. A portion, connected to the bottom portion, of the side wall portion on the first side surface has a thickness d2. Moreover, d2>d1 and d2>d0 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Hiratsuka, Yu Saitoh, Takeyoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 9627488Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes the following steps. A silicon carbide substrate is prepared. A first heating step of heating the silicon carbide substrate in an atmosphere of oxygen is performed. A second heating step of heating the silicon carbide substrate to a temperature of 1300° C. or more and 1500° C. or less in an atmosphere of gas containing nitrogen atoms or phosphorus atoms is performed after the first heating step. A third heating step of heating the silicon carbide substrate in an atmosphere of a first inert gas is performed after the second heating step. Thus, the silicon carbide semiconductor device in which threshold voltage variation is small, and a method for manufacturing the same can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Hiyoshi, Kosuke Uchida, Takeyoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 9627489Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer containing an n-type dopant, on the first semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer having a resistance greater than a resistance of the second semiconductor layer, on the second semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer containing a nitride semiconductor, on the third semiconductor layer, and a fifth semiconductor layer containing a nitride semiconductor having a band gap greater than a band gap of the fourth semiconductor layer, on the fourth semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hung Hung, Yasuhiro Isobe, Kohei Oasa, Akira Yoshioka
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Patent number: 9627490Abstract: Layered oxide structures comprising an overlayer of high quality VO2 and methods of fabricating the layered oxide structures are provided. Also provided are high-speed switches comprising the layered structures and methods of operating the high-speed switches. The layered oxide structures include high quality VO2 epitaxial films on isostructural SnO2 growth templates.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventors: Chang-Beom Eom, Daesu Lee
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Patent number: 9627491Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a III/V layer on a SiGe layer, edges of the SiGe layer are relaxed, the III/V layer is a semiconductor in a III/V semiconductor group, the SiGe layer is directly on an insulator layer, barrier layers on two adjacent sides of the SiGe layer and the III/V layer, and the barrier layer is directly on the insulator layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kangguo Cheng, Pouya Hashemi, Ali Khakifirooz, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 9627492Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, an epitaxial layer having a second conductivity type, an isolation area in the epitaxial layer to define an active area of the semiconductor substrate, a body area having a first conductivity type and a drift area having a second conductivity type adjacent to each other in the epitaxial layer, a LOCOS insulating layer in the drift area and surrounded by the drift area, a drain area adjacent to a side part of the LOCOS insulating layer and surrounded by the drift area, a body contact area and a source area in the body area and surrounded by the body area, and a gate area overlapping the drift area and a part of the LOCOS insulating layer from a direction of the body area.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Minhwan Kim, Jaehyun Jung, Jungkyung Kim, Kyuok Lee, Jaejune Jang, Changki Jeon, Suyeon Cho, Seonghoon Ko, Kyu-Heon Cho
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Patent number: 9627493Abstract: A technique for creating a conductive connection between a contact part (24) of a display back plane (34) and a common electrode (20) of a display front plane (32), comprising the step of compressing a compressible conductive component (30) between the display front plane (32) and the display back plane (34), wherein the method further comprises the step of interposing one or more layers (10, 36) having a low modulus of elasticity not larger than 5 GPa between the contact part (24) and the compressible conductive component (30) prior to the compressing step.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: FLEXENABLE LIMITEDInventor: Stephan Riedel
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Patent number: 9627494Abstract: A SiO2 layer is formed at a middle of a Si pillar. An opening is formed in a gate insulating layer and a gate conductor layer in a peripheral portion that includes a side surface of the SiO2 layer. Two stacks of layers, each stack being constituted by a Ni layer, a poly-Si layer containing a donor or acceptor impurity atom, and a SiO2 layer, are formed in a peripheral portion of the opening, and heat treatment is performed to silicidate the poly-Si layers into NiSi layers. The NiSi layers protrude and come into contact with the side surface of the Si pillar by silicidation, and a donor or acceptor impurity atom diffuses from the NiSi layers into the Si pillar. Thus an N+ region and a P+ region serving as a source and a drain of surrounding gate MOS transistors are respectively formed above and under the SiO2 layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Nozomu Harada
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Patent number: 9627495Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming fin-shaped semiconductor layers on a semiconductor substrate. First and second pillar-shaped semiconductor layers are formed, and first and second control gates are formed around the first and second pillar-shaped semiconductor layers, respectively. First and second selection gates are formed around the first and second pillar-shaped semiconductor layers, respectively. First and second contact electrodes are formed around upper portions of the first and second pillar-shaped semiconductor layers, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Hiroki Nakamura
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Patent number: 9627496Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a two-input NOR circuit including four MOS transistors arranged in a line. Each of the MOS transistors is disposed on a planar silicon layer disposed on a substrate. The drain, gate, and source of the MOS transistor are arranged in the vertical direction. The gate surrounds a silicon pillar. The planar silicon layer is constituted by a first activation region of a first conductivity type and a second activation region of a second conductivity type. The first and second activation regions are connected to each other via a silicon layer disposed on a surface of the planar silicon layer, so as to form a NOR circuit having a small area.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Masamichi Asano
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Patent number: 9627497Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor fin arranged on a substrate, a gate stack arranged over a channel region of the fin, a spacer arranged in contact with sidewalls of the gate stack, a trench partially defined by the spacer, the fin, and a flowable oxide material, an epitaxially grown source/drain region formed on the fin in the trench, and a contact metal arranged on the source/drain region in the trench, the contact metal substantially filling the trench.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Soon-Cheon Seo
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Patent number: 9627498Abstract: A method is described for forming a circuit that comprises forming a layer of semiconductor material on the substrate and an interlayer conductor contacting the layer. The layer can be a thin film layer. An opening is etched in an interlayer insulator over a layer of semiconductor material, to expose a landing area on the layer of semiconductor material. The semiconductor material exposed by the opening is thickened by adding some of the semiconductor material within the opening. The process for adding the semiconductor material can include a blanket deposition, or a selective growth only within the landing area. A reaction precursor, such as a silicide precursor is deposited on the landing area in the opening. A reaction of the precursor with the semiconductor material in the opening is induced. An interlayer conductor is formed within the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jia-Rong Chiou, Yu-Wei Jiang, Teng-Hao Yeh
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Patent number: 9627499Abstract: A nonvolatile three-terminal element is provided that operates by controlling a bandgap in an electron state of a graphene-based material. An ion conductor (5) having hydrogen ion or oxygen ion conductivity is provided between graphene oxide or graphene (hereinafter, referred to as GO) (6), and a gate electrode (1). In addition, a drain electrode (2) and a source electrode (3) are provided on a GO (6) side.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: National Institute for Materials ScienceInventors: Kazuya Terabe, Takashi Tsuchiya, Masakazu Aono
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Patent number: 9627500Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first active area, a second active area, and a third active area are formed on a substrate. A first gate electrode is formed on the first active area, a second gate electrode is formed on the second active area, and a third gate electrode is formed on the third active area. The first gate electrode has a first P-work-function metal layer, a first capping layer, a first N-work-function metal layer, a first barrier metal layer, and a first conductive layer. The second gate electrode has a second capping layer, a second N-work-function metal layer, a second barrier metal layer, and a second conductive layer. The third gate electrode has a second P-work-function metal layer, a third capping layer, a third N-work-function metal layer, and a third barrier metal layer. The third gate electrode does not have the first and second conductive layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Juyoun Kim
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Patent number: 9627501Abstract: Graded dielectric layers and methods of fabricating such dielectric layers provide dielectrics in a variety of electronic structures for use in a wide range of electronic devices and systems. In an embodiment, a dielectric layer is graded with respect to a doping profile across the dielectric layer. In an embodiment, a dielectric layer is graded with respect to a crystalline structure profile across the dielectric layer. In an embodiment, a dielectric layer is formed by atomic layer deposition incorporating sequencing techniques to generate a doped dielectric material.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: F. Daniel Gealy, Vishwanath Bhat, Cancheepuram V. Srividya, M. Noel Rocklein
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Patent number: 9627502Abstract: A circuit arrangement may be provided. The circuit arrangement may include a semiconductor substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first doped region of a first conductivity type extending from the first surface into the semiconductor substrate. The circuit arrangement may include at least one capacitor including a first electrode including a doped region of the first conductivity type extending from the second surface into the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer formed over the first electrode extending from the second surface away from the semiconductor substrate, and a second electrode formed over the dielectric layer opposite the first electrode. The circuit arrangement may further include at least one semiconductor device monolithically integrated in the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventor: Detlef Wilhelm
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Patent number: 9627503Abstract: Disconnection of a base line is suppressed even when a short-side direction of a collector layer is parallel to crystal orientation [011]. A bipolar transistor includes: a collector layer that has a long-side direction and a short-side direction in a plan view, in which the short-side direction is parallel to crystal orientation [011], a cross-section perpendicular to the short-side direction has an inverted mesa shape, and a cross-section perpendicular to the long-side direction has a forward mesa shape; a base layer that is formed on the collector layer; a base electrode that is formed on the base layer; and a base line that is connected to the base electrode and that is drawn out from an end in the short-side direction of the collector layer to the outside of the collector layer in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTDInventor: Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 9627504Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, source and drain electrodes over the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and a first field plate electrode. The second semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion thinner than the first semiconductor portion. The source and drain electrodes are electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is provided over the second semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The first field plate electrode is provided over the second semiconductor layer and includes a portion that extends from a location over the gate electrode toward the drain electrode and has an end portion that is positioned over the second semiconductor portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kohei Oasa, Akira Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Isobe
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Patent number: 9627506Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, an electrode contact window that includes a recess formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer, an inner wall having a slope, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, in which the drain electrode is in contact with the slope of the inner wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.Inventor: Masahiro Nishi
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Patent number: 9627507Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and methods of making wherein the semiconductor device has strained asymmetric source and drain regions. A method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate and forming a poly gate stack on the substrate. A dopant is implanted in the substrate at an implant angle ranging from about 10° to about 25° from perpendicular to the substrate. A spacer is formed adjacent the poly gate stack on the substrate. A source region and a drain region are etched in the substrate. A strained source layer and a strained drain layer are respectively deposited into the etched source and drain regions in the substrate, such that the source region and the drain region are asymmetric with respect to the poly gate stack. The poly gate stack is removed from the substrate and a high-k metal gate is formed using a gate-last process where the poly gate stack was removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Chun-Fai Cheng, Chin-Te Su, Ka-Hing Fung, Shyh-Wei Wang
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Patent number: 9627508Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and an intrinsic replacement channel. A tunneling field effect transistor (TFET) fin may be formed by the intrinsic replacement channel, a p-fin and an n-fin formed upon the substrate. The p-fin may serve as the source of the TFET and the n-fin may serve as the drain of the TFET. The replacement channel may be formed in place of a sacrificial channel of a diode fin that includes the p-fin, the n-fin, and the sacrificial channel at the p-fin and n-fin junction.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Michael P. Chudzik, Siddarth A. Krishnan, Unoh Kwon, Vijay Narayanan, Jeffrey W. Sleight
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Patent number: 9627509Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device may include a substrate with an active pattern, a gate electrode provided at the active pattern, and a gate capping structure disposed above the gate electrode. The gate capping structure may include two or more gate capping patterns with different properties from each other, and the use of the gate capping structure makes it possible to form contact plugs in a self-aligned manner and improve operational speed and characteristics of the semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyungbum Koo, Wandon Kim, Sangjin Hyun, Shinhye Kim, TaekSoo Jeon, Byung-Suk Jung
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Patent number: 9627510Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises forming a dummy gate on a substrate; forming spacers at opposing sides of the dummy gate; depositing a sacrificial interlayer dielectric over the dummy gate; planarizing the interlayer dielectric to expose the dummy gate; removing the dummy gate; forming a replacement metal gate with a protective cap between the spacers and on the substrate to replace the removed dummy gate; removing the sacrificial interlayer dielectric; siliciding exposed areas of the substrate adjacent to the replacement metal gate; depositing a final interlayer dielectric over the replacement metal gate and the exposed silicided areas; and forming vias through the final interlayer dielectric to the silicided areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hemanth Jagannathan, Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy
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Patent number: 9627511Abstract: A method of forming a spacer for a vertical transistor is provided. The method includes forming a fin structure that includes a fin on a semiconductor substrate, forming a source junction or a drain junction at an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and at a base of the fin and epitaxially growing a rare earth oxide (REO) spacer to have a substantially uniform thickness along respective upper surfaces of the source or drain junction and on opposite sides of the fin structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Geng Wang, Qintao Zhang
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Patent number: 9627512Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a top surface; a first doped region in proximity to the top surface; a non-doped region positioned in proximity to the top surface and adjacent to the first doped region, having a first width; a metal gate positioned over the non-doped region and over a portion of the first doped region, having a second width. The first width is smaller than the second width, and material constituting the non-doped region is different from material constituting the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Tung-Wen Cheng, Chang-Yin Chen, Che-Cheng Chang, Mu-Tsang Lin
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Patent number: 9627513Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lateral double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor transistor and a method for manufacturing the same. In the method, a high-voltage gate dielectric is formed at a surface of a semiconductor layer. A thin gate dielectric is formed above the substrate and has at least a portion adjacent to the high-voltage gate dielectric. A gate conductor is formed above the thin gate dielectric and the high-voltage gate dielectric. A first mask is used for patterning the gate conductor to define a first sidewall of the gate conductor above the thin gate dielectric. A second mask is used for patterning the gate conductor to define a second sidewall of the gate conductor at least partially above the high-voltage gate dielectric. Source and drain regions are formed to have a first doping type. The method further comprises doping through the first mask to form a body region of a second doping type. The second doping type is opposite to the first doping type.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd.Inventors: Budong You, Meng Wang, Zheng Lyu
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Patent number: 9627514Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided as follows. Epitaxial layers is formed on an active fin structure of a substrate. First metal gate electrodes are formed on the active fin structure. Each first metal gate electrode and each epitaxial layer are alternately disposed in a first direction on the active fin structure. ILD patterns are formed on the epitaxial layers, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. Sacrificial spacer patterns are formed on the first metal gate electrodes. Each of the plurality of sacrificial spacer patterns covers a corresponding first metal gate electrode of the first metal gate electrodes. Self-aligned contact holes and sacrificial spacers are formed by removing the ILD patterns. Each self-aligned contact hole exposes a corresponding epitaxial layer disposed under each ILD pattern. Source/drain electrodes are formed in the self-aligned contact holes. The sacrificial spacers are replaced with air spacers.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-Kwon Kim, Ji-Hoon Cha
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Patent number: 9627515Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor substrate that includes a thin-film transistor having a semiconductor layer, includes: forming a CuMn alloy film (third conductive film) above a substrate; forming a first silicon oxide film (first insulation film) on the CuMn alloy film at a first temperature; forming an aluminum oxide film (second insulation film) on the first silicon oxide film; and forming a second silicon oxide film (third insulation film) on the aluminum oxide film at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventor: Eiichi Satoh
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Patent number: 9627516Abstract: A bipolar transistor and a method for fabricating a bipolar transistor are disclosed. In one embodiment the bipolar transistor includes a semiconductor body including a collector region and a base region arranged on top of the collector region, the collector region being doped with dopants of a second doping type and the base region being at least partly doped with dopants of a first doping type and an insulating spacers arranged on top of the base region. The semiconductor body further includes a semiconductor layer including an emitter region arranged on the base region and laterally enclosed by the spacers, the emitter region being doped with dopants of the second doping type forming a pn-junction with the base region, wherein the emitter region is fully located above a horizontal plane through a bottom side of the spacers.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Josef Boeck, Wolfgang Liebl
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Patent number: 9627517Abstract: A bipolar semiconductor switch having a semiconductor body is provided. The semiconductor body includes a first p-type semiconductor region, a second p-type semiconductor region, and a first n-type semiconductor region forming a first pn-junction with the first p-type semiconductor region and a second pn-junction with the second p-type semiconductor region. On a shortest path through the first n-type semiconductor region between the first pn-junction and the second pn-junction a concentration of charge recombination centers and a concentration of n-dopants vary. The concentration of the charge recombination centers has a maximum at a point along the shortest path where the concentration of n-dopants is at least close to a maximum dopant concentration. Further, a manufacturing method for the bipolar semiconductor switch is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Hans-Joachim Schulze, Franz-Josef Niedernostheide
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Patent number: 9627518Abstract: A power integrated device includes a gate electrode on a substrate, a source region and a drain region disposed in the substrate at two opposite sides of the gate electrode, a drift region disposed in the substrate between the gate electrode and the drain region to be spaced apart from the source region, and a plurality of insulating stripes disposed in an upper region of the drift region to define at least one active stripe therebetween. Related electronic devices and related electronic systems are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.Inventors: Joo Won Park, Kwang Sik Ko
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Patent number: 9627519Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first conductivity-type collector region; a second conductivity-type field stop region disposed on the collector region; a second conductivity-type drift region, which is disposed on the field stop region and has an impurity concentration lower than the field stop region; a first conductivity-type base region disposed on the drift region; and a second conductivity-type emitter region disposed on the base region, wherein an impurity concentration gradient in a film thickness direction of the field stop region is larger in a region adjacent to the collector region than in a region adjacent to the drift region.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsuyuki Torii
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Patent number: 9627520Abstract: A semiconductor component is disclosed. One embodiment includes a semiconductor body including a first semiconductor layer having at least one active component zone, a cell array with a plurality of trenches, and at least one cell array edge zone. The cell array edge zone is only arranged in an edge region of the cell array, adjoining at least one trench of the cell array, and being at least partially arranged below the at least one trench in the cell array.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Franz Hirler, Ralf Siemieniec, Christian Geissler, Oliver Blank, Maximilian Roesch
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Patent number: 9627521Abstract: A trench IGBT has a gate electrode disposed in a trench. A tub-shaped floating P-well is disposed on one side of the trench. The tub-shaped floating P-well has a central shallower portion and a peripheral deeper portion. An inner sidewall of the trench is semiconductor material of the peripheral deeper portion of the floating P-well. On the other side of the trench is a P type body region involving a plurality of deeper portions and a plurality of shallower portions. Each deeper portion extends to the trench such that some parts of the outer sidewall of the trench are semiconductor material of these deeper P-body portions. Other parts of the outer sidewall of the trench are semiconductor material of the shallower P-body portions. A shallow N+ emitter region is disposed at the top of the outer sidewall. The IGBT has fast turn off and enhanced on state conductivity modulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: IXYS CorporationInventor: Vladimir Tsukanov
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Patent number: 9627523Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor comprises a substrate, an epitaxial stack arranged above the substrate and having a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, a matrix electrode structure arranged in the first region. The matrix electrode comprises a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the epitaxial stack, a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the epitaxial stack and adjacent to the plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of third electrodes arranged adjacent to the plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes. One of the plurality of first electrodes comprises a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side. The first side and the third side are opposite sides, and the second side and the fourth side are opposite sides. Two of the plurality of second electrodes are arranged on the first side and the third side, and two of the plurality of third electrodes are arranged on the second side and the fourth side.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Hsein-chin Chiu, Chien-Kai Tung, Heng-Kuang Lin, Chih-Wei Yang, Hsiang-Chun Wang
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Patent number: 9627524Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage metal oxide semiconductor (HVMOS) device and a method for making same. The high voltage metal oxide semiconductor device comprises: a substrate; a gate structure on the substrate; a well in the substrate, the well defining a device region from top view; a first drift region in the well; a source in the well; a drain in the first drift region, the drain being separated from the gate structure by a part of the first drift region; and a P-type dopant region not covering all the device region, wherein the P-type dopant region is formed by implanting a P-type dopant for enhancing the breakdown voltage of the HVMOS device (for N-type HVMOS device) or reducing the ON resistance of the HVMOS device (for P-type HVMOS device).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, R.O.C.Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Huan-Ping Chu, Ching-Yao Yang, Hung-Der Su
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Patent number: 9627525Abstract: Provided is a silicon carbide semiconductor device that enables integration of a transistor element and a Schottky barrier diode while avoiding the reduction of an active region. A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer, a gate insulating film, a Schottky electrode being Schottky functioned to a drift layer via a first contact hole and an opening, a gate electrode being arranged on the gate insulating film, an insulating layer being arranged so as to cover the gate insulating film, the gate electrode, and the Schottky electrode and having a second contact hole for exposing the gate electrode, and a gate pad electrode being arranged on the insulating layer so as to overlap the Schottky electrode in a plan view and being electrically connected to the gate electrode via the second contact hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Hiyoshi, Keiji Wada, Takeyoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 9627526Abstract: A semiconductor device having a plurality of transistors includes a termination area that features a transistor with an asymmetric gate.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor IncorporatedInventors: Yeeheng Lee, Yongping Ding, Xiaobin Wang
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Patent number: 9627527Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a lightly doped second semiconductor layer of a first conductive type is joined with a heavily doped first semiconductor layer of the first conductive type. A power transistor having a first conductive type channel and a transistor are formed in surface regions of the second semiconductor layer, respectively. A first diffusion layer of a second conductive type is formed in a surface region of the second semiconductor layer to provide a boundary between the power transistor and the transistor. The first semiconductor layer functions as a drain of the power transistor. The first diffusion layer region is set to the same voltage as that of the drain.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Akio Tamagawa, Makoto Tanaka
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Patent number: 9627528Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type, a high-voltage well having a second conductivity type and disposed in the substrate, a high-voltage doped region having the first conductivity type and disposed in the high-voltage well, a drain region disposed in the high-voltage well and spaced apart from the high-voltage doped region, a source region disposed in the high-voltage doped region, a first gate structure disposed above a first side portion of the high-voltage doped region between the source region and the drain region, and a second gate structure disposed above a second and opposite side portion of the high-voltage doped region.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Chin Chien, Ching-Lin Chan, Cheng-Chi Lin