Vertically Within Channel (e.g., Profiled) Patents (Class 257/220)
  • Patent number: 12142609
    Abstract: An embodiment device includes a first source/drain region over a semiconductor substrate and a dummy fin adjacent the first source/drain region. The dummy fin comprising: a first portion comprising a first film and a second portion over the first portion, wherein the second portion comprises: a second film; and a third film. The third film is between the first film and the second film, and the third film is made of a different material than the first film and the second film. A width of the second portion is less than a width of the first portion. The device further comprises a gate stack along sidewalls of the dummy fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Yun-Ting Chou, Chih-Han Lin, Jr-Jung Lin
  • Patent number: 11195765
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate, and a first device and a second device formed on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device includes a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, and also a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer of the first device and the channel layer of the second device are substantially co-planar with each other, and the respective second source/drain layers of the first device and the second device are stressed differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10741698
    Abstract: A semi-floating gate transistor is implemented as a vertical FET built on a silicon substrate, wherein the source, drain, and channel are vertically aligned, on top of one another. Current flow between the source and the drain is influenced by a control gate and a semi-floating gate. Front side contacts can be made to each one of the source, drain, and control gate terminals of the vertical semi-floating gate transistor. The vertical semi-floating gate FET further includes a vertical tunneling FET and a vertical diode. Fabrication of the vertical semi-floating gate FET is compatible with conventional CMOS manufacturing processes, including a replacement metal gate process. Low-power operation allows the vertical semi-floating gate FET to provide a high current density compared with conventional planar devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Qing Liu, John H. Zhang
  • Patent number: 10707362
    Abstract: Embodiments related to controlling of photo-generated charge carriers are described and depicted. At least one embodiment provides a semiconductor substrate comprising a photo-conversion region to convert light into photo-generated charge carriers; a region to accumulate the photo-generated charge carriers; a control electrode structure including a plurality of control electrodes to generate a potential distribution such that the photo-generated carriers are guided towards the region to accumulate the photo-generated charge carriers based on signals applied to the control electrode structure; a non-uniform doping profile in the semiconductor substrate to generate an electric field with vertical field vector components in at least a part of the photo-conversion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bever, Henning Feick, Dirk Offenberg, Stefano Parascandola, Ines Uhlig, Thoralf Kautzsch, Dirk Meinhold, Hanno Melzner
  • Patent number: 10651316
    Abstract: A synaptic semiconductor device and neural networks using the same operates with an ultrahigh speed through a tunneling operation by a semi-floating gate and applies pre- and post-synaptic signals to first and second control gates directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION
    Inventors: Seongjae Cho, Yongbeom Cho
  • Patent number: 10580709
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating vertical transistors. In one embodiment, a structure is formed comprising at least a first substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, a first doped layer on the insulator layer, at least one fin structure in contact with the doped layer, a dielectric layer surrounding a portion of the fin structure, a gate layer on the dielectric layer, a second doped layer in contact with the fin structure, a first contact area in contact with the second doped layer, and at least a first interconnect in contact with the first contact area. The structure is flipped bonded to a second substrate. The first substrate and the insulator layer are removed to expose the first doped layer. A second contact area is formed in contact with the first doped layer. At least a second interconnect is formed in contact with the second contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Xin Miao, Wenyu Xu, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10506147
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an imaging system and method are provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a first image sensor array, a first optical system to project a first image on the first image sensor array, the first optical system having a first zoom level. A second optical system is to project a second image on a second image sensor array, the second optical system having a second zoom level. The second image sensor array and the second optical system are pointed in the same direction as the first image sensor array and the first optical system. The second zoom level is greater than the first zoom level such that the second image projected onto the second image sensor array is a zoomed-in portion of the first image projected on the first image sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Malone, Pierre Henri Rene Della Nave, Michael Charles Brading, Jess Jan Young Lee, Hui Tian, Igor Constantin Ivanov, Edward Hartley Sargent
  • Patent number: 10263010
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer spaced apart from the first semiconductor layer and disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a gate stack structure disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second semiconductor layers, and a channel pillar passing through the gate stack structure, the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer and extending into the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kang Sik Choi, Bong Hoon Lee, Seung Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 10242986
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating vertical transistors. In one embodiment, a structure is formed comprising at least a first substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, a first doped layer on the insulator layer, at least one fin structure in contact with the doped layer, a dielectric layer surrounding a portion of the fin structure, a gate layer on the dielectric layer, a second doped layer in contact with the fin structure, a first contact area in contact with the second doped layer, and at least a first interconnect in contact with the first contact area. The structure is flipped bonded to a second substrate. The first substrate and the insulator layer are removed to expose the first doped layer. A second contact area is formed in contact with the first doped layer. At least a second interconnect is formed in contact with the second contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Xin Miao, Wenyu Xu, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10170370
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming fin regions on a substrate, forming a patterned polysilicon structure over the fin regions, and etching back portions of the fin regions to form recessed fin regions. The method further includes forming a merged epitaxial region on the recessed fin regions and forming a capping layer on the merged epitaxial region using an etching gas and a deposition gas. The forming of the capping layer may include epitaxially growing a material of the capping layer faster along a first crystal direction of the capping layer than a second crystal direction of the capping layer by adjusting a ratio of a concentration of a first element in the etching gas to a concentration of a second element in the deposition gas, the first and second elements being different from each other, the first and second crystal directions being different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Wen Cheng, Chii-Horng Li, Lilly Su, Tuoh Bin Ng
  • Patent number: 10128376
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a substrate, a device isolation layer that defines an active region, an active fin vertically protruding from the active region of the substrate and extending in a horizontal direction, a gate structure traversing the active fin, and a source/drain contact on the active fin on a side of the gate structure. The gate structure may include a gate pattern and a capping pattern on the gate pattern, and the capping pattern may have impurities doped therein. The capping pattern may include a first part and a second part between the first part and the gate pattern. The first and second parts may have impurity concentrations different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungin Choi, Changhwa Kim, Taegon Kim, Hyunchul Song
  • Patent number: 10121784
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a first area, a first transistor being formed in two or more divided areas of the first area, and a second area, a second transistor being formed in two or more divided areas of the second area. The number of areas of the second area is greater than the number of areas of the first area, the divided areas of the first area and the second area are alternately arranged, and the gate pad of the first transistor and the gate pad of the second transistor are formed in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Nita, Kazutaka Suzuki, Takahiro Korenari, Yoshimasa Uchinuma
  • Patent number: 10020221
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of fins spaced apart from each other on a substrate; a liner layer on the substrate between each fin of the plurality of fins and on at least a portion of a sidewall of each fin; and a plurality of isolation regions adjacent and between the plurality of fins. The plurality of isolation regions includes a dielectric layer; and a doped region on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhenxing Bi, Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Hao Tang
  • Patent number: 9966451
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. Recesses extend into the conductive levels. The conductive levels have projections above and below the recesses. The projections have outer edges. An outer periphery of an individual conductive level is defined by a straight-line boundary extending from the outer edge of the projection above the recess in the individual conductive level to the outer edge of the projection below the recess in the individual conductive level. A depth of the recess is defined as a horizontal distance from the straight-line boundary to an innermost periphery of the recess. The recesses have depths of at least about 5 nm. Charge-blocking regions extend within the recesses. Charge-storage structures are along the charge-blocking regions. Gate dielectric material is along the charge-storage structures. Channel material is along the gate dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Changhyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9960164
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating vertical transistors. In one embodiment, a structure is formed comprising at least a first substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, a first doped layer on the insulator layer, at least one fin structure in contact with the doped layer, a dielectric layer surrounding a portion of the fin structure, a gate layer on the dielectric layer, a second doped layer in contact with the fin structure, a first contact area in contact with the second doped layer, and at least a first interconnect in contact with the first contact area. The structure is flipped bonded to a second substrate. The first substrate and the insulator layer are removed to expose the first doped layer. A second contact area is formed in contact with the first doped layer. At least a second interconnect is formed in contact with the second contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Xin Miao, Wenyu Xu, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9953875
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming fin regions on a substrate, forming a patterned polysilicon structure over the fin regions, and etching back portions of the fin regions to form recessed fin regions. The method further includes forming a merged epitaxial region on the recessed fin regions and forming a capping layer on the merged epitaxial region using an etching gas and a deposition gas. The forming of the capping layer may include epitaxially growing a material of the capping layer faster along a first crystal direction of the capping layer than a second crystal direction of the capping layer by adjusting a ratio of a concentration of a first element in the etching gas to a concentration of a second element in the deposition gas, the first and second elements being different from each other, the first and second crystal directions being different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Cheng-Wen Cheng, Chii-Horng Li, Lilly Su, Tuoh Bin Ng
  • Patent number: 9887086
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wide bandgap junction barrier Schottky diode having an anode side and a cathode side is provided, wherein an (n+) doped cathode layer is arranged on the cathode side, at least on p doped anode layer is arranged on the anode side, an (n?) doped drift layer is arranged between the cathode layer and the at least one anode layer, which drift layer extends to the anode side, wherein the following manufacturing steps are performed: a) providing an (n+) doped wide bandgap substrate, b) creating the drift layer on the cathode layer, c) creating the at least one anode layer on the drift layer, d) applying a first metal layer on the anode side on top of the drift layer for forming a Schottky contact, characterized in, that e) creating a second metal layer on top of at least one anode layer, wherein after having created the first and the second metal layer, a metal layer on top of the at least one anode layer has a second thickness and a metal layer on top of the drift layer has a first thic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Renato Minamisawa, Munaf Rahimo
  • Patent number: 9865595
    Abstract: A FinFET device is provided. The FinFET device includes a plurality of fin structures that protrude upwardly out of a dielectric isolation structure. The FinFET device also includes a plurality of gate structures that partially wrap around the fin structures. The fin structures each extend in a first direction, and the gate structures each extend in a second direction different from the first direction. An epitaxial structure is formed over at least a side surface of each of the fin structures. The epitaxial structure includes: a first epi-layer, a second epi-layer, or a third epi-layer. The epitaxial structure formed over each fin structure is separated from adjacent epitaxial structures by a gap. A silicide layer is formed over each of the epitaxial structures. The silicide layer at least partially fills in the gap. Conductive contacts are formed over the silicide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Ta Yu, Sheng-Chen Wang, Cheng-Yu Yang, Kai-Hsuan Lee, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Feng-Cheng Yang, Yen-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9818864
    Abstract: Vertically oriented nanowire transistors including semiconductor layers or gate electrodes having compositions that vary over a length of the transistor. In embodiments, transistor channel regions are compositionally graded, or layered along a length of the channel to induce strain, and/or include a high mobility injection layer. In embodiments, a gate electrode stack including a plurality of gate electrode materials is deposited to modulate the gate electrode work function along the gate length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian S. Doyle, Roza Kotlyar, Uday Shah, Charles C. Kuo
  • Patent number: 9799655
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating vertical transistors. In one embodiment, a structure is formed comprising at least a first substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, a first doped layer on the insulator layer, at least one fin structure in contact with the doped layer, a dielectric layer surrounding a portion of the fin structure, a gate layer on the dielectric layer, a second doped layer in contact with the fin structure, a first contact area in contact with the second doped layer, and at least a first interconnect in contact with the first contact area. The structure is flipped bonded to a second substrate. The first substrate and the insulator layer are removed to expose the first doped layer. A second contact area is formed in contact with the first doped layer. At least a second interconnect is formed in contact with the second contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Xin Miao, Wenyu Xu, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9773882
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. Recesses extend into the conductive levels. The conductive levels have projections above and below the recesses. The projections have outer edges. An outer periphery of an individual conductive level is defined by a straight-line boundary extending from the outer edge of the projection above the recess in the individual conductive level to the outer edge of the projection below the recess in the individual conductive level. A depth of the recess is defined as a horizontal distance from the straight-line boundary to an innermost periphery of the recess. The recesses have depths of at least about 5 nm. Charge-blocking regions extend within the recesses. Charge-storage structures are along the charge-blocking regions. Gate dielectric material is along the charge-storage structures. Channel material is along the gate dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Changhyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9496281
    Abstract: A method of forming fins in a dual isolation complimentary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device that includes a p-type field effect transistor device (pFET) and an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) device and a CMOS device with dual isolation are described. The CMOS device includes an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) region, the nFET region including one or more fins comprised of strained silicon, the one or fins in the nFET region being formed on an insulator. The CMOS device also includes a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) region, the pFET region including one or more fins comprised of silicon (Si) or silicon germanium (SiGe) on epitaxially grown silicon and including a shallow trench isolation (STI) fill to isolate the one or more fins of the pFET region from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce B. Doris, Hong He, Ali Khakifirooz, Junli Wang
  • Patent number: 9166043
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pillar-shaped silicon layer. A sidewall having a laminated structure including an insulating film and silicon resides on an upper sidewall of the pillar-shaped silicon layer. The silicon of the sidewall is electrically connected to a top of the pillar-shaped silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Hiroki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9041070
    Abstract: When forming a super junction by the embedded epitaxial method, adjusting a taper angle of dry etching to form an inclined column is generally performed in trench forming etching, in order to prevent a reduction in breakdown voltage due to fluctuations in concentration in an embedded epitaxial layer. However, according to the examination by the present inventors, it has been made clear that such a method makes design more and more difficult in response to the higher breakdown voltage. In the present invention, the concentration in an intermediate substrate epitaxy column area in each substrate epitaxy column area configuring a super junction is made more than that in other areas within the substrate epitaxy column area, in a vertical power MOSFET having the super junction by the embedded epitaxial method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Eguchi, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tomohiro Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9006745
    Abstract: An MOSFET includes a silicon carbide substrate, an active layer, a gate oxide film, and a gate electrode. The active layer includes a body region where an inversion layer is formed at a region in contact with the gate oxide film by application of voltage to the gate electrode. The body region includes a low concentration region arranged at a region where an inversion layer is formed, and containing impurities of low concentration, and a high concentration region adjacent to the low concentration region in the carrier mobile direction in the inversion layer, arranged in a region where the inversion layer is formed, and containing impurities higher in concentration than in the low concentration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Masuda, Keiji Wada, Toru Hiyoshi
  • Patent number: 8969949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a SRAM cell that includes first and second inverters cross-coupled for data storage, each inverter including at least one pull-up device and at least one pull-down devices; and at least two pass-gate devices configured with the two cross-coupled inverters. The pull-up devices, the pull-down devices and the pass-gate devices include a tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) that further includes a semiconductor mesa formed on a semiconductor substrate and having a bottom portion, a middle portion and a top portion; a drain of a first conductivity type formed in the bottom portion and extended into the semiconductor substrate; a source of a second conductivity type formed in the top portion, the second conductivity type being opposite to the first conductivity type; a channel in a middle portion and interposed between the source and drain; and a gate formed on sidewall of the semiconductor mesa and contacting the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Bao-Ru Young, Wei Cheng Wu, Yi-Ren Chen, Ming Zhu
  • Patent number: 8957471
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a conductive member, a semiconductor pillar, and a charge storage layer. The stacked body is provided above the substrate. The stacked body includes a plurality of insulating films stacked alternately with a plurality of electrode films. A plurality of terraces are formed in a stairstep configuration along only a first direction in an end portion of the stacked body on the first-direction side. The first direction is parallel to an upper face of the substrate. The plurality of terraces are configured with upper faces of the electrode films respectively. The conductive member is electrically connected to the terrace to connect electrically the electrode film to the substrate by leading out the electrode film in a second direction parallel to the upper face of the substrate and orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Fukuzumi
  • Patent number: 8956935
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor multilayer structure; a gate insulating film on the compound semiconductor multilayer structure; and a gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode includes a gate base portion on the gate insulating film and a gate umbrella portion, and a surface of the gate umbrella portion includes a Schottky contact with the compound semiconductor multilayer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Naoko Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 8927347
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an n?-type base layer; a p-type base layer formed in a part of a front surface portion of the n?-type base layer; an n+-type source layer formed in a part of a front surface portion of the p-type base layer; a gate insulating film formed on the front surface of the p-type base layer between the n+-type source layer and the n?-type base layer; a gate electrode that faces the p-type base layer through the gate insulating film; a p-type column layer formed continuously from the p-type base layer in the n?-type base layer; a p+-type collector layer formed in a part of a rear surface portion of the n?-type base layer; a source electrode electrically connected to the n+-type source layer; and a drain electrode electrically connected to the n?-type base layer and to the p+-type collector layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Nakajima, Syoji Higashida
  • Patent number: 8907420
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type and a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed on the first semiconductor layer and alternately arranged along at least one direction parallel to a surface of the first semiconductor layer; a first main electrode; a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type selectively formed in a surface of the second semiconductor layer and a surface of the third semiconductor layer; a fifth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type selectively formed in a surface of the fourth semiconductor layer; a second main electrode; and a control electrode. At least one of the second and the third semiconductor layers has a dopant concentration profile along the one direction, the dopant concentration profile having a local minimum at a position except both ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Saito, Syotaro Ono, Masakatsu Takashita, Yasuto Sumi, Masaru Izumisawa, Hiroshi Ohta
  • Patent number: 8895370
    Abstract: A vertical conduction power device includes respective gate, source and drain areas formed in an epitaxial layer on a semiconductor substrate. The respective gate, source and drain metallizations are formed by a first metallization level. The gate, source and drain terminals are formed by a second metallization level. The device is configured as a set of modular areas extending parallel to each other. Each modular area has a rectangular elongate source area perimetrically surrounded by a gate area, and a drain area defined by first and second regions. The first regions of the drain extend parallel to one another and separate adjacent modular areas. The second regions of the drain area extend parallel to one another and contact ends of the first regions of the drain area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ferruccio Frisina, Giuseppe Ferla, Angelo Magri′
  • Patent number: 8883578
    Abstract: Various embodiments form silicon and silicon germanium fins on a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment a semiconductor wafer is obtained. The semiconductor wafer comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer, and a semiconductor layer including silicon germanium (SiGe). At least one SiGe fin is formed from at least a first SiGe region of the semiconductor layer in at least one PFET region of the semiconductor wafer. Strained silicon is epitaxially grown on at least a second SiGe region of the semiconductor layer. At least one strained silicon fin is formed from the strained silicon in at least one NFET region of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Chun-chen Yeh, Tenko Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8841178
    Abstract: Various embodiments form silicon and silicon germanium fins on a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment a semiconductor wafer is obtained. The semiconductor wafer comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer, and a semiconductor layer including silicon germanium (SiGe). At least one SiGe fin is formed from at least a first SiGe region of the semiconductor layer in at least one PFET region of the semiconductor wafer. Strained silicon is epitaxially grown on at least a second SiGe region of the semiconductor layer. At least one strained silicon fin is formed from the strained silicon in at least one NFET region of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Chun-chen Yeh, Tenko Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8803203
    Abstract: A transistor includes a substrate, an electrically conductive material layer, and an electrically insulating material layer. At least a portion of one or more of the substrate, the electrically conductive material layer, and the electrically insulating material layer define a reentrant profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Shelby F. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8785277
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a trench power semiconductor structure is provided. The method comprising the steps of: providing a base, forming a dielectric pattern layer on the base to define an active region and a terminal region, wherein a portion of the base in the active region and the terminal region is covered by the dielectric pattern layer; selectively forming a first epitaxial layer on the base without being covered by the dielectric pattern layer; removing the dielectric pattern layer in the active region to form a gate trench on the base, and forming a gate dielectric layer on the first epitaxial layer and on the inner surface of the gate trench; forming the gate structure in the gate trench; utilizing the dielectric pattern layer to forming a body on or in the first epitaxial layer; and forming a source on the upper portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Super Group Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Wen Hsu
  • Patent number: 8766317
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device in which on-resistance is largely reduced based on a new principle of operation. In the semiconductor device, if an embedded electrode is at negative potential, a depletion layer is formed from a trench to a neighboring trench so that a channel is turned off. If the embedded electrode is at a positive potential, the depletion layer is not formed in every region between the neighboring trenches so that the channel is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaru Takaishi
  • Patent number: 8766325
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an n?-type base layer; a p-type base layer formed in a part of a front surface portion of the n?-type base layer; an n+-type source layer formed in a part of a front surface portion of the p-type base layer; a gate insulating film formed on the front surface of the p-type base layer between the n+-type source layer and the n?-type base layer; a gate electrode that faces the p-type base layer through the gate insulating film; a p-type column layer formed continuously from the p-type base layer in the n?-type base layer; a p+-type collector layer formed in a part of a rear surface portion of the n?-type base layer; a source electrode electrically connected to the n+-type source layer; and a drain electrode electrically connected to the n?-type base layer and to the p+-type collector layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Nakajima, Syoji Higashida
  • Patent number: 8735267
    Abstract: A method of forming a buried word line structure is provided. A first mask layer, an interlayer and a second mask layer are sequentially formed on a substrate, wherein the second mask layer has a plurality of mask patterns and a plurality of gaps arranged alternately, and the gaps includes first gaps and second gaps arranged alternately. A dielectric pattern is formed in each first gap and spacers are simultaneously formed on sidewalls of each second gap, wherein a first trench is formed between the adjacent spacers and exposes a portion of the first mask layer. The mask patterns are removed to form second trenches. An etching process is performed by using the dielectric patterns and the spacers as a mask, so that the first trenches are deepened to the substrate and the second trenches are deepened to the first mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Nanya Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Inho Park, Lars Heineck
  • Patent number: 8729604
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor multilayer structure; a gate insulating film on the compound semiconductor multilayer structure; and a gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode includes a gate base portion on the gate insulating film and a gate umbrella portion, and a surface of the gate umbrella portion includes a Schottky contact with the compound semiconductor multilayer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Naoko Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 8729608
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (100) includes a substrate (1) having a semiconductor layer (102); a trench (12) in the semiconductor layer (102); a gate insulating film (11) covering a periphery and an inner surface of the trench (12); a gate electrode (8) including a portion filling the trench (12) and a portion around the trench (12), and provided on the gate insulating film (11); an interlayer insulating film (13) on the gate electrode (8); and a hollow (50) above and around the trench (12), and between the gate electrode (8) and the gate insulating film (11). Above the trench (12), the hollow (50) protrudes inside the trench (12) from a plane extending from an upper surface of the gate insulating film (11) at a portion covering the side surface of the trench (12) with a flat shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Chiaki Kudou
  • Patent number: 8729617
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a lower pillar protruding from a substrate in a vertical direction and extending in a first direction by a trench formed in the first direction; an upper pillar protruding on the lower pillar in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a buried bit line junction region disposed on one sidewall of the lower pillar; a buried bit line contacting the buried bit line junction region and filling a portion of the trench; an etch stop film disposed on an exposed surface of the buried bit line; a first interlayer dielectric film recessed to expose a portion of an outer side of at least the upper pillar disposed on the etch stop film; a second interlayer dielectric film disposed on the first interlayer dielectric film; and a gate surrounding the exposed outer side of the upper pillar and crossing the buried bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8710665
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a semiconductor substrate defined by a generally planar first face, a generally planar second face and side faces extending between the generally planar second face and the generally planar first face. The semiconductor substrate has a curved contour between the generally planar second face and the side faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Friedrich Kroener
  • Patent number: 8624332
    Abstract: A vertical conduction electronic power device includes respective gate, source and drain areas in an epitaxial layer arranged on a semiconductor substrate. The respective gate, source and drain metallizations may be formed by a first metallization level. Corresponding gate, source and drain terminals or pads may be formed by a second metallization level. The power device is configured as a set of modular areas extending parallel to each other, each having a rectangular elongate source area perimetrically surrounded by a narrow gate area. The modular areas are separated from each other by regions with the drain area extending parallel and connected at the opposite ends thereof to a second closed region with the drain area forming a device outer peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ferruccio Frisina, Giuseppe Ferla, Angelo Magrì
  • Patent number: 8575624
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate via an insulating layer, and a gate insulator provided on a side surface of the gate electrode. The device includes a stacked layer including a lower main terminal layer of a first conductivity type, an intermediate layer, and an upper main terminal layer of a second conductivity type which are successively stacked on the semiconductor substrate, the stacked layer being provided on the side surface of the gate electrode via the gate insulator. The upper or lower main terminal layer is provided on the side surface of the gate electrode via the gate insulator and the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa Kanemura, Masaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8426260
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes: an electron transport layer formed over a substrate; an electron supply layer formed over the electron transport layer; and a cap layer formed over the electron supply layer; the cap layer includes a first compound semiconductor layer containing GaN; a second compound semiconductor layer containing AlN, which is formed over the first compound semiconductor layer; a third compound semiconductor layer containing GaN, which is formed over the second compound semiconductor layer; and at least one of a first AlGaN-containing layer and a second AlGaN-containing layer, with the first AlGaN-containing layer formed between the first compound semiconductor layer and the second compound semiconductor layer and the Al content increases toward the second compound semiconductor layer, and the second AlGaN-containing layer formed between the second compound semiconductor layer and the third compound semiconductor layer and the Al content increases toward the second compound semicond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toyoo Miyajima, Toshihide Kikkawa, Kenji Imanishi, Toshihiro Ohki, Masahito Kanamura
  • Patent number: 8426895
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of suppressing the occurrence of a punch-through phenomenon is provided. A first n-type conductive layer (2?) is formed on a substrate (1?). A p-type conductive layer (3?) is formed thereon. A second n-type conductive layer (4?) is formed thereon. On the under surface of the substrate (1?), there is a drain electrode (13?) connected to the first n-type conductive layer (2?). On the upper surface of the substrate (1?), there is a source electrode (11?) in ohmic contact with the second n-type conductive layer (4?), and a gate electrode (12?) in contact with the first n-type conductive layer (2?), p-type conductive layer (3?), the second n-type conductive layer (4?) through an insulation film (21?). The gate electrode (12?) and the source electrode (11?) are alternately arranged. The p-type conductive layer (3?) includes In.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Kazuki Ota, Takashi Inoue, Hironobu Miyamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yuji Ando
  • Patent number: 8164086
    Abstract: A phase controllable field effect transistor device is described. The device provides first and second scattering sites disposed at either side of a conducting channel region, the conducting region being gated such that on application of an appropriate signal to the gate, energies of the electrons in the channel region defined between the scattering centers may be modulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the Colege of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin
    Inventors: John Boland, Stefano Sanvito, Borislav Naydenov
  • Patent number: 8159008
    Abstract: Trench-generated transistor structures, methods for fabricating transistors using a trench defined in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, design structures for a trench-generated transistor, and other trench-generated device structures. The source and drain of the transistor are defined by doped regions in the semiconductor material of the handle substrate of the SOI wafer. The gate electrode may be defined from the semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer, which is separated from the handle wafer by an insulating layer. Alternatively, the gate electrode may be defined as a conventional gate stack on a shallow trench isolation region in the semiconductor layer or as a conventional gate stack in one of the BEOL interconnect levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent A. Anderson, Edward J. Nowak
  • Patent number: 8097511
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a substrate; a P-N column layer disposed on the substrate; a second conductivity type epitaxial layer disposed on the P-N column layer. The P-N column layer includes first conductivity type columns and second conductivity type columns, which are alternately arranged. Each column has a tapered shape. A portion of the first conductivity type column located around the substrate has a smaller impurity concentration than another portion of the first conductivity type column located around the second conductivity type epitaxial layer. A portion of the second conductivity type column located around the substrate has a larger impurity concentration than another portion of the first conductivity type column located around the second conductivity type epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Sumco Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Shibata, Shouichi Yamauchi, Syouji Nogami, Tomonori Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 8021949
    Abstract: A method for fabrication of features for an integrated circuit includes patterning a first semiconductor structure on a surface of a semiconductor device, and epitaxially growing semiconductor material on opposite sides of the first semiconductor structure to form fins. A first angled ion implantation is applied to one side of the first semiconductor structure to dope a respective fin on the one side. The first semiconductor structure is selectively removed to expose the fins. Fin field effect transistors are formed using the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Bruce B. Doris, Ying Zhang