Abstract: A power semiconductor power device having composite trench bottom oxide and multiple trench floating gates is disclosed. The gate charge is reduced by forming a pad oxide surrounding a HDP oxide on trench bottom. The multiple trenched floating gates are applied in termination for saving body mask.

Abstract: An electronic device can include a transistor structure, including a patterned semiconductor layer overlying a substrate and having a primary surface, wherein the patterned semiconductor layer defines a first trench and a second trench that extend from the primary surface towards the substrate. The electronic device can further include a first conductive electrode and a gate electrode within the first trench. The electronic device can still further include a second conductive electrode within the second trench. The electronic device can include a source region within the patterned semiconductor layer and disposed between the first and second trenches. The electronic device can further include a body contact region within the patterned semiconductor layer and between the first and second trenches, wherein the body contact region is spaced apart from the primary surface. Processes of forming the electronic device can take advantage of forming all trenches during processing sequence.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electric power semiconductor device includes following processes. A plurality of first second conductivity type impurity implantation layers are formed in a surface of a second semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type. A first trench is formed between a first non-implantation region and one of the plurality of first second conductivity type impurity implantation layers. An epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type is formed and covers the plurality of first second conductivity type impurity implantation layers. A plurality of second second conductivity type impurity implantation layers are formed in a surface of the epitaxial layer. A second trench is formed between a second non-implantation region and one of the plurality of second second conductivity type impurity implantation layers. A third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type is formed and covers the plurality of second second conductivity type impurity implantation layers.

Abstract: A closed cell trenched power semiconductor structure is provided. The closed cell trenched power semiconductor structure has a substrate and cells. The cells are arranged on the substrate in an array. Every cell has a body and a trenched gate. The trenched gate surrounds the body. A side wall of the trenched gate facing body has a concave.

Abstract: A method of forming a memory device. The method provides a semiconductor substrate having a surface region. A first dielectric layer is formed overlying the surface region of the semiconductor substrate. A bottom wiring structure is formed overlying the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric material is formed overlying the top wiring structure. A bottom metal barrier material is formed to provide a metal-to-metal contact with the bottom wiring structure. The method forms a pillar structure by patterning and etching a material stack including the bottom metal barrier material, a contact material, a switching material, a conductive material, and a top barrier material. The pillar structure maintains a metal-to-metal contact with the bottom wiring structure regardless of the alignment of the pillar structure with the bottom wiring structure during etching. A top wiring structure is formed overlying the pillar structure at an angle to the bottom wiring structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first insulating film formed between a gate electrode and a first flat semiconductor layer, and a sidewall-shaped second insulating film formed to surround an upper sidewall of a first columnar silicon layer while contacting an upper surface of the gate electrode and to surround a sidewall of the gate electrode and the first insulating film. The semiconductor device further includes a metal-semiconductor compound formed on each of an upper surface of a first semiconductor layer of the second conductive type formed in the entirety or the upper portion of the first flat semiconductor layer, and an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer of the second conductive type formed in the upper portion of the first columnar semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate including a plurality of active regions which are constituted by a P-type semiconductor; first and second vertical strings disposed over each active region, wherein each of the first and second strings includes a channel vertically extending from the substrate, a plurality of memory cells, and a select transistor, wherein the plurality of memory cells and the select transistor are located along the channel; and a bottom gate being interposed between a lowermost memory cell and the substrate, contacting the channel with a first gate dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and controlling connection of the first vertical string with the second vertical string.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a silicon nitride film directly on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first silicon dioxide film on the silicon nitride film, and forming a trench from the surface of the substrate at an opening provided in the silicon nitride and first silicon dioxide films. The first silicon dioxide film is then removed, and a second silicon dioxide film as a gate oxide film is formed on a side surface of the trench. Thereafter, a gate electrode material is deposited directly on a surface of the silicon nitride film to fill the trench and the gate electrode material is removed from the surface of the silicon nitride film to form a gate electrode inside the trench. The method further includes removal of the nitride film and the formation of a source region at a periphery of the trench.

Abstract: The invention discloses a fabrication method for a surrounding gate silicon nanowire transistor with air as spacers.

Abstract: This invention discloses a trench MOSFET comprising a top side drain region in a wide trench in a termination area besides a BV sustaining area, wherein said top side drain comprises a top drain metal connected to an epitaxial layer and a substrate through a plurality of trenched drain contacts, wherein the wide trench is formed simultaneously when a plurality of gate trenches are formed in an active area, and the trenched drain contacts are formed simultaneously when a trenched source-body contact is formed in the active area.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for etching polycrystalline silicon includes a step of holding the polycrystalline silicon at a temperature higher than or equal to TE (K) given in a following equation; and a step of etching the polycrystalline silicon by dry etching with an etching gas containing CF4 and O2, T E = - 0.114 ? x + 0.0556 k × ln ? { ( 1 - r / d ) × - 6.27 ? x + 5.38 - 2.01 ? x + 3.11 } where d (nm) is etching amount of the polycrystalline silicon, r (nm) is surface roughness of the polycrystalline silicon after the etching, x is ratio of flow rate of CF4 gas to sum of flow rate of the CF4 gas and flow rate of O2 gas, and k (eV/K) is Boltzmann constant.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor device that includes a first conductivity type semiconductor body, a source region in contact with the semiconductor body, whose bandgap is different from that of the semiconductor body, and which formed heterojunction with the semiconductor body, a gate insulating film in contact with a portion of junction between the source region and the semiconductor body, a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating film, a source electrode, a low resistance region in contact with the source electrode and the source region, and connected ohmically with the source electrode, and a drain electrode connected ohmically with the semiconductor body.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention comprises a MOSFET comprising individual MOSFET cells. Each cell comprises a U-shaped well (P type) and two parallel sources (N type) formed within the well. A Number of source rungs (doped N) connect sources at multiple locations. Regions between two rungs comprise a body (P type). These features are formed on an N-type epitaxial layer, which is formed on an N-type substrate. A contact extends across and contacts a number of source rungs and bodies. Gate oxide and a gate contact overlie a leg of a first well and a leg of a second adjacent well, inverting the conductivity responsive to a gate voltage. A MOSFET comprises a plurality of these cells to attain a desired low channel resistance. The cell regions are formed using self-alignment techniques at several states of the fabrication process.

Abstract: A semiconductor power device may include a lightly doped layer formed on a heavily doped layer. One or more devices are formed in the lightly doped layer. Each device may include a body region, a source region, and one or more gate electrodes formed in corresponding trenches in the lightly doped region. Each of the trenches has a depth in a first dimension, a width in a second dimension and a length in a third dimension. The body region is of opposite conductivity type to the lightly and heavily doped layers. The source region is formed proximate the upper surface. One or more deep contacts are formed at one or more locations along the third dimension proximate one or more of the trenches. The contacts extend in the first direction from the upper surface into the lightly doped layer and are in electrical contact with the source region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing a surface doping concentration of a doped diffusion region. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided. The semiconductor substrate has the doped diffusion region disposed therein, and the doped diffusion region is in contact with a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A doping concentration of the doped diffusion region close to the surface is larger than a doping concentration of the doped diffusion region away from the surface. Then, a thermal oxidation process is performed to form an oxide layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A part of the doped diffusion region in contact with the surface reacts with oxygen to form a part of the oxide layer. Then, the oxide layer is removed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of trenches including active gate trenches in an active area and gate runner/termination trenches and shield electrode pickup trenches in a termination area outside the active area. The gate runner/termination trenches include one or more trenches that define a mesa located outside an active area. A first conductive region is formed in the plurality of trenches. An intermediate dielectric region and termination protection region are formed in the trenches that define the mesa. A second conductive region is formed in the portion of the trenches that define the mesa. The second conductive region is electrically isolated from the first conductive region by the intermediate dielectric region. A first electrical contact is made to the second conductive regions and a second electrical contact to the first conductive region in the shield electrode pickup trenches. One or more Schottky diodes are formed within the mesa.

Abstract: Transistors and methods of manufacturing the same may include a gate on a substrate, a channel layer having a three-dimensional (3D) channel region covering at least a portion of a gate, a source electrode over a first region of the channel layer, and a drain electrode over a second region of the channel layer.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a semiconductor device including a MOS transistor, comprising: a semiconductor pillar; a bottom doped region formed in contact with a lower part of the semiconductor pillar; a first gate formed around a sidewall of the semiconductor pillar through a first dielectric film therebetween; and a top doped region formed so as to at least partially overlap a top surface of the semiconductor pillar, wherein the top doped region has a top surface having an area greater than that of the top surface of the semiconductor pillar.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device according to the present invention, a p-type well region disposed in an outer peripheral portion of the power semiconductor device is divided into two parts, that is, an inside and an outside, and a field oxide film having a greater film thickness than the gate insulating film is provided on a well region at the outside to an inside of an inner periphery of the well region. Therefore, it is possible to prevent, in the gate insulating film, a dielectric breakdown due to the voltage generated by the flow of the displacement current in switching.

Abstract: A high side semiconductor structure is provided. The high side semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first deep well, a second deep well, a first active element, a second active element and a doped well. The first deep well and the second deep well are formed in the substrate, wherein the first deep well and the second deep well have identical type of ion doping. The first active element and the second active element are respectively formed in the first deep well and the second deep well. The doped well is formed in the substrate and is disposed between the first deep well and the second deep well. The doped well, the first deep well and the second deep well are interspaced, and the type of ion doping of the first deep well and the second deep well is complementary with that of the doped well.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of making semiconductor devices. An exemplary embodiment comprises a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first surface, a second surface, and a graded net doping concentration of the first conductivity type within a portion of the semiconductor layer. The graded portion is located adjacent to the top surface of the semiconductor layer, and the graded net doping concentration therein decreasing in value with distance from the top surface of the semiconductor layer. The exemplary device also comprises an electrode disposed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer and adjacent to the graded portion.

Abstract: An object is to provide a structure with which the off-state current of a field effect transistor including a conductor-semiconductor junction can be reduced. A semiconductor layer is provided in contact with a first conductor electrode and a second conductor electrode which include a material with a work function that is at the same level as or lower than the electron affinity of the semiconductor layer. A third conductor electrode is formed using a material whose work function is higher than the electron affinity of the semiconductor layer to be in contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to a surface provided with a gate and to cross the semiconductor layer, so that a Schottky barrier junction is formed in the semiconductor layer. The carrier concentration of the portion including the Schottky barrier junction is extremely low; thus, the off-state current can be reduced.

Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component is described. The method includes providing a semiconductor body having a first surface and being comprised of a first semiconductor material extending to the first surface. At least one trench extends from the first surface into the semiconductor body and includes a gate electrode insulated from the semiconductor body and arranged below the first surface. The method further includes: forming a second insulation layer on the first surface with a recess that overlaps in projection onto the first surface with the conductive region; forming a mask region in the recess; etching the second insulation layer selectively to the mask region and the semiconductor body to expose the semiconductor body at the first surface; depositing a third insulation layer on the first surface; and etching the third insulation layer so that a semiconductor mesa of the semiconductor body arranged next to the a least one trench is exposed at the first surface.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to semiconductor transistors having trench contacts, in particular to semiconductor transistors having a field electrode below a gate electrode, and to related methods for producing semiconductor transistors having trench contacts.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate metal buried within a trench included in a semiconductor substrate including an active region defined by an isolation layer, a spacer pattern disposed on an upper portion of a sidewall of a gate metal, a first gate oxide layer disposed between the spacer pattern and the trench, a second gate oxide layer disposed below the first gate oxide layer and the gate metal, and a junction region disposed in the active region to overlap the first gate oxide layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench for forming buried type wires by etching a substrate; forming first and second oxidation layers on a bottom of the trench and a wall of the trench, respectively; removing a part of the first oxidation layer and the entire second oxidation layer; and forming the buried type wires on the wall of the trench by performing a silicide process on the wall of the trench from which the second oxidation layer is removed. As a result, the buried type wires are insulated from each other.

Abstract: A vertical semiconductor device with improved junction profile and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The vertical semiconductor device includes a pillar vertically extended from a surface of a semiconductor substrate, a silicon layer formed in a bit line contact region of one sidewall of the pillar, and a junction region formed within a portion of the pillar contacting with the silicon layer.

Abstract: A trench type power MOSFET has a thin vertical gate oxide along its side walls and a thickened oxide with a rounded bottom at the bottom of the trench to provide a low RDSON and increased VDSMAX and VGSMAX and a reduced Miller capacitance. The walls of the trench are first lined with nitride to permit the growth of the thick bottom oxide to, for example 1000? to 1400? and the nitride is subsequently removed and a thin oxide, for example 320? is regrown on the side walls. In another embodiment, the trench bottom in amorphized and the trench walls are left as single crystal silicon so that oxide can be grown much faster and thicker on the trench bottom than on the trench walls during an oxide growth step. A reduced channel length of about 0.7 microns is used. The source diffusion is made deeper than the implant damage depth so that the full 0.7 micron channel is along undamaged silicon.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body including a trench with first and second opposing sidewalls. A first electrode is arranged in a lower portion of the trench and a second electrode in an upper portion of the trench. A dielectric structure is arranged in the trench, including a first portion between the electrodes. The first portion includes, in sequence along a lateral direction from the first sidewall to the second sidewall, a first part including a first dielectric material, a second part including a second dielectric material selectively etchable to the first dielectric material, a third part including the first dielectric material, the first dielectric material of the third part being continuously arranged along a vertical direction from a top side of the first electrode to a bottom side of the second electrode, a fourth part including the second dielectric material and a fifth part including the first dielectric material.

Abstract: A structure has at least one field effect transistor having a gate stack disposed between raised source drain structures that are adjacent to the gate stack. The gate stack and raised source drain structures are disposed on a surface of a semiconductor material. The structure further includes a layer of field dielectric overlying the gate stack and raised source drain structures and first contact metal and second contact metal extending through the layer of field dielectric. The first contact metal terminates in a first trench formed through a top surface of a first raised source drain structure, and the second contact metal terminates in a second trench formed through a top surface of a second raised source drain structure. Each trench has silicide formed on sidewalls and a bottom surface of at least a portion of the trench. Methods to fabricate the structure are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type, and a periodic array structure having a second semiconductor layer of a first conductive type and a third semiconductor layer of a second conductive type periodically arrayed on the first semiconductor layer in a direction parallel with a major surface of the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are disposed in dots on the first semiconductor layer. A periodic structure in the outermost peripheral portion of the periodic array structure is different from a periodic structure of the periodic array structure in a portion other than the outermost peripheral portion.

Abstract: A trench MOSFET with split gates and diffused drift region for on-resistance reduction is disclosed. Each of the split gates is symmetrically disposed in the middle of the source electrode and adjacent trench sidewall of a deep trench. The inventive structure can save a mask for definition of the location of the split gate electrodes. Furthermore, the fabrication method can be implemented more reliably with lower cost.

Abstract: A trench semiconductor power device with a termination area structure is disclosed. The termination area structure comprises a wide trench and a trenched field plate formed not only along trench sidewall but also on trench bottom of the wide trench by doing poly-silicon CMP so that the body ion implantation is blocked by the trenched field plate on the trench bottom to prevent the termination area underneath the wide trench from being implanted. Moreover, a contact mask is used to define both trenched contacts and source regions of the device for saving a source mask.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: providing a substrate on one side of which at least one semiconductor pillar stands; forming a first dielectric film to at least partially cover a surface of the at least one semiconductor pillar; forming a conductive film on the first dielectric film; removing by etching a portion of the conductive film located on a top surface and along an upper portion of a side surface of the semiconductor pillar; forming a protective film on at least a part of the top surface and the upper portion of the side surface of the semiconductor pillar; etching back the protective film to form a protective film-based sidewall on respective top surfaces of the conductive film and the first dielectric film each located along the side surface of the semiconductor pillar; forming a resist pattern for forming a gate line in such a manner that at least a portion of the resist pattern is formed on the top surface of the semiconductor pillar

Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device includes a step of forming a conductor layer and a first semiconductor layer containing a donor impurity or an acceptor impurity on a first semiconductor substrate; a step of forming a second insulating layer so as to cover the first semiconductor layer; a step of thinning the first semiconductor substrate to a predetermined thickness; a step of forming, from the first semiconductor substrate, a pillar-shaped semiconductor having a pillar-shaped structure on the first semiconductor layer; a step of forming a first semiconductor region in the pillar-shaped semiconductor by diffusing the impurity from the first semiconductor layer; and a step of forming a pixel of a solid-state imaging device with the pillar-shaped semiconductor into which the impurity has been diffused.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and its method of fabrication are described. A trench formed in a semiconductor substrate is partially filling said trench with a semiconductor material that lines a bottom and sides of the trench, leaving a gap in a middle of the trench running lengthwise along the trench. A first portion of the semiconductor material located below the gap is doped with dopants of a first conductivity type. The gap is filled with a dielectric material. Second portions of the semiconductor material located on the sides of the trench on both sides of the dielectric material are doped with dopants of a second conductivity type. The doping forms a P-N-P or N-P-N structure running lengthwise along the trench with differently doped regions located side by side across a width of the trench.

Abstract: A trench metal oxide semiconductor transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof are described. The trench metal oxide semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate of a first conductivity type, a drift region of the first conductivity type, a deep trench doped region of a second conductivity type, an epitaxial region of the second conductivity type, a trench gate, a gate insulating layer, a source region, a drain electrode and a source electrode. The drift region has at least one deep trench therein, and the deep trench doped region is disposed in the deep trench. The trench gate passes through the epitaxial region, and a distance between a bottom of the trench gate and a bottom of the deep trench doped region is 0.5˜3 um.

Abstract: A memory array structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The memory array structure comprises: a substrate; a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a vertical transistor, of which a gate structure is formed in a first trench extending in a first direction; a plurality of word lines in the first direction, each word line formed in the first trench; a plurality of bit lines in a second direction, each bit line formed in lower sides of a semiconductor pillars; a plurality of body lines in the first direction, each body line having a first portion formed on the gate electrodes and a second portion covering a part of a top surface of semiconductor pillar for providing a substrate contact to vertical channel regions; and a plurality of data storage device contacts.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device includes first interlayer dielectric layers and word lines that are alternately stacked on a substrate; select lines formed on the first interlayer dielectric layers and the word lines; etch stop patterns formed on the select lines to contact the select lines; channel holes formed to pass through the select lines, the first interlayer dielectric layers, and the word lines; channel layers formed on surfaces of the channel holes; insulating layers formed in the channel holes, the insulating layers having an upper surface that is lower than upper surfaces of the etch stop patterns; impurity-doped layers formed in channel holes on upper surface of the insulating layers; and a second interlayer dielectric layer formed over the etch stop patterns and the impurity-doped layers.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, capable of removing a shoot-through phenomenon by forming capacitance between an electrode and a lateral surface of a protrusion region of a gate and increasing a gate-source capacitance. The semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor body having a predetermined volume; a source formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor body; a gate formed in a groove of the semiconductor body and having a protrusion region protruded upwardly of the upper surface of the semiconductor body, the groove having a predetermined depth and the protrusion region having a protrusion height altered depending on a level of capacitance to be set; and an electrode electrically connected to the source to form capacitance together with a lateral surface of the protrusion region of the gate.

Abstract: A novel method for manufacturing a 3-D vertical memory comprising the steps of dividing a multilayer structure composed of insulating intermediate layers and sacrificial intermediate layers into a first multilayer structure and a second multilayer structure, replacing the sacrificial intermediate layers in the multilayer structures with metal intermediate layers, and manufacturing the channel structure in two multilayer structures.

Abstract: An electronic device can include a semiconductor layer overlying a substrate and having a primary surface and a thickness, wherein a trench extends through at least approximately 50% of the thickness of semiconductor layer to a depth. The electronic device can further include a conductive structure within the trench, wherein the conductive structure extends at least approximately 50% of the depth of the trench. The electronic device can still further include a vertically-oriented doped region within the semiconductor layer adjacent to and electrically insulated from the conductive structure; and an insulating layer disposed between the vertically-oriented doped region and the conductive structure. A process of forming an electronic device can include patterning a semiconductor layer to define a trench extending through at least approximately 50% of the thickness of the semiconductor layer and forming a vertically-oriented doped region after patterning the semiconductor layer to define the trench.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first region with second conductivity type formed over a semiconductor layer with first conductivity type. On this first region, the second region of the first conductivity type is selectively provided. On the same first region, a third region of second conductivity type is also selectively provided and is adjoined to the second region. The first control electrode is provided within a trench located deeper than the first side of the second region compared to the first region. The first control electrode includes a part opposed to the first and second regions separated by a first insulator, and a second part opposed to the semiconductor layer separated by a thicker second insulator. Inside the trench, the second control electrode is provided between the trench bottom and the first control electrode. The second control electrode is opposed to the semiconductor layer through a third insulator.

Abstract: An electronic device can include a substrate including an underlying doped region and a semiconductor layer overlying the substrate. A trench can have a sidewall and extend at least partly through the semiconductor layer. The electronic device can further include a first conductive structure adjacent to the underlying doped region, an insulating layer, and a second conductive structure within the trench. The insulating layer can be disposed between the first and second conductive structures, and the first conductive structure can be disposed between the insulating layer and the underlying doped region. Processes of forming the electronic device may be performed such that the first conductive structure includes a conductive fill material or a doped region within the semiconductor layer. The first conductive structure can allow the underlying doped region to be farther from the channel region and allow RDSON to be lower for a given BVDSS.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate insulation layer pattern on a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer including impurities on the gate insulation layer pattern, annealing the sacrificial layer so that the impurities in the sacrificial layer diffuse into the gate insulation layer pattern, removing the sacrificial layer, and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer pattern.

Abstract: A 3D non-volatile memory device includes a pipe gate, at least one first channel layer including a first pipe channel layer formed in the pipe gate and a pair of first source side channel layer and first drain side channel layer connected to the first pipe channel layer, and at least one second channel layer including a second pipe channel layer formed in the pipe gate and positioned over the first pipe channel layer and a pair of second source side channel layer and second drain side channel layer connected to the second pipe channel layer.

Abstract: An electronic device can include a semiconductor layer, and a trench extending into the semiconductor layer and having a tapered shape. In an embodiment, the trench includes a wider portion and a narrower portion. The electronic device can include a doped semiconductor region that extends to a narrower portion of the trench and has a dopant concentration greater than a dopant concentration of the semiconductor layer. In another embodiment, the electronic device can include a conductive structure within a relatively narrower portion of the trench, and a conductive electrode within a relatively wider portion of the trench. In another embodiment, a process of forming the electronic device can include forming a sacrificial plug and may allow insulating layers of different thicknesses to be formed within the trench.

Abstract: A three dimensional (3-D) nonvolatile memory device includes a first pipe gate layer, a second pipe gate disposed over the first pipe gate layer, word lines formed over the second pipe gate layer, memory channel layers configured to penetrate the word lines, a pipe channel layer formed in the first pipe gate layer, where the pipe channel layer is to come in contact with the bottom surface of the second pipe gate layer and couple the lower ends of the memory channel layers, a memory layer configured to surround the pipe channel layer and the memory channel layers, and a first gate insulating layer interposed between the first pipe gate layer and the memory layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a trench type power transistor device with a super junction. First, a substrate of a first conductivity type is provided, and then an epitaxial layer of a second conductive type is formed on the substrate. Next, a through hole is formed in the epitaxial layer, and the through hole penetrates through the epitaxial layer. Two doped drain regions of the first conductivity type are then formed in the epitaxial layer respectively at two sides of the through hole, and the doped drain regions extend from a top surface of the epitaxial layer to be in contact with the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip has a gated through silicon via (TSVG). The TSVG may be switched so that the TSVG can be made conducting or non-conducting. The semiconductor chip may be used between a lower level semiconductor chip and a higher semiconductor chip to control whether a voltage supply on the lower level semiconductor chip is connected to or disconnected from a voltage domain in the upper level semiconductor chip. The TSVG comprises an FET controlled by the lower level chip as a switch.