Insulated Electrode Device Is Combined With Diverse Type Device (e.g., Complementary Mosfets, Fet With Resistor, Etc.) Patents (Class 257/350)
  • Publication number: 20130009247
    Abstract: It is an object to form a conductive region in an insulating film without forming contact holes in the insulating film. A method is provided, in which an insulating film is formed over a first electrode over a substrate, a first region having many defects is formed at a first depth in the insulating film by adding first ions into the insulating film at a first accelerating voltage; a second region having many defects is formed at a second depth which is different from the first depth in the insulating film by adding second ions into the insulating film at a second accelerating voltage, a conductive material containing a metal element is formed over the first and second regions; and a conductive region which electrically connects the first electrode and the conductive material is formed in the insulating film by diffusing the metal element into the first and second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuya Hanaoka, Miki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130009246
    Abstract: A fin Field Effect Transistor (finFET), an array of finFETs, and methods of production thereof. The finFETs are provided on an insulating region, which may optionally contain dopants. Further, the finFETs are optionally capped with a pad. The finFETs provided in an array are of uniform height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Bruce B. Doris
  • Patent number: 8349719
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. A plurality of gate patterns are formed over a first-conductivity type silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulator semiconductor substrate including a buried insulation layer, so as to be separated from each other. A plurality of silicon bodies are formed under the gate patterns, by removing a portion of the first-conductivity type silicon layer exposed between the gate patterns. A plurality of polysilicon spacers are formed over a sidewall of the silicon bodies, and each contains a second-conductivity type dopant. A contact plug is electrically connected to at least one of the polysilicon spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Su Jang
  • Patent number: 8349694
    Abstract: When forming the strain-inducing semiconductor alloy in one type of transistor of a sophisticated semiconductor device, superior thickness uniformity of a dielectric cap material of the gate electrode structures may be achieved by forming encapsulating spacer elements on each gate electrode structure and providing an additional hard mask material. Consequently, in particular, in sophisticated replacement gate approaches, the dielectric cap material may be efficiently removed in a later manufacturing stage, thereby avoiding any irregularities upon replacing the semiconductor material by an electrode metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Kronholz, Markus Lenski, Andy Wei, Martin Gerhardt
  • Patent number: 8343819
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided that in one embodiment includes a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer with a thickness of less than 10 nm. A semiconductor device having a raised source region and a raised drain region of a single crystal semiconductor material of a first conductivity is present on a first surface of the semiconductor layer. A resistor composed of the single crystal semiconductor material of the first conductivity is present on a second surface of the semiconductor layer. A method of forming the aforementioned electrical device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce B. Doris, Kangguo Cheng, Ali Khakifirooz, Ghavam G. Shahidi
  • Patent number: 8344455
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes: a transistor having a gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate and first and second source/drain regions formed in portions of the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the gate electrode; a gate interconnect formed at a position opposite to the gate electrode with respect to the first source/drain region; and a first silicon-germanium layer formed on the first source/drain region to protrude above the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The gate interconnect and the first source/drain region are connected via a local interconnect structure that includes the first silicon-germanium layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Oosuka, Hisashi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8334540
    Abstract: The protective circuit is formed using a non-linear element which includes a gate insulating film covering a gate electrode; a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer which are over the gate insulating film and whose end portions overlap with the gate electrode; and an oxide semiconductor layer which is over the gate electrode and in contact with the gate insulating film and the end portions of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer. The gate electrode of the non-linear element and a scan line or a signal line is included in a wiring, the first or second wiring layer of the non-linear element is directly connected to the wiring so as to apply the potential of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kengo Akimoto, Shigeki Komori, Hideki Uochi, Tomoya Futamura, Takahiro Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8330223
    Abstract: A bipolar transistor has a collector having a base layer provided thereon and a shallow trench isolation structure formed therein. A base poly layer is provided on the shallow trench isolation structure. The shallow trench isolation structure defines a step such that a surface of the collector projects from the shallow trench isolation structure adjacent the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Klaus Schimpf, Manfred Schiekofer, Carl David Willis, Michael Waitschull, Wolfgang Ploss
  • Patent number: 8329515
    Abstract: An eFUSE is formed with a gate stack including a layer of embedded silicon germanium (eSiGe) on the polysilicon. An embodiment includes forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) region in a substrate, forming a first gate stack on the substrate for a PMOS device, forming a second gate stack on an STI region for an eFUSE, forming first embedded silicon germanium (eSiGe) on the substrate on first and second sides of the first gate stack, and forming second eSiGe on the second gate stack. The addition of eSiGe to the eFUSE gate stack increases the distance between the eFUSE debris zone and an underlying metal gate, thereby preventing potential shorting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Globalfoundries Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Man Fai Ng
  • Patent number: 8330224
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided that has a core, an electronic circuit in the core and a lid. An ESD protection device is in the lid. The ESD protection device is coupled to the electronic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Meggitt (San Juan Capistrano), Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Kwa
  • Patent number: 8324686
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for manufacturing. One embodiment provides a semiconductor device including an active cell region and a gate pad region. A conductive gate layer is arranged in the active cell region and a conductive resistor layer is arranged in the gate pad region. The resistor layer includes a resistor region which includes a grid-like pattern of openings formed in the resistor layer. A gate pad metallization is arranged at least partially above the resistor layer and in electrical contact with the resistor layer. An electrical connection is formed between the gate layer and the gate pad metallization, wherein the electrical connection includes the resistor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Armin Willmeroth, Carolin Tolksdorf
  • Patent number: 8324047
    Abstract: In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides an integrated circuit device. The device includes a base substrate having a surface region and an interlayer dielectric material overlying the surface region. The device also has a thickness of single crystal silicon material overlying the interlayer dielectric material. In one or more embodiments, the thickness of single crystal silicon material has a front region and a backside region. The front region faces the interlayer dielectric material. In a preferred embodiment, the device has a plurality of transistor devices spatially arranged in the thickness of silicon crystal silicon material. Each of the transistor devices has a gate structure within a region of the interlayer dielectric material. The device also has an enclosure housing configured to form a cavity between the backside region of the thickness of silicon material and an upper inside region of the enclosure housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: MCube Inc.
    Inventor: Xiao “Charles” Yang
  • Patent number: 8324624
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate for an X-ray detector and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The TFT array substrate includes a substrate, a gate line formed on the substrate, a data line crossing the gate line, a thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first electrode connected to the drain electrode, a passivation layer formed over the gate line, the data line, the thin film transistor and the first electrode, a photoconductor formed over the passivation layer and connected to the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the photoconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan-Wook Jung
  • Patent number: 8319293
    Abstract: It is an object to allow an inverter to be made up using a single island-shaped semiconductor, so as to provide a semiconductor device comprising a highly-integrated SGT-based CMOS inverter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Hiroki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8314462
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include an insulating layer and a semiconductor electrode on the insulating layer. An area of increased electrical resistance may separate a contact area of the semiconductor electrode from an active area of the semiconductor electrode. In addition, a metal contact may be provided on the contact area of the semiconductor electrode opposite the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Adam Hull, Sei-Hyung Ryu, James Theodore Richmond
  • Patent number: 8299565
    Abstract: Prototype semiconductor structures each including a semiconductor link portion and two adjoined pad portions are formed by lithographic patterning of a semiconductor layer on a dielectric material layer. The sidewalls of the semiconductor link portions are oriented to maximize hole mobility for a first-type semiconductor structures, and to maximize electron mobility for a second-type semiconductor structures. Thinning by oxidation of the semiconductor structures reduces the width of the semiconductor link portions at different rates for different crystallographic orientations. The widths of the semiconductor link portions are predetermined so that the different amount of thinning on the sidewalls of the semiconductor link portions result in target sublithographic dimensions for the resulting semiconductor nanowires after thinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lidija Sekaric, Tymon Barwicz, Dureseti Chidambarrao
  • Patent number: 8299529
    Abstract: A metallic wiring film, which is not exfoliated even when exposed to plasma of hydrogen, is provided. A metallic wiring film is constituted by an adhesion layer in which Al is added to copper and a metallic low-resistance layer which is disposed on the adhesion layer and made of pure copper. When a copper alloy including Al and oxygen are included in the adhesion layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed from it, copper does not precipitate at an interface between the adhesion layer and the silicon layer even when being exposed to the hydrogen plasma, which prevents the occurrence of exfoliation between the adhesion layer and the silicon layer. If the amount of Al increases, since widths of the adhesion layer and the metallic low-resistance layer largely differ after etching, the maximum addition amount for permitting the etching to be performed is the upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Takasawa, Satoru Ishibashi, Tadashi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8294152
    Abstract: An electronic circuit formed on an insulating substrate and having thin-film transistors (TFTs) comprising semiconductor layers. The thickness of the semiconductor layer is less than 1500 ?, e.g., between 100 and 750 ?. A first layer consisting mainly of titanium and nitrogen is formed on the semiconductor layer. A second layer consisting of aluminum is formed on top of the first layer. The first and second layers are patterned into conductive interconnects. The bottom surface of the second layer is substantially totally in intimate contact with the first layer. The interconnects have good contacts with the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Miyazaki, Akane Murakami, Baochun Cui, Mutsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120261756
    Abstract: Thin semiconductor regions and thick semiconductor regions are formed oven an insulator layer. Thick semiconductor regions include at least one semiconductor fin. A gate conductor layer is patterned to form disposable planar gate electrodes over ETSOI regions and disposable side gate electrodes on sidewalls of semiconductor fins. End portions of the semiconductor fins are vertically recessed to provide thinned fin portions adjacent to an unthinned fin center portion. After appropriate masking by dielectric layers, selective epitaxy is performed on planar source and drain regions of ETSOI field effect transistors (FETs) to form raised source and drain regions. Further, fin source and drain regions are grown on the thinned fin portions. Source and drain regions, fins, and the disposable gate electrodes are planarized. The disposable gate electrodes are replaced with metal gate electrodes. FinFETs and ETSOI FETs are provided on the same semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Narasimhulu Kanike, Kangguo Cheng, Ramachandra Divakaruni, Carl J. Radens
  • Patent number: 8288822
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a buried oxide layer; a semiconductor layer on the buried oxide layer; and a first and a second MOS device. The first MOS device includes a first gate over the semiconductor layer; a first well region having a portion underlying the first gate; and a first source region and a first drain region in the semiconductor layer. The second MOS device includes a second gate over the semiconductor layer; and a second well region having a portion underlying the first gate. The second well region is connected to a discharging node. The first well region is connected to the discharging node through the second well region, and is not directly connected to the discharging node. The second MOS device further includes a second source region and a second drain region in the semiconductor layer and adjoining the second well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaw-Ren Shih, Jian-Hsing Lee
  • Patent number: 8288829
    Abstract: A transistor arrangement including a triple well structure, the triple well structure including a substrate of a first conductivity type, a first well region of a second conductivity type formed within the substrate and a second well region of the first conductivity type being separated from the substrate by the first well region. The transistor arrangement further includes a first transistor formed on or in the second well region, the first transistor including a body terminal being connected to the second well region and a second well region switch being connected to the body terminal of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Yue Ping Zhang, Qiang Li
  • Patent number: 8288800
    Abstract: A method of forming a device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having an active area. A gate is formed on the substrate. First and second current paths through the gate are formed. The first current path serves a first purpose and the second current path serves a second purpose. The gate controls selection of the current paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Zhu, Chun Shan Yin, Elgin Quek, Shyue Seng Tan
  • Patent number: 8288296
    Abstract: A replacement gate structure and method of fabrication are disclosed. The method provides for fabrication of both high performance FET and low leakage FET devices within the same integrated circuit. Low leakage FET devices are fabricated with a hybrid gate dielectric comprised of a low-K dielectric layer and a high-K dielectric layer. High performance FET devices are fabricated with a low-K gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Kwong Hon Wong, Kangguo Cheng, Dechao Guo, Pranita Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8283724
    Abstract: It is an object to solve inhibition of miniaturization of an element and complexity of a manufacturing process thereof. It is another object to provide a nonvolatile memory device and a semiconductor device having the memory device, in which data can be additionally written at a time besides the manufacturing time and in which forgery caused by rewriting of data can be prevented. It is further another object to provide an inexpensive nonvolatile memory device and semiconductor device. A memory element is manufactured in which a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer that is beside the first conductive layer, and conductive fine particles of each surface which is covered with an organic film are deposited over an insulating film. The conductive fine particles are deposited between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 8284151
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device in which fabrication steps can be reduced by constructing a circuit using only TFTs of one conductivity type and in which a voltage amplitude of an output signal can be normally obtained. A capacitance (205) is provided between a gate and a source of a TFT (203) connected to an output node, and a circuit formed of TFTs (201) and (202) has a function to bring a node ? into a floating state. When the node ? is in the floating state, a potential of the node ? is caused higher than VDD by using gate-source capacitance coupling of the TFT (203) through the capacitance (205), thus an output signal having an amplitude of VDD-GND can be normally obtained without causing amplitude attenuation due to the threshold value of the TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munehiro Azami, Shou Nagao, Yoshifumi Tanada
  • Patent number: 8278731
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a SOI substrate including a support layer, a first insulation film and a SOI layer; a first circuit; a second circuit; and a trench separation element. The SOI substrate further includes a first region and a second region. The first region has the support layer, the first insulation film and the SOI layer, which are stacked in this order, and the second region has only the support layer. The trench separation element penetrates the support layer, the first insulation film and the SOI layer. The trench separation element separates the first region and the second region. The first circuit is disposed in the SOI layer of the first region. The second circuit is disposed in the support layer of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakiyo Sumitomo, Makoto Asai, Nozomu Akagi, Yasuhiro Kitamura, Hiroki Nakamura, Tetsuo Fujii
  • Patent number: 8278720
    Abstract: A switching device has an input node, an output node, and a control node. The device includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side with a ground plane on the first side of the substrate and a mesa on the second side of the substrate. The mesa is made of a normally-conductive semiconductor material, and an isolation region substantially surrounds the mesa. A field effect transistor (FET) is on the mesa. The FET has an input terminal connected to the input node, an output terminal connected to the output node, and a gate. A capacitor is connected in series between the output terminal of the FET and the gate, and a resistor is connected in series between the control node and the gate. A gate electrode is directly connected to the gate. The gate electrode is disposed substantially entirely on the mesa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Avago Technologies Wireless IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ray Parkhurst, Shyh-Liang Fu
  • Patent number: 8278168
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a first well region, a first gate electrode disposed on the first well region, and a first N-type capping pattern, a first P-type capping pattern, and a first gate dielectric pattern disposed between the first well region and the first gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbae Park, Hagju Cho, Sunghun Hong, Sangjin Hyun, Hoonjoo Na, Hyung-seok Hong
  • Patent number: 8278703
    Abstract: A non-planar transistor having floating body structures and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the transistor includes a fin having upper and lower doped regions. The upper doped regions may form a source and drain separated by a shallow trench formed in the fin. During formation of the fin, a hollow region may be formed underneath the shallow trench, isolating the source and drain. An oxide may be formed in the hollow region to form a floating body structure, wherein the source and drain are isolated from each other and the substrate formed below the fin. In some embodiments, independently bias gates may be formed adjacent to walls of the fin. In other embodiments, electrically coupled gates may be formed adjacent to the walls of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Werner Juengling
  • Patent number: 8278713
    Abstract: To achieve enlargement and high definition of a display portion, a single crystal semiconductor film is used as a transistor in a pixel, and the following steps are included: bonding a plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates to a base substrate; separating part of the plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates to form a plurality of regions each comprising a single crystal semiconductor film over the base substrate; forming a plurality of transistors each comprising the single crystal semiconductor film as a channel formation region; and forming a plurality of pixel electrodes over the region provided with the single crystal semiconductor film and a region not provided with the single crystal semiconductor film. Some of the transistors electrically connecting to the pixel electrodes formed over the region not provided with the single crystal semiconductor film are formed in the region provided with the single crystal semiconductor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Hosoya, Saishi Fujikawa, Takahiro Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8274119
    Abstract: A Ge and Si hybrid material accumulation mode GAA (Gate-All-Around) CMOSFET includes a PMOS region having a first channel, an NMOS region having a second channel and a gate region. The first channel and the second channel have a racetrack-shaped cross section and are formed of p-type Ge and n-type Si, respectively; the surfaces of the first channel and the second channel are substantially surrounded by the gate region; a buried oxide layer is disposed between the PMOS region and the NMOS region and between the PMOS or NMOS region and the Si substrate to isolate them from one another. In an accumulation mode, current flows through the overall racetrack-shaped channel. The disclosed device has high carrier mobility, high device drive current, and maintains the electrical integrity of the device. Meanwhile, polysilicon gate depletion and short channel effects are prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Deyuan Xiao, Xi Wang, Miao Zhang, Jing Chen, Zhongying Xue
  • Patent number: 8274118
    Abstract: A Ge and Si hybrid material accumulation mode GAA (Gate-All-Around) CMOSFET includes a PMOS region having a first channel, an NMOS region having a second channel and a gate region. The first channel and the second channel have a circular-shaped cross section and are formed of p-type Ge and n-type Si, respectively; the surfaces of the first channel and the second channel are substantially surrounded by the gate region; a buried oxide layer is disposed between the PMOS region and the NMOS region and between the PMOS or NMOS region and the Si substrate to isolate them from one another. In an accumulation mode, current flows through the overall cylindrical channel, so as to achieve high carrier mobility, reduce low-frequency noises, prevent polysilicon gate depletion and short channel effects and increase the threshold voltage of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: DEYuan Xiao, Xi Wang, Miao Zhang, Jing Chen, Zhongying Xue
  • Publication number: 20120235239
    Abstract: A method of forming a transistor device includes forming a patterned gate structure over a semiconductor substrate, forming a raised source region over the semiconductor substrate adjacent a source side of the gate structure, and forming silicide contacts on the raised source region, on the patterned gate structure, and on the semiconductor substrate adjacent a drain side of the gate structure. Thereby, a hybrid field effect transistor (FET) structure having a drain side Schottky contact and a raised source side ohmic contact is defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Ali Khakifirooz, Pranita Kulkarni, Ghavam G. Shahidi
  • Patent number: 8269310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a storage capacitor having increased aperture ratio: providing a substrate having a metal layer disposed thereon, and said metal layer is covered correspondingly with a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer in sequence; forming a photoresist layer with a uniform thickness to cover said second dielectric layer; performing a process of exposure-to-light and development to a portion of said photoresist layer that is correspondingly disposed over said metal layer sequentially, so that its thickness is less than its original thickness; removing said photoresist layer and etching said portion of said second dielectric layer, so that a thickness of said portion of said second dielectric layer is less than its original thickness, and the etching depth of said portion is greater than that of the other remaining portions of said second dielectric layer; and forming an electrode layer on said second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Century Display (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chiu-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8269312
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed on the surface of the semiconductor layer, a first insulator embedded in the semiconductor layer with a thickness larger than the thickness of the insulating film, and a resistive element formed on the first insulator. A semiconductor device according to another aspect of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed on the surface of the semiconductor layer, a resistive element formed on the insulating film, and a floating region formed on a portion of the semiconductor layer opposed to the resistive element through the insulating film and electrically floating from a periphery thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Izumi
  • Patent number: 8263451
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes providing a wafer including a substrate and a semiconductor fin at a major surface of the substrate, and performing a deposition step to epitaxially grow an epitaxy layer on a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, wherein the epitaxy layer includes a semiconductor material. An etch step is then performed to remove a portion of the epitaxy layer, with a remaining portion of the epitaxy layer remaining on the top surface and the sidewalls of the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Chang Su, Tsz-Mei Kwok, Hsien-Hsin Lin, Hsueh-Chang Sung, Yi-Fang Pai, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8264042
    Abstract: A hybrid orientation accumulation mode GAA (Gate-All-Around) CMOSFET includes a PMOS region having a first channel, an NMOS region having a second channel and a gate region. The first channel and the second channel have a racetrack-shaped cross section and are formed of p-type Si(110) and n-type Si(100), respectively; the surfaces of the first channel and the second channel are substantially surrounded by the gate region; a buried oxide layer is disposed between the PMOS region and the NMOS region and between the PMOS or NMOS region and the Si substrate to isolate them from one another. The device structure according to the prevent invention is quite simple, compact and highly integrated. In an accumulation mode, current flows through the overall racetrack-shaped channel. The disclosed device results in high carrier mobility. Meanwhile polysilicon gate depletion and short channel effects are prevented, and threshold voltage is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Deyuan Xiao, Xi Wang, Miao Zhang, Jing Chen, Zhong Ying Xue
  • Patent number: 8258575
    Abstract: A lateral MOSFET formed in a substrate of a first conductivity type includes a gate formed atop a gate dielectric layer over a surface of the substrate, a drain region of a second conductivity type, a source region of a second conductivity type, and a body region of the first conductivity type which extends under the gate. The body region may have a non-monotonic vertical doping profile with a portion located deeper in the substrate having a higher doping concentration than a portion located shallower in the substrate. The lateral MOSFET is drain-centric, with the source region and a dielectric-filled trench surrounding the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Richard K. Williams, Donald Ray Disney, Wai Tien Chan
  • Patent number: 8253140
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shibata, Atsuo Isobe
  • Patent number: 8253201
    Abstract: A memory device includes a MOS transistor including a gate structure, a first impurity region, a second impurity region, and a floating body positioned between the first and the second impurity regions on a semiconductor substrate including a buried oxide layer. The memory device includes a charge storage structure of the non-volatile memory device electrically connected to the second impurity region of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Il Bae
  • Patent number: 8253202
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate with good process efficiency and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The thin film transistor substrate includes a first conductive type MOS transistor and a second conductive type MOS transistor. The first conductive type MOS transistor includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a blocking layer and having first conductive type low-concentration doping regions adjacent to both sides of a channel region, first conductive type source/drain regions adjacent to the first conductive type low-concentration doping regions, a first gate insulating layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the first gate insulating layer and overlapping with the channel region and the low-concentration doping regions of the first semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-min Park, Chun-gi You
  • Patent number: 8242495
    Abstract: A digital X-ray detecting panel includes a wavelength transforming layer and a photoelectric detecting plate. The wavelength transforming layer is configured for transforming X-ray into visible light. The photoelectric detecting plate is disposed under the wavelength transforming layer. The photoelectric detecting plate includes a substrate and a number of photoelectric detecting units disposed on the substrate and arranged in an array. Each of the photoelectric detecting units includes a thin film transistor and a photodiode electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor has an oxide semiconductor layer. The digital X-ray detecting panel can avoid a photocurrent in the thin film transistor, and thereby improving detecting accuracy of the digital X-ray detecting panel. A method for manufacturing the digital X-ray detecting panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Fang-An Shu, Lee-Tyng Chen, Henry Wang, Wei-Chou Lan
  • Patent number: 8242585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device formed over an insulating substrate, typically a semiconductor device having a structure in which mounting strength to a wiring board can be increased in an optical sensor, a solar battery, or a circuit using a TFT, and which can make it mount on a wiring board with high density, and further a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, in a semiconductor device, a semiconductor element is formed on an insulating substrate, a concave portion is formed on a side face of the semiconductor device, and a conductive film electrically connected to the semiconductor element is formed in the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nishi, Hiroki Adachi, Junya Maruyama, Naoto Kusumoto, Yuusuke Sugawara, Tomoyuki Aoki, Eiji Sugiyama, Hironobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8241984
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, and a memory cell and a peripheral circuit provided on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell having a first insulating film, a first electrode layer, a second insulating film, and a second electrode layer provided on the semiconductor substrate in order, and the peripheral circuit having the first insulating film, the first electrode layer, the second insulating film having an opening for the peripheral circuit, and the second electrode layer electrically connected to the first electrode layer through the opening for the peripheral circuit, wherein a thickness of the first electrode layer under the second insulating film of the peripheral circuit is thicker than a thickness of the first electrode layer of the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masao Iwase, Tadashi Iguchi
  • Patent number: 8236624
    Abstract: In a method for producing an electronic component, a first doped connection region and a second doped connection region are formed on or above a substrate; a body region is formed between the first doped connection region and the second doped connection region; at least two gate regions separate from one another are formed on or above the body region; at least one partial region of the body region is doped by means of introducing dopant atoms, wherein the dopant atoms are introduced into the at least one partial region of the body region through at least one intermediate region formed between the at least two separate gate regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Harald Gossner, Thomas Schulz, Christian Russ, Gerhard Knoblinger
  • Patent number: 8232598
    Abstract: To provide a display device which can realize high performance of a field-effect transistor which forms a pixel of the display device and which can achieve improvement in an aperture ratio of a pixel, which has been reduced due to increase in the number of field-effect transistors, and reduction in the area of the field-effect transistor which occupies the pixel, without depending on a microfabrication technique of the field-effect transistor, even when the number of field-effect transistors in the pixel is increased. A display device is provided with a plurality of pixels in which a plurality of field-effect transistors including a semiconductor layer which is separated from a semiconductor substrate and is bonded to a supporting substrate having an insulating surface are stacked with a planarization layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Ikuko Kawamata, Atsushi Miyaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120187493
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided that in one embodiment includes a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer with a thickness of less than 10 nm. A semiconductor device having a raised source region and a raised drain region of a single crystal semiconductor material of a first conductivity is present on a first surface of the semiconductor layer. A resistor composed of the single crystal semiconductor material of the first conductivity is present on a second surface of the semiconductor layer. A method of forming the aforementioned electrical device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce B. Doris, Kangguo Cheng, Ali Khakifirooz, Ghavam G. Shahidi
  • Publication number: 20120187492
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided that integrates an bulk FET and an SOI FET on the same chip, where the bulk FET includes a gate conductor over a gate oxide formed over a bulk substrate, where the gate dielectric of the bulk FET has the same thickness and is substantially coplanar with the buried insulating layer of the SOI FET. In a preferred embodiment, the bulk FET is formed from an SOI wafer by forming bulk contact trenches through the SOI layer and the buried insulating layer of the SOI wafer adjacent an active region of the SOI layer in a designated bulk device region. The active region of the SOI layer adjacent the bulk contact trenches forms the gate conductor of the bulk FET which overlies a portion of the underlying buried insulating layer, which forms the gate dielectric of the bulk FET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony I. Chou, Arvind Kumar, Shreesh Narasimha, Ning Su, Huiling Shang
  • Patent number: 8227866
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate having an SOI layer is provided. Between an SOI layer and a glass substrate, a bonding layer is provided which is formed of one layer or a plurality of layers of phosphosilicate glass, borosilicate glass, and/or borophosphosilicate glass, using organosilane as one material by a thermal CVD method at a temperature of 500° C. to 800° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Kakehata
  • Patent number: 8227808
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and thin film transistor (TFT) manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, poly-silicon layers for forming active areas of non-driving TFT (e.g. peripheral circuit TFT and switch TFT) and driving TFT used in the OLED display are respectively made by using standard laser crystallization method and non-laser crystallization method or low energy laser crystallization method. Therefore, the peripheral circuit TFT has excellent electrical performance such as high carrier mobility, while the OLED-driving TFT has good stability so that the resultant display can operate with improved luminance uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Te-Chang Wan, Yu-Chung Liu, Te-Yu Lee