With Means To Increase Surface Area (e.g., Grooves, Ridges, Etc.) Patents (Class 257/534)
  • Patent number: 8039923
    Abstract: The specification describes matched capacitor pairs that employ interconnect metal in an interdigitated form, and are made with an area efficient configuration. In addition, structural variations between capacitors in the capacitor pair are minimized to provide optimum matching. According to the invention, the capacitor pairs are interdigitated in a manner that ensures that the plates of each pair occupy common area on the substrate. Structural anomalies due to process conditions are compensated in that a given anomaly affects both capacitors in the same way. Two of the capacitor plates, one in each pair, are formed of comb structures, with the fingers of the combs interdigitated. The other plates are formed using one or more plates interleaved between the interdigitated plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Edward B. Harris, Canzhong He, Che Choi Leung, Bruce W. McNeill
  • Patent number: 8004064
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor with a trench structure having a base substance and a pair of electrodes provided on the base substance, and a dielectrode provided between the electrodes. The trench pattern is configured to have a first pattern and a second pattern separate from the first pattern. The first pattern having a plurality of protrusions provided upright at predetermined intervals, and the second pattern separate from the first pattern having a plurality of recesses provided at predetermined intervals, are provided at the side of the base substance where the dielectric film is formed. Trenches are each defined by the outer wall of each protrusion and the inner wall of each recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Shoji
  • Patent number: 7999350
    Abstract: After a fabrication process intended to miniaturize semiconductor devices, a surface area of a stack capacitor in a random access memory (RAM) is significantly reduced and capacity thereof is thus decreased, which in turn causes the capacitor not able to function properly. The present invention provides a composite lower electrode structure consisting of an exterior annular pipe and a central pillar having concave-convex surfaces to increase a surface area of the capacitor within a limited memory cell so as to enhance the capacity. To reinforce intensity of a structure of the capacitor, the exterior annular pipe has an elliptic radial cross section and a thicker thickness along a short axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Su-Tsai Lu, Wen-Hwa Chen, Hsien-Chie Cheng, Yun-Chiao Chen
  • Patent number: 7994610
    Abstract: A capacitor in an IC has a first layer of conductive strips extending along a first direction (Z-direction). A first plurality of conductive strips in the first layer forms a portion a first node of the capacitor and alternates with a second plurality of conductive strips forming a portion of a second node of the capacitor. A plate layer adjacent to the first layer has a third plurality of conductive strips forming a portion the first node. Each strip in the third plurality of conductive strips is adjacent to another strip forming a part of the first node. The strips in the plate layer extend along a second direction (X-direction) orthogonal to the first direction. A first via electrically connects a first conductive strip in the first plurality of conductive strips in the first layer to a second conductive strip in the plate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20110180900
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip comprising a capacitor capable of effectively controlling the voltage drop of an LSI is provided. A semiconductor substrate is provided with an element electrode having at least its surface constituted of an aluminum electrode. The surface of the aluminum electrode is roughened. An oxide film is provided on the aluminum electrode. A conductive film is provided on the oxide film. The aluminum electrode, oxide film and conductive film form a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi HIRANO, Tetsuyosyi Ogura, Seiichi Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20110156209
    Abstract: In a disclosed embodiment, a stacked capacitor (100) has bottom, middle and top metal electrode layers (141A, 141B, 141C) interleaved with dielectric layers (142A, 142B) conformally disposed within holes (140A, 140B, 140C) in a protective overcoat or backend dielectric layer (110) over a top metal layer (115) of an integrated circuit (105). A top electrode (155) contacts the top metal electrode layer (141C). A bottom electrode (150) electrically couples an isolated part of the top metal electrode layer (141C) through a bottom electrode via (165A) to a first contact node (135A) in the top metal layer (115) which is in contact with the bottom metal electrode layer (141A). A middle electrode (160) electrically couples a part of the middle metal electrode layer (141B) not covered by the top metal layer (115) through a middle electrode via (165B) to a second contact node (135B) in the top metal electrode layer (115).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Byron Lovell Williams, Maxwell Walthour Lippitt, III, Betty Mercer, Scott Montgomery, Binghua Hu
  • Patent number: 7960264
    Abstract: An anisotropic wet etch of a semiconductor layer generates facets joined by a ridge running along the center of a pattern in a dielectric hardmask layer on the semiconductor layer. The dielectric hardmask layer is removed and a conformal masking material layer is deposited. Angled ion implantation of Ge, B, Ga, In, As, P, Sb, or inert atoms is performed parallel to each of the two facets joined by the ridge causing damage to implanted portions of the masking material layer, which are removed selective to undamaged portions of the masking material layer along the ridge and having a constant width. The semiconductor layer and a dielectric oxide layer underneath are etched selective to the remaining portions of the dielectric nitride. Employing remaining portions of the dielectric oxide layer as an etch mask, the gate conductor layer is patterned to form gate conductor lines having a constant width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 7960773
    Abstract: This invention provides a capacitor device with a high dielectric constant material and multiple vertical electrode plates. The capacitor devices can be directly fabricated on a wafer with low temperature processes so as to be integrated with active devices formed on the wafer. This invention also forms vertical conducting lines in the capacitor devices using the through-silicon-via technology to facilitate the three-dimensional stacking of the capacitor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shu-Ming Chang, Chia-Wen Chiang
  • Publication number: 20110095312
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device having high operation characteristic and reliability. The measures taken are: A pixel capacitor is formed between an electrode comprising anodic capable material over an organic resin film, an anodic oxide film of the electrode and a pixel electrode above. Since the anodic oxide film is anodically oxidized by applied voltage per unit time at 15 V/min, there is no wrap around on the electrode, and film peeling can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Satoshi Murakami, Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mitsuaki Osamè, Yukio Tanaka, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 7932554
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a modified recess channel gate includes active regions defined by a device isolation layer and arranged at regular intervals on a semiconductor substrate, each active region extending in a major axis and a minor axis direction, a trench formed in each active region, the trench including a stepped bottom surface in the minor axis direction of the active region, and a recess gate formed in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 7888773
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of formation thereof, a semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; an insulator at a top portion of the substrate, defining an insulator region; a conductive layer pattern on the substrate, the conductive layer pattern being patterned from a common conductive layer, the conductive layer pattern including a first pattern portion on the insulator in the insulator region and a second pattern portion on the substrate in an active region of the substrate, wherein the second pattern portion comprises a gate of a transistor in the active region; and a capacitor on the insulator in the insulator region, the capacitor including: a lower electrode on the first pattern portion of the conductive layer pattern, a dielectric layer pattern on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Jun Won, Jung-Min Park
  • Patent number: 7884442
    Abstract: An integrated circuit resistor is provided that comprises a mesa 14 between electrical contacts 16 and 18. The electrical resistance between electrical contacts 16 and 18 is selectively increased through the formation of recesses 20 and 22 in the mesa 14. The size of recesses 20and 22 can be used to tune the value of the electrical resistance between contacts 16 and 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: David D. Heston, Jon E. Mooney
  • Patent number: 7880267
    Abstract: A buried decoupling capacitor apparatus and method are provided. According to various embodiments, a buried decoupling capacitor apparatus includes a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate having a buried insulator region and top semiconductor region on the buried insulator region. The apparatus embodiment also includes a first capacitor plate having a doped region in the top semiconductor region in the semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. The apparatus embodiment further includes a dielectric material on the first capacitor plate, and a second capacitor plate on the dielectric material. According to various embodiments, the first capacitor plate, the dielectric material and the second capacitor plate form a decoupling capacitor for use in an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Badih El-Kareh
  • Patent number: 7872329
    Abstract: Effective area of a capacitor is to be increased while suppressing increase in number of manufacturing steps. In a semiconductor device, a silicon substrate includes a plurality of first recessed portions having a first depth from the main surface thereof, a second recessed portion provided in a region other than the first recessed portion and having a second depth from the main surface, and a third recessed portion provided in at least one of the plurality of first recessed portions and having a third depth from the bottom portion of the first recessed portion. The second recessed portion and the third recessed portion have the same depth, and a decoupling condenser is provided so as to fill the at least one of the first recessed portion and the third recessed portion provided therein, and an isolation insulating layer is provided so as to fill the remaining first recessed portions, and the second recessed portion is filled with a gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Sanada
  • Publication number: 20100327410
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a high aspect cylindrical capacitor and a method for fabricating the same is presented. The high aspect cylindrical type capacitor is a stable structure which is not prone to causing bunker defects and losses in a guard ring. The semiconductor device includes the cylindrical type capacitor structure, a storage node oxide, a guard ring hole, a conductive layer, and a capping oxide. The cylindrical type capacitor structure in a cell region includes a cylindrical type lower electrode, a dielectric and an upper electrode. The storage node oxide is in a peripheral region over the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer coating the guard ring hole. The guard ring hole at a boundary of the peripheral region that adjoins the cell region over the semiconductor substrate. The capping oxide partially fills in a part of the conductive layer. The gapfill film filling in the rest of the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventors: Cheol Hwan PARK, Ho Jin CHO, Dong Kyun LEE
  • Patent number: 7859081
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a substrate (110, 210), a first electrically insulating layer (120, 220) over the substrate, and a fin (130, 231) including a semiconducting material (135) over the first electrically insulating layer. A first electrically conducting layer (140, 810) is located over the first electrically insulating layer and adjacent to the fin. A second electrically insulating layer (150, 910) is located adjacent to the first electrically conducting layer, and a second electrically conducting layer (160, 1010) is located adjacent to the second electrically insulating layer. The first and second electrically conducting layers together with the second electrically insulating layer form a metal-insulator-metal stack that greatly increases the capacitance area of the capacitor. In one embodiment the capacitor is formed using what may be referred to as a removable metal gate (RMG) approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian S. Doyle, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta, Vivek De, Ali Keshavarzi, Dinesh Somasekhar
  • Patent number: 7851843
    Abstract: A structure of a DRAM cylindrical capacitor includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, an amorphous silicon spacer, a polysilicon plug, a HSG layer, a conductive layer and a capacitor dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and includes an opening. The amorphous silicon spacer is disposed on the sidewall of the opening, wherein the polysilicon plug is exposed by the opening. The polysilicon plug includes a notch, and the internal surface of the notch is at the same plane as the internal surface of the amorphous silicon spacer. The HSG layer is disposed on the surface of the amorphous silicon spacer. Furthermore, the conductive layer is disposed on the HSG layer and the capacitor dielectric layer is disposed between the HSG layer and the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Heng-Yuan Lee, Chieh-Shuo Liang, Lurng-Shehng Lee
  • Patent number: 7847371
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electronic component capable of reducing the occurrence of cracks at the joining portion with a board etc. A capacitor 1 (laminated ceramic capacitor) being one example of the electronic component of the present invention is provided with an element assembly 10 (ceramic) and a pair of external electrodes 20 formed on both side surfaces of the element assembly. In the element assembly 10, a dielectric layer 12 and an internal electrode 14 are laminated alternately. The external electrode 14 has such constitution that a first electrode layer connected with the internal electrode 14, a second electrode layer (electroconductive resin layer) including a hardened product of epoxy resin containing an epoxy compound having a molecular weight of 2000 or more and plural epoxy groups as the base compound, a third electrode layer composed of Ni and a fourth electrode layer composed of Sn are formed in this order from the element assembly side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Komatsu, Kouji Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20100289120
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device comprising a capacitive element, an area of the capacitive element is reduced without impairing performance, and further, without addition of an extra step in a manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: AKIHIKO SATO
  • Patent number: 7820488
    Abstract: A microelectronic device is made of a semiconductor substrate, a heat generating component in a layer thereof, and a body within the remaining semiconductor substrate. The body is made of materials which have a high thermal inertia and/or thermal conductivity. When high thermal conductivity materials are used, the body acts to transfer the heat away from the substrate to a heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sri M. Sri-Jayantha, Gareth Hougham, Sung Kang, Lawrence Mok, Hien Dang, Arun Sharma
  • Patent number: 7816762
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides on-chip decoupling capacitor structures having trench capacitors integrated with planar capacitors to provide an improved overall capacitance density. In some embodiments, the structure includes at least one deep trench capacitor, at least one planar capacitor, and a metal layer interconnecting said deep trench and planar capacitors. In other embodiments, the structure includes at least one deep trench capacitor and a metal layer in electrical communication with the at least one deep trench capacitor. The at least one deep trench capacitor has a shallow trench isolation region, a doped region, an inner electrode, and a dielectric between the doped region and the inner electrode. The dielectric has an upper edge that terminates at a lower surface of the shallow trench isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anil K. Chinthakindi, Eric Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100258907
    Abstract: An exemplary aspect of the invention provides a novel semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tomoyama, Keisuke Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20100258908
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a capacitor comprises a substrate, a first electrically insulating layer over the substrate, a fin comprising a semiconducting material over the first electrically insulating layer, a cap formed from a suicide material on the first semiconducting fin, a first electrically conducting layer over the first electrically insulating layer and adjacent to the fin, a second electrically insulating layer adjacent to the first electrically conducting layer and a second electrically conducting layer adjacent to the second electrically insulating
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: BRIAN S. DOYLE, Dinesh Somasekhar, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta
  • Patent number: 7812425
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, and a capacitor which is provided on the upper side of the semiconductor substrate and composed of a lower electrode, an upper electrode and a dielectric film, the dielectric film being placed in between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the lower electrode including a noble metal film, and a plurality of conductive oxide films formed in an islands arrangement on the noble metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Yamakawa, Soichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7812450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode 100 with high capacitance. The electrode includes a conducting substrate 10 with a number of nano-sized structures 13 thereon and a coating 15. The nano-sized structures are concave-shaped and are of a size in the range from 2 nanometers to 50 nanometers. The nano-sized structures are configured for increasing specific surface area of the electrode. The present invention also provides a method for making the above-described electrode. The method includes steps of providing a conducting substrate, forming a number of nano-sized structures on the conducting substrate, and forming a coating on the nano-sized structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ga-Lane Chen
  • Patent number: 7795662
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has a first interlayer insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate and having a capacitor opening portion provided in the film, and a capacitance element formed over the bottom and sides of the capacitor opening portion and composed of a lower electrode, a capacitance insulating film, and an upper electrode. A bit-line contact plug is formed through the first interlayer insulating film. At least parts of respective upper edges of the lower electrode, the capacitance insulating film, and the upper electrode at a side facing the bit-line contact plug are located below the surface of the first interlayer insulating film, the lower electrode, the capacitance insulating film, and the upper electrode being located over the sides of the capacitor opening portion. The upper electrode is formed over only the bottom and sides of the capacitor opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arai, Takashi Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20100181607
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to increase a surface area of a memory cell capacitor are described. An opening in a second insulating layer deposited over a first insulating layer on a substrate is formed. The substrate has a fin. A first insulating layer is deposited over the substrate adjacent to the fin. The opening in the second insulating layer is formed over the fin. A first conducting layer is deposited over the second insulating layer and the fin. A third insulating layer is deposited on the first conducting layer. A second conducting layer is deposited on the third insulating layer. The second conducting layer fills the opening. The second conducting layer is to provide an interconnect to an upper metal layer. Portions of the second conducting layer, third insulating layer, and the first conducting layer are removed from a top surface of the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Brian S. Doyle, Robert S. Chau, Vivek De, Suman Datta, Dinesh Somasekhar
  • Publication number: 20100127351
    Abstract: A capacitor in an integrated circuit (“IC”) has a first node conductor formed in a first metal layer of the IC with a first spine extending along a first direction, a first vertical element extending from the first spine along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A first capital element extends along the first direction, and a first serif element extends from the capital element. The capacitor also has a second node conductor having a second spine, a second vertical element extending from the second spine toward the first spine, a second capital element, and a second serif element extending from the second capital between the first vertical element and the first serif element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 7713832
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulating pattern over a semiconductor substrate. The interlayer insulating pattern defines a plurality of storage node regions. A lining conductive film is formed over the interlayer insulating pattern including the storage node region. A capping insulating film is formed over the lining conductive film. The capping insulating film over the interlayer insulating film and the lining conductive film are selectively etched between two neighboring storage node regions to form a recess exposing the interlayer insulating pattern on the bottom of the recess and the lining conductive film on sidewalls of the recess. The capping insulating film and the lining conductive film is shaped to be planar so that the lining conductive layer is electrically separated from each other to form a respective lower storage electrode. A supporting pattern is formed to fill the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Young Deuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20100072573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, high doped semiconductor channels are formed in a semiconductor region of an opposite conductivity type to increase the capacitance of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: David D. Marreiro, Sudhama C. Shastri, Gordon M. Grivna, Earl D. Fuchs
  • Patent number: 7675138
    Abstract: A first capacitor is formed on a substrate and connected to a first differential node of a differential circuit, and a second capacitor is formed on the substrate and connected to a second differential node of the differential circuit. A third capacitor is connected between the first differential node and the second differential node, and is formed at least partially above the first capacitor. In this way, a size of the first capacitor and/or the second capacitor may be reduced on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Bo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100044833
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, an integrated capacitor having a comb-meander structure is provided. The integrated capacitor comprises a first comb-shaped metal pattern; a second comb-shaped metal pattern interdigitating with the first comb-shaped metal pattern; and a meandering metal pattern traversing a spacing between the first and second comb-shaped metal patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Tao Cheng, Wen-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20100032803
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for passivating and contacting a capacitor in an IC above a top level of interconnect metallization, without adding process steps. Passivation is accomplished by a dielectric layer, part of the IC protective overcoat, deposited directly on the capacitor, overlapping the electrode edges. Contact is made to the top electrode of the capacitor by etching small capacitor vias during a bond pad via etch process, followed by depositing and patterning bond pad metal in the capacitor vias to connect the top electrode to other circuit elements in the IC. The top electrode thickness is increased to accommodate the bond pad via etch process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Maxwell Walthour Lippitt, III, Stephen Arlon Meisner, Lee Alan Stringer, Stephen Fredrick Clark, Fred Percy Debnam, II, Byron Lovell Williams
  • Patent number: 7649241
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a variable capacitance capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. An example semiconductor device includes a capacitor having a bottom electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode, formed on a semiconductor substrate. The example semiconductor also includes a first insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate to cover the capacitor, a plurality of first contact plugs formed in a plurality of first via holes of the first insulating layer, each of which is electrically connected to either the bottom electrode or the upper electrode, a first metal wiring formed on the first insulating layer and connected to the bottom electrode through the first contact plug, a second contact plug formed on the first insulating layer and connected to the upper electrode through the first contact plug, and a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer to cover the first metal wiring and the second contact plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung Yun Jung
  • Patent number: 7625803
    Abstract: The invention includes a memory device having a capacitor in combination with a transistor. The memory device can be within a TFT construction. The capacitor is configured to provide both area and perimeter components of capacitance for capacitive enhancement. The capacitor includes a reference plate which splits into at least two prongs. Each of the prongs is surrounded by a lateral periphery. A dielectric material extends around the lateral peripheries of the prongs, and a storage node surrounds an entirety of the lateral peripheries of the prongs. The storage node is separated from the reference plate by at least the dielectric material. Also, the invention includes electronic systems comprising novel capacitor constructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Arup Bhattacharyya
  • Patent number: 7615816
    Abstract: A buried plate region for a semiconductor memory storage capacitor is self aligned with respect to an upper portion of a deep trench containing the memory storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Ramachandra Divakaruni, Chun-Yung Sung
  • Patent number: 7598592
    Abstract: A capacitor structure for an integrated circuit. An insulating layer is disposed on a substrate. A first conductive line is embedded in a first level of the insulating layer. A second conductive line is embedded in a second level of the insulating layer lower than the first level and has a projection onto the substrate completely covered by the first conductive line. A third conductive line is embedded in the second level of the insulating layer and separated from the second conductive line by a predetermined space, and has a projection onto the substrate partially covered by the first conductive line. The second conductive line is coupled to the first conductive line by at least one first conductive plug and has a polarity opposite to the third conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Sheng Chen, Ying-Che Tseng
  • Patent number: 7582901
    Abstract: An MIM capacitor using a high-permittivity dielectric film such as tantalum oxide. The MIM capacitor includes an upper electrode, a dielectric film, and a lower electrode. A second dielectric film and the dielectric film are formed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, at the end of the MIM capacitor. The second dielectric film is formed to have an opening at the top of the lower electrode. The dielectric film abuts the lower electrode via the opening. The upper electrode is formed on the dielectric film. The upper electrode and the dielectric film are formed in such a manner as to embrace the opening entirely, and the second dielectric film and the lower electrode are formed so that the respective widths are the same as, or greater than, the widths of the upper electrode and the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takeda, Tsuyoshi Fujiwara, Toshinori Imai, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Mine, Makoto Miura
  • Patent number: 7573121
    Abstract: Methods for forming the lower electrode of a capacitor in a semiconductor circuit, and the capacitors formed by such methods are provided. The lower electrode is fabricated by forming a texturizing underlayer and then depositing a conductive material thereover. In one embodiment of a method of forming the lower electrode, the texturizing layer is formed by depositing a polymeric material comprising a hydrocarbon block and a silicon-containing block, over the insulative layer of a container, and then subsequently converting the polymeric film to relief or porous nanostructures by exposure to UV radiation and ozone, resulting in a textured porous or relief silicon oxycarbide film. A conductive material is then deposited over the texturizing layer resulting in a lower electrode have an upper roughened surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L Yates, Garry A Mercaldi, James J Hofmann
  • Patent number: 7573118
    Abstract: A programming method of a MOS electric fuse including preparing, as a fuse element, a MOS transistor which has a first impurity region and a second impurity region, both of a second conductivity type, formed to face with each other on an upper surface of a well of a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film formed on the upper surface of the well at least between the first impurity region and the second impurity region, and a gate electrode formed through the gate dielectric film on the upper surface of the well held between the first impurity region and the second impurity region, and applying a first voltage to the gate electrode, and a second voltage different from the first voltage to the first impurity region, and short-circuiting the gate dielectric film only between the gate electrode and the first impurity region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Keiichi Kushida
  • Publication number: 20090189251
    Abstract: A capacitor structure for a pumping circuit includes a substrate, a U-shaped bottom electrode in the substrate, a T-shaped top electrode in the substrate and a dielectric layer disposed between the U-shaped bottom and T-shaped top electrode. The contact area of the capacitor structure between the U-shaped bottom and T-shaped top electrode is extended by means of the cubic engagement of the U-shaped bottom electrode and the T-shaped top electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Shing-Hwa Renn, Yu-Teh Chiang, Chung-Ren Li, Tieh-Chiang Wu
  • Patent number: 7564089
    Abstract: There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, and a capacitor provided above the semiconductor substrate, and including a bottom electrode, a dielectric film formed on the bottom electrode, and a top electrode formed on the dielectric film and having a plurality of hole patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Soichi Yamazaki, Katsuaki Natori, Koji Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7557398
    Abstract: The compensation capacitor includes: a charge accumulating element having a diffusion layer, a dielectric layer, and a gate electrode layer, wherein the gate electrode layer, the dielectric layer, and the diffusion layer are stacked in this order, and at least partially overlap with each other when viewed from a direction of stacking; a metal layer for applying a voltage to the diffusion layer, the metal layer being formed above the charge accumulating element; and a contact for electrically connecting the diffusion layer and the metal layer, the contact extending between the diffusion layer and the metal layer in the direction of stacking. The gate electrode layer has a form of a mesh which extends in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of stacking. The contact extends through an aperture of the mesh of the gate electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Ota
  • Patent number: 7557426
    Abstract: A semiconductor component including an integrated capacitor structure having at least two groups of at least partly electrically conductive planes and which is patterned in such a way that in at least each group of planes at least one plane has a plurality of strip elements, first strip elements including a first polarity of the capacitor structure and second strip elements including a second polarity of the capacitor structure, the first strip elements together with second strip elements being at least partly interlinked in one another and strip elements of the same polarity at least partly overlapping in at least two planes, the first group of planes being electrically conductively connected by way of vertical connections (vias) to strip elements of the same polarity of the second group of planes, the strip elements of the same polarity of the second group of planes being interconnected with lateral connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Peter Baumgartner, Phillip Riess
  • Patent number: 7554172
    Abstract: An electrode plate for an electricity storage and discharge device, which includes a plurality of I/O convergence terminals evenly distributed along a periphery of the electrode plate, and a plurality of conductive structures, each conductive structure for one of the I/O convergence terminals, wherein each conductive structure is of a radial pattern that centers on the one of the I/O convergence terminals, and radiates towards the interior of the electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Publication number: 20090121318
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a multi-layer wiring structure includes a first conductive region: a second conductive region that has an upper surface located in a higher position than the first conductive region with respect to the substrate; an insulating that covers the first and second conductive regions; a wiring groove that is formed in the insulating film so as to expose the second conductive region; a contact hole that is formed in the insulating film so as to expose the first conductive region; and a wiring pattern that fills the wiring groove and the contact hole. In this semiconductor device, the upper surface of the wiring pattern is located on the same plane as the upper surface of the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Taiji Ema
  • Publication number: 20090085161
    Abstract: A method of mounting an electronic component on a substrate includes forming at least one trench in a surface of the substrate. The trenches formed in the substrate reduce a stiffness of the substrate, which provides less resistance to shear. Accordingly, the trenches reduce the amount of strain on the joints, which mount the electronic component to the substrate, which enhances the life of the joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Questad, Vijayeshwar D. Khanna, Jennifer V. Muney, Arun Sharma, Sri M. Sri-Jayantha, Lorenzo Valdevit
  • Publication number: 20090039467
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides on-chip decoupling capacitor structures having trench capacitors integrated with planar capacitors to provide an improved overall capacitance density. In some embodiments, the structure includes at least one deep trench capacitor, at least one planar capacitor, and a metal layer interconnecting said deep trench and planar capacitors. In other embodiments, the structure includes at least one deep trench capacitor and a metal layer in electrical communication with the at least one deep trench capacitor. The at least one deep trench capacitor has a shallow trench isolation region, a doped region, an inner electrode, and a dielectric between the doped region and the inner electrode. The dielectric has an upper edge that terminates at a lower surface of the shallow trench isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anil K. Chinthakindi, Eric Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090001516
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulating pattern over a semiconductor substrate. The interlayer insulating pattern defines a plurality of storage node regions. A lining conductive film is formed over the interlayer insulating pattern including the storage node region. A capping insulating film is formed over the lining conductive film. The capping insulating film over the interlayer insulating film and the lining conductive film are selectively etched between two neighboring storage node regions to form a recess exposing the interlayer insulating pattern on the bottom of the recess and the lining conductive film on sidewalls of the recess. The capping insulating film and the lining conductive film is shaped to be planar so that the lining conductive layer is electrically separated from each other to form a respective lower storage electrode. A supporting pattern is formed to fill the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Young Deuk Kim
  • Patent number: 7462912
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor memory device using a layout scheme where a bottom conductive layer in a peripheral circuit region, which is simultaneously formed with a self-align contact, is connected to one electrode of a power decoupling capacitor. Predetermined capacitors selected among a plurality of capacitors are connected to each other in parallel by using a conductive layer that is simultaneously formed with the self-align contact in a cell array region. Herein, the conductive layer and the self-align contact may be made of the same material. It is possible to embody the decoupling capacitor of a single stage cell type by connecting the conductive layer to a top interconnection layer. In addition, other embodiments implement the decoupling capacitor in a two-stage cell type by connecting a plurality of decoupling capacitors in series by means of the conductive layer in the peripheral circuit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Hong Ahn, Jung-Hwa Lee