Making Of Isolation Regions Between Components (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.54)

  • Publication number: 20130062698
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a nonvolatile memory cell, wherein the nonvolatile memory cell can include an access transistor, a read transistor, and an antifuse component coupled to the access transistor and the read transistor. In an embodiment, the read transistor can include a gate electrode, and the antifuse component can include a first electrode and a second electrode overlying the first electrode. The gate electrode and the first electrode can be parts of the same gate member. In another embodiment, the access transistor can include a gate electrode, and the antifuse component can include a first electrode, an antifuse dielectric layer, and a second electrode. The electronic device can further include a conductive member overlying the antifuse dielectric layer and the gate electrode of the access transistor, wherein the conductive member is configured to electrically float. Processes for making the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Moshe Agam, Thierry Coffi Herve Yao
  • Publication number: 20130062773
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed that comprises a first non-volatile memory cell, a second non-volatile memory cell, an active region between the first and second memory cells, and an electrically conductive contact touching the active region, wherein the contact has a horizontal cross-section that is at least five percent smaller in a first dimension than in a second dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: GONG CHEN, LINGHUI WU
  • Publication number: 20130062700
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention has an n-type MIS transistor. The n-type MIS transistor has a first active region surrounded by a device isolation region in a semiconductor substrate, a first gate insulating film having a first high-dielectric-constant insulating film containing a first metal for adjustment, and a first electrode formed on the first gate insulating film. A protrusion amount of one end of the first high-dielectric-constant insulating film on the first device isolation part is smaller than a protrusion amount of an end of the first gate electrode above the first device isolation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: PANASONIC CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8389370
    Abstract: An enhanced shallow trench isolation method for fabricating radiation tolerant integrated circuit devices is disclosed. A layer of pad oxide is first deposited on a semiconductor substrate. A layer of pad nitride is then deposited on the pad oxide layer. A trench is defined within the semiconductor substrate by selectively etching the pad nitride layer, the pad oxide layer, and the semiconductor substrate. Boron ions are then implanted into both the bottom and along the sidewalls of the trench. Subsequently, a trench plug is formed within the trench by depositing an insulating material into the trench and by removing an excess portion of the insulating material. A p-well is implanted to a depth just below the depth of the bottom of the trench. This helps to keep the threshold voltage of the IC device below the trench at a high level, and thereby keep post-radiation leakage low. Then, an electrically neutral species is implanted into the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Schilmass Co. L.L.C.
    Inventors: Nadim Haddad, Frederick Brady, Jonathon Maimon
  • Publication number: 20130037871
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a plurality of fins on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate and extending in a first direction, a device isolation insulating film placed between the fins, a gate electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction on the insulating film; and an insulating film insulating the fin from the gate electrode. In a first region where a plurality of the fins are consecutively arranged, an upper surface of the device isolation insulating film is located at a first position below an upper end of the fin. In a second region located in the second direction as viewed from the first region, the upper surface of the device isolation insulating film is located at a second position above the upper end of the fin. In the second region, the device isolation insulating film covers entirely a side surface of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Gaku SUDO
  • Patent number: 8368169
    Abstract: An example semiconductor device includes a trench formed in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region, a filling dielectric layer provided within the trench, an oxide layer provided between the filling dielectric layer and the trench, a nitride layer provided between the oxide layer and the filling dielectric layer, and a barrier layer provided between the oxide layer and the nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunguk Han, Satoru Yamada, Young Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20130029467
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following processes. A first groove is formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first conductive film is formed in the first groove and over the semiconductor substrate. The first conductive film is planarized over the semiconductor substrate. The planarized first conductive film is selectively etched to have the planarized first conductive film remain in a lower portion of the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
    Inventor: Keisuke OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20130020671
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate comprising a heavily doped region formed on a lightly doped region and having an active cell area and an edge termination area. The edge termination area comprises a plurality of termination trenches formed in the heavily doped region with the termination trenches lined with a dielectric layer and filled with a conductive material therein. The edge termination further includes a plurality of buried guard rings formed as doped regions in the lightly doped region of the semiconductor substrate immediately adjacent to the termination trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Yeehang Lee, Madhur Bobde, Yongping Ding, Jongoh Kim, Anup Bhalla
  • Publication number: 20130020657
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MOS transistor is provided. A substrate has a high-k dielectric layer and a barrier in each of a first opening and a second opening formed by removing a dummy gate and located in a first transistor region and a second transistor region. A dielectric barrier layer is formed on the substrate and filled into the first opening and the second opening to cover the barrier layers. A portion of the dielectric barrier in the first transistor region is removed. A first work function metal layer is formed. The first work function metal layer and a portion of the dielectric barrier layer in the second transistor region are removed. A second work function metal layer is formed. The method can avoid a loss of the high-k dielectric layer to maintain the reliability of a gate structure, thereby improving the performance of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuo-Wen LU, Tzung-Ying Lee, Jei-Ming Chen, Chun-Wei Hsu, Yu-Min Lin, Chia-Lung Chang, Chin-Cheng Chien, Shu-Yen Chan
  • Patent number: 8349699
    Abstract: First and second isolation trenches are formed into semiconductive material of a semiconductor substrate. The first isolation trench has a narrowest outermost cross sectional dimension which is less than that of the second isolation trench. An insulative layer is deposited to within the first and second isolation trenches effective to fill remaining volume of the first isolation trench within the semiconductive material but not that of the second isolation trench within the semiconductive material. The insulative layer comprises silicon dioxide deposited from flowing TEOS to the first and second isolation trenches. A spin-on-dielectric is deposited over the silicon dioxide deposited from flowing the TEOS within the second isolation trench within the semiconductive material, but not within the first isolation trench within the semiconductive material. The spin-on-dielectric is deposited effective to fill remaining volume of the second isolation trench within the semiconductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Patraw, Martin Ceredig Roberts, Keith R. Cook
  • Publication number: 20130001739
    Abstract: Methods of forming semiconductor structures that include bodies of a semiconductor material disposed between rails of a dielectric material are disclosed. Such methods may include filling a plurality of trenches in a substrate with a dielectric material and removing portions of the substrate between the dielectric material to form a plurality of openings. In some embodiments, portions of the substrate may be undercut to form a continuous void underlying the bodies and the continuous void may be filled with a conductive material. In other embodiments, portions of the substrate exposed within the openings may be converted to a silicide material to form a conductive material under the bodies. For example, the conductive material may be used as a conductive line to electrically interconnect memory device components. Semiconductor structures and devices formed by such methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David H. Wells, Gurtej S. Sandhu
  • Publication number: 20130001589
    Abstract: A lateral, extended drain, metal oxide semiconductor, field effect transistor (LEDMOSFET) with a high drain-to-body breakdown voltage (Vb) incorporates gate structure extensions on opposing sides of a drain drift region. The extensions are tapered such that a distance between each extension and the drift region increases linearly from one end adjacent to the channel region to another end adjacent to the drain region. In one embodiment, these extensions can extend vertically through the isolation region that surrounds the LEDMOSFET. In another embodiment, the extensions can sit atop the isolation region. In either case, the extensions create a strong essentially uniform horizontal electric field profile within the drain drift. Also disclosed are a method for forming the LEDMOSFET with a specific Vb by defining the dimensions of the extensions and a program storage device for designing the LEDMOSFET to have a specific Vb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michel J. Abou-Khalil, Alan B. Botula, Alvin J. Joseph, Theodore J. Letavic, James A. Slinkman
  • Publication number: 20120322226
    Abstract: A semiconductor device production method includes: treating a wafer which contains a silicon substrate with dilute hydrofluoric acid in a bath; introducing water into the bath while discharging the dilute hydrofluoric acid from the bath; and introducing H2O2 and warm water warmer than the above-mentioned water into the bath after the discharge of dilute hydrofluoric acid from the bath in such a manner that the introduction of warm water is started simultaneously with the start of H2O2 supply or subsequently to the start of H2O2 supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Naomi Yanai, Yuka Kase, Hiroyuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8334573
    Abstract: Material erosion of trench isolation structures in advanced semiconductor devices may be reduced by incorporating an appropriate mask layer stack in an early manufacturing stage. For example, a silicon nitride material may be incorporated as a buried etch stop layer prior to a sequence for patterning active regions and forming a strain-inducing semiconductor alloy therein, wherein, in particular, the corresponding cleaning process prior to the selective epitaxial growth process has been identified as a major source for causing deposition-related irregularities upon depositing the interlayer dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Maciej Wiatr, Markus Forsberg, Stephan Kronholz, Roman Boschke
  • Patent number: 8334177
    Abstract: Methods are provided for fabricating a semiconductor device. A method comprises forming a layer of a first semiconductor material overlying the bulk substrate and forming a layer of a second semiconductor material overlying the layer of the first semiconductor material. The method further comprises creating a fin pattern mask on the layer of the second semiconductor material and anisotropically etching the layer of the second semiconductor material and the layer of the first semiconductor material using the fin pattern mask as an etch mask. The anisotropic etching results in a fin formed from the second semiconductor material and an exposed region of first semiconductor material underlying the fin. The method further comprises forming an isolation layer in the exposed region of first semiconductor material underlying the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
    Inventors: Witold Maszara, Hemant Adhikari
  • Publication number: 20120315732
    Abstract: In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, a substrate may be provided that includes: a base, an active fin that projects from an upper surface of the base and is integrally formed with the base, and a buffer oxide film pattern formed on the active fin in contact with the active fin. A first dummy gate film may be formed on the substrate to cover the buffer oxide film pattern and the first dummy gate film may be smoothed to expose the buffer oxide film pattern. A second dummy gate film may be formed on the exposed buffer oxide film pattern and the first dummy gate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Kyeong Kang, Jae-Seok Kim, Ho-Young Kim, Bo-Un Yoon, Il-Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 8329545
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, and more particularly to a method of fabricating a charge trap NAND flash memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Umberto M. Meotto, Giulio Albini, Paolo Tessariol, Paola Bacciaglia, Marcello Mariani
  • Publication number: 20120306046
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes an active device region disposed in a semiconductor substrate, an edge termination region disposed in the semiconductor substrate between the active device region and a lateral edge of the semiconductor substrate and a trench disposed in the edge termination region which extends from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate toward a second opposing surface of the semiconductor substrate. The trench has an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall and a bottom. The inner sidewall is spaced further from the lateral edge of the semiconductor substrate than the outer sidewall, and an upper portion of the outer sidewall is doped opposite as the inner sidewall and bottom of the trench to increase the blocking voltage capacity. Other structures can be provided which yield a high blocking voltage capacity such as a second trench or a region of chalcogen dopant atoms disposed in the edge termination region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
    Inventor: Gerhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120306044
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and having an active cell area and an edge termination area wherein the edge termination area comprises a wide trench filled with a field-crowding reduction filler and a buried field plate buried under a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and laterally extended over a top portion of the field crowding field to move a peak electric field laterally away from the active cell area. In a specific embodiment, the field-crowding reduction filler comprises a silicon oxide filled in the wide trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Madhur Bobde, Sik K. Lui, Anup Bhalla
  • Publication number: 20120305941
    Abstract: A well region formation method and a semiconductor base in the field of semiconductor technology are provided. A method comprises: forming isolation regions in a semiconductor substrate to isolate active regions; selecting at least one of the active regions, and forming a first well region in the selected active region; forming a mask to cover the selected active region, and etching the rest of the active regions, so as to form grooves; and growing a semiconductor material by epitaxy to till the grooves. Another method comprises: forming isolation regions in a semiconductor substrate for isolating active regions; forming well regions in the active regions; etching the active regions to form grooves, such that the grooves have a depth less than or equal to a depth of the well regions; and growing a semiconductor material by epitaxy to till the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Huilong Zhu, Zhijong Luo
  • Patent number: 8324071
    Abstract: A method for forming a silicon film may be performed using a microheater including a substrate and a metal pattern spaced apart from the substrate. The silicon film may be formed on the metal pattern by applying a voltage to the metal pattern of the microheater to heat the metal pattern and by exposing the microheater to a source gas containing silicon. The silicon film may be made of polycrystalline silicon. A method for forming a pn junction may be performed using a microheater including a substrate, a conductive layer on the substrate, and a metal pattern spaced apart from the substrate. The pn junction may be formed between the metal pattern and the conductive layer by applying a voltage to the metal pattern of the microheater to heat the metal pattern. The pn junction may be made of polycrystalline silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhee Choi, Andrei Zoulkarneev
  • Patent number: 8324074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure comprising high-k material portions that are self-aligned with respect to the active areas in the semiconductor substrate and a method of fabricating the same. The high-k material is protected from oxidation during the fabrication of the semiconductor structure and regrowth of the high-k material and shifting of the high-k material work function is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Bruce Doris, Pranita Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8324715
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating layer, an electrode pad, a through hole, a second insulating layer, and a conductive material. A through groove passes through the semiconductor substrate from a surface to an opposite surface. The first insulating layer fills the through groove. The electrode pad is connected with an interconnection layer. The second insulating layer is provided between the electrode pad and the first insulating layer. The through hole communicates with the electrode pad and passes through the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The conductive material is provided in the through hole so as to be connected with the electrode pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi Endo
  • Publication number: 20120302034
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a protruding channel region, forming a gate insulation layer surrounding the protruding channel region, forming a sacrificial layer having an etch selectivity varying in a thickness direction of the sacrificial layer, on the gate insulation layer, and performing a gate-last process to form a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer in place of the sacrificial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-wook Lee, Myeong-cheol Kim, Heung-sik Park, Sang-min Lee, Hyun-ho Jung
  • Publication number: 20120299159
    Abstract: Devices and methods for pattern alignment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a die including an integrated circuit region, an assembly isolation region around the integrated circuit region, and a seal ring region around the assembly isolation region. The device further includes a die alignment mark disposed within the seal ring region or the assembly isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hsien-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20120292716
    Abstract: A DRAM structure with buried word lines is described, including a semiconductor substrate, cell word lines buried in the substrate and separated from the same by a first gate dielectric layer, and isolation word lines buried in the substrate and separated from the same by a second gate dielectric layer. The top surfaces of the cell word lines and those of the isolation word lines are lower than the top surface of the substrate. The bottom surfaces of the isolation word lines are lower than those of the cell word lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hao-Chieh Liu, Lars Heineck, Ping-Chieh Chiang
  • Publication number: 20120295414
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing stacked electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamps. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate in which first and second serially-coupled transistors are formed. The first transistor includes a first well region having a first lateral edge partially forming the first transistor's base. The second transistor including a second well region having a second lateral edge partially forming the second transistor's base. Third and fourth well regions are formed in the first and second transistors, respectively, and extend a different distance into the substrate than do the well regions of the first and second transistors. The third well region has a third lateral edge separated from the first lateral edge by a first spacing dimension D1. The fourth well region has a fourth lateral edge separated from the second lateral edge by a second spacing dimension D2, which is different than D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Rouying Zhan, Amaury Gendron, Chai Ean Gill
  • Publication number: 20120276710
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first source/drain region and a first sidewall spacer, and a second transistor including a second source/drain region and a second sidewall spacer, the first sidewall spacer has a first width and the second sidewall spacer has a second width wider than the first width, and the first source/drain region has a first area and the second source/drain region has a second area larger than the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro USUJIMA, Shigeo Satoh
  • Publication number: 20120276709
    Abstract: A method includes: forming an device isolation region in a substrate to divide the device isolation region into a first and a second diffusion regions; forming a target film on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer for isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensuke TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120273917
    Abstract: The disclosed invention provides a structure and method for providing a high lateral voltage resistance between the electrical networks, sharing a lateral plane, of conductive elements (e.g., having different high voltage potentials) comprising a coupler. In one embodiment, an integrated coupler providing a high lateral voltage resistance comprises a primary conductive element and a secondary conductive element. An isolating material is laterally configured between the electrical network of the primary conductive element and an electrical network of the secondary conductive element. The isolating material may comprise a low-k dielectric layer and prevents any lateral barrier layers (e.g., etch stop layers, diffusion barrier layers, etc.) from extending between the first conductive element and the electrical network of the second conductive element. The structure therefore provides a galvanically isolated integrated coupler which avoids electrical shorting between circuits (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Uwe Wahl, Markus Hammer, Jens-Peer Stengl
  • Publication number: 20120276708
    Abstract: A method includes: forming an device isolation region in a substrate to divide the device isolation region into first and second diffusion regions; forming a target film on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer by using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer for isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensuke TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120270379
    Abstract: A method of semiconductor device fabrication including forming a plurality of gate structures in a first portion of a substrate, wherein the plurality of gate structures have a first height. A first metal gate structure is formed in a second portion of the substrate, the first metal gate structure being surrounded by an isolation region. A plurality of dummy gate structures is formed in the second portion of the substrate. The plurality of dummy gate structures are configured in a ring formation encircling the metal gate structure and the isolation region. The plurality of dummy structures have a top surface that is substantially planar with the plurality of gate structures and covers at least 5% of a pattern density of the second portion of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., ("TSMC")
    Inventors: Su-Chen Lai, Ming-Yuan Wu, Kong-Beng Thei, Harry Hak-Lay Chuang, Chiung-Han Yeh, Hong-Dyi Chang, Kuo Cheng Cheng, Chien-Hung Wu, Tzung-Chi Lee
  • Publication number: 20120268195
    Abstract: A method and an eFuse circuit for implementing with enhanced eFuse blow operation without requiring a separate high current and high voltage supply to blow the eFuse, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The eFuse circuit includes an eFuse connected to a field effect transistor (FET) operatively controlled during a sense mode and a blow mode for sensing and blowing the eFuse. The eFuse circuit is placed over an independently voltage controlled silicon region. During a sense mode, the independently voltage controlled silicon region is grounded providing an increased threshold voltage of the FET. During a blow mode, the independently voltage controlled silicon region is charged to a voltage supply potential. The threshold voltage of the FET is reduced by the charged independently voltage controlled silicon region for providing enhanced FET blow function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karl R. Erickson, Phil C. Paone, David P. Paulsen, John E. Sheets, II, Gregory J. Uhlmann, Kelly L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20120264274
    Abstract: Provided is a transistor of a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. A transistor of a semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor substrate having an active region defined by an isolation layer; a recess trench formed in the active region and disposed to cross the semiconductor substrate in one direction; and a gate line formed in a straight line pattern, overlapping the recess trench and disposed to cross the recess trench at approximately right angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Chun Soo Kang
  • Publication number: 20120264268
    Abstract: Methods of forming nonvolatile memory devices include forming first and second floating gate electrodes of first and second nonvolatile memory cells, respectively, at side-by-side locations on a substrate. The substrate is selectively etched to define a trench therein extending between the first and second floating gate electrodes. The trench is at least partially filled with a first electrical insulation pattern. An inorganic polysilazane-type spin-on-glass (SOG) layer is conformally deposited on the first and second floating gate electrodes and on the first electrical insulation pattern and then partially removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Ji-Hwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120261792
    Abstract: An SOI structure including a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate including a top silicon layer, an intermediate buried oxide (BOX) layer and a bottom substrate; at least two wells in the bottom substrate; a deep trench isolation (DTI) separating the two wells, the DTI having a top portion extending through the BOX layer and top silicon layer and a bottom portion within the bottom substrate wherein the bottom portion has a width that is larger than a width of the top portion; and at least two semiconductor devices in the silicon layer located over one of the wells, the at least two semiconductor devices being separated by a shallow trench isolation within the top silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Bruce B. Doris, Ali Khakifirooz, Pranita Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20120261790
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate structure, a semiconductor device, and a manufacturing method thereof. The substrate structure comprises: a semiconductor substrate; and a first isolation region, wherein the first isolation region comprises: a first trench extending through the semiconductor substrate; and a first dielectric layer filling the first trench. Due to the isolation region extending through the substrate, it is possible to make device structures on both surfaces of the substrate, so as to increase the utilization of the substrate and the integration degree of the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Huicai Zhong, Qingqing Liang
  • Publication number: 20120248527
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a gate groove and first to third grooves, the first to third grooves being formed on a bottom surface of the gate groove and the third groove being formed between the first and second grooves, and a gate electrode having a first gate portion formed in the first groove, a second gate portion formed in the second groove, a third gate portion formed in the third groove, and a fourth gate portion formed in the gate groove. A cell transistor having the gate electrode has a first channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate between the first and third gate portions and a second channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate between the second and third gate portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takeshi KAJIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120248534
    Abstract: The invention discloses a manufacture method and structure of a power transistor, which comprises a lower electrode, a substrate, a drift region, two first conductive regions, two second conductive regions, two gate units, an isolation structure and an upper electrode; wherein the two second conductive region are between the two first conductive regions and the drift region; the two gate units are on the two second conductive regions; the isolation structure covers the surface of the two gate units; the upper electrode covers; the surface of the isolation structure and connects to the two first conductive regions and the two second conductive regions electrically. When the substrate is of the first conductive type, the structure can be used as MOSFET. When the substrate is of the second conductive type, the structure can be used as IGBT. This structure has a small gate electrode area, which leads to less Qg, Qgd and Rdson and improves device performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Qin HUANG, Yuming Bai
  • Publication number: 20120241901
    Abstract: A method for forming a device is disclosed. A support substrate having first and second major surfaces is provided. An interconnect is formed through the first and second major surfaces in the support substrate. The interconnect has first and second portions. The first portion extends from one of the first or second major surfaces and the second portion extends from the other of the first and second major surfaces. The interconnect includes a partial via plug having a conductive material in a first portion of the interconnect. The via plug has a bottom at about an interface of the first and second portions. The second portion of the interconnect is heavily doped with dopants of a first polarity type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rama Krishna KOTLANKA, Rakesh KUMAR, Premachandran CHIRAYARIKATHUVEEDU SANKARAPILLAI, Pradeep Ramachandramurthy YELEHANKA
  • Patent number: 8273664
    Abstract: A method of etching and tilling deep trenches is disclosed, which includes: forming an ONO(oxide-nitride-oxide) sandwich layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming deep trenches by using top oxide of the sandwich layer as a stop layer; removing the top oxide and middle SiN of the sandwich layer; tilling the deep trenches with epitaxial film or polysilicon film; polishing the wafer to get a planarized surface by stopping at the surface of the bottom oxide layer; removing the bottom oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Cheng, Shengan Xiao
  • Publication number: 20120235222
    Abstract: A device isolation film has a first height in a first area and a second height higher than the first height in a second area. The first area includes a first end of a dummy memory transistor facing a memory string and a part of a device isolation film adjacent thereof. The second area includes a second end of the dummy memory transistor facing a select transistor and a part of the device isolation film adjacent thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takeshi KAMIGAICHI
  • Publication number: 20120223440
    Abstract: In a three-dimensional integrated circuit apparatus 80 in which a first wafer 101 and a second wafer 102 having respective integrated circuits according to an embodiment are directly bonded, the second wafer 102 is provided with a through hole 10 aligned with a via 5a of the first wafer 101 by use of an alignment marker of the first wafer 101, and connected to the via 5a. The surrounding of the through hole 10 is provided with an insulating film 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shinobu FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20120217571
    Abstract: Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes first memory cell array layer, first insulating layer formed thereabove, and second memory cell array layer formed thereabove. First memory cell array layer includes first NAND cell units each including plural first memory cells. The first memory cell includes first semiconductor layer, first gate insulating film formed thereabove, and first charge accumulation layer formed thereabove. The second memory cell array layer includes second NAND cell units each including plural second memory cells. The second memory cell includes second charge accumulation layer, second gate insulating film formed thereabove, and second semiconductor layer formed thereabove. Control gates are formed, via an inter-gate insulating film, on first-direction both sides of the first and second charge accumulation layers positioned the latter above the former via the first insulating layer. The control gates extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumitaka ARAI, Satoshi Nagashima, Hisataka Meguro, Hideto Takekida, Kenta Yamada
  • Patent number: 8252658
    Abstract: A method of etching trenches into silicon of a semiconductor substrate includes forming a mask over silicon of a semiconductor substrate, with the mask comprising trenches formed there-through. Plasma etching is conducted to form trenches into the silicon of the semiconductor substrate using the mask. In one embodiment, the plasma etching includes forming an etching plasma using precursor gases which include SF6, an oxygen-containing compound, and a nitrogen-containing compound. In one embodiment, the plasma etching includes an etching plasma which includes a sulfur-containing component, an oxygen-containing component, and NFx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Krupakar M. Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20120214289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor substrate isolation, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a first oxide layer and a nitride layer sequentially on the semiconductor substrate; forming openings in the nitride layer and in the first oxide layer to expose parts of the semiconductor substrate; implanting oxygen ions into the semiconductor substrate from the openings; performing annealing to form a second oxide layer on at least top portions of the exposed parts of the semiconductor substrate; and removing the nitride layer and the first oxide layer. Compared to the conventional STI process, said method enables a more simply and easy process flow and is applicable to common semiconductor substrates and SOI substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Zhijiong Luo, Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120205777
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a trench formed in a substrate and defining a plurality of active regions, a punch-through prevention layer filling a part of the trench and coupled to a ground, and an isolation layer formed over the punch-through prevention layer and filling the other part of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Sang-Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20120208342
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an isolation region defining an active region in a semiconductor substrate, forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor substrate, forming a second insulating film having etching properties different from those of the first insulating film over the first insulating film, selectively removing the second insulating film from a first region over the active region and the isolation region by dry etching using a fluorocarbon-based etching gas, removing a residual film formed by the dry etching over the first insulating film by exposure in an atmosphere containing oxygen, and selectively removing the first insulating film from the first region by wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Jusuke OGURA, Hikaru KOKURA, Hideyuki KOJIMA, Toru ANEZAKI, Hiroyuki OGAWA, Junichi ARIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 8242004
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following processes. A groove is formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first spin-on-dielectric layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate. An abnormal oxidation of the first spin-on-dielectric layer is carried out. A surface of the first spin-on-dielectric layer is removed. A second spin-on-dielectric layer is formed over the first spin-on-dielectric layer. A non-abnormal oxidation of the first and second spin-on-dielectric layers is carried out to modify the second spin-on-dielectric layer without modifying the first spin-on-dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiro Miyahara
  • Patent number: 8236665
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A barrier film is formed in a device separating structure, and the device separating structure is etched at a predetermined thickness to expose a semiconductor substrate. Then, a SEG film is grown to form an active region whose area is increased. As a result, a current driving power of a transistor located at a cell region and peripheral circuit regions is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Young Bog Kim