Including Both N- And P- Wells In The Substrate, E.g. Twin-tub (epo) Patents (Class 257/E27.067)
  • Patent number: 11855080
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate, an isolation structure, a gate dielectric layer, a high-k dielectric layer, and a protection cap. The substrate includes a first region, a second region, and a transition region located between the first region and the second region. The isolation structure, located in the transition region. The gate dielectric layer is located on the isolation structure. The high-k dielectric layer is located on the isolation structure and extended to cover a sidewall and a surface of the gate dielectric layer. The protection cap is located on a surface and sidewalls of the high-k dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng-Han Lin, Te-An Chen
  • Patent number: 10672726
    Abstract: Integrated circuits (ICs) that avoid or mitigate creation of changes in accumulated charge in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, particularly an SOI substrate having a trap rich layer. In one embodiment, a FET is configured such that, in a standby mode, the FET is turned OFF while maintaining essentially the same VDS as during an active mode. In another embodiment, a FET is configured such that, in a standby mode, current flow through the FET is interrupted while maintaining essentially the same VGS as during the active mode. In another embodiment, a FET is configured such that, in a standby mode, the FET is switched into a very low current state (a “trickle current” state) that keeps both VGS and VDS close to their respective active mode operational voltages. Optionally, S-contacts may be formed in an IC substrate to create protected areas that encompass FETs that are sensitive to accumulated charge effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: pSemi Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Mark Englekirk, Keith Bargroff, Christopher C. Murphy, Tero Tapio Ranta, Simon Edward Willard
  • Patent number: 10432174
    Abstract: Systems and methods for closed loop feedback control of integrated circuits. In one embodiment, a plurality of controllable inputs to an integrated circuit is adjusted to achieve a predetermined value of a dynamic operating indicator of the integrated circuit. An operating condition of an integrated circuit is controlled via closed loop feedback based on dynamic operating indicators of the integrated circuit's behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kleanthes G. Koniaris, James B. Burr
  • Patent number: 10181848
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for digital forward body biasing CMOS circuits. In an embodiment, a power management unit limits the amount of time for which digital forward body biasing may be implemented. In another embodiment, once a CMOS circuit is put into a full digital forward body bias mode, the CMOS circuit is gradually brought back to a zero forward body bias mode. In another embodiment, charge is shared among biased transistor wells during transition intervals when transitioning from one bias mode to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Pranay Prabhat, Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth, James Edward Myers
  • Patent number: 9837140
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first N-type well and a second N-type well includes: a memory circuit to be coupled with first and second power source lines; and a first switch which electrically couples the first power source line with the second power source line and electrically decouples the first power source line from the second power source line. The memory circuit includes a memory array to be coupled with the second power source line, a peripheral circuit to be coupled with the first power source line, and a second switch which electrically couples the first power source line with the second power source line in the active mode and electrically decouples the first power source line from the second power source line in the standby mode. The first and second switches each include a first PMOS transistor arranged in the first N-type well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ishii, Atsushi Miyanishi, Kazumasa Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 9735784
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a high reliable/high safe programmable logic device with high error resistance. The present invention provides a programmable logic device that has a plurality of configuration memories. The configuration memories are divided into a plurality of areas and are arranged and a part of the plurality of areas is set to a high reliable area where reliability of the configuration memory is higher than in the other area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kanno, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Kotaro Shimamura, Tadanobu Toba, Teppei Hirotsu, Tsutomu Yamada
  • Patent number: 9559693
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first power source line which accepts the supply of power in the active mode, a second power source line which accepts the supply of power in the active mode and the standby mode, a memory circuit to be coupled with the first and second power source lines and a first switch which electrically couples the first power source line with the second power source line in the active mode and electrically decouples the first power source line from the second power source line in the standby mode. The memory circuit includes a memory array, a peripheral circuit and a second switch. Each of the first and second switches includes a first PMOS transistor and a second PMOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ishii, Atsushi Miyanishi, Kazumasa Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 9385133
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an SRAM which includes: a monolithic first active region in which a first transistor and a fifth transistor are disposed; a second active region separated from the first active region, in which a second transistor is disposed; a monolithic third active region in which a third transistor and a sixth transistor are disposed; and a fourth active region separated from the third active region, in which a fourth transistor is disposed. Each driver transistor is divided into a first transistor and a second transistor (or a third transistor and a fourth transistor) and these driver transistors are disposed over different active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Morimoto, Noriaki Maeda, Yasuhisa Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 9196622
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an SRAM which includes: a monolithic first active region in which a first transistor and a fifth transistor are disposed; a second active region separated from the first active region, in which a second transistor is disposed; a monolithic third active region in which a third transistor and a sixth transistor are disposed; and a fourth active region separated from the third active region, in which a fourth transistor is disposed. Each driver transistor is divided into a first transistor and a second transistor (or a third transistor and a fourth transistor) and these driver transistors are disposed over different active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Morimoto, Noriaki Maeda, Yasuhisa Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 8975707
    Abstract: A region for substrate potential is formed of an n-type well at a position in the direction of a channel length relative to the gate electrode and the position is between drain regions in the direction of a channel width. An n-type of a contact region with a higher concentration of n-type impurity than that of the region is provided in the region. The contact region is arranged away from the drain regions with a distance to obtain a desired breakdown voltage of PN-junction between the region and the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaya Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 8969967
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a stack having a semiconductor substrate with a first type of dopant, an UTBOX type buried insulating layer, electronic components, formed in the substrate, ground planes disposed beneath the buried insulating layer so as to be respectively plumb with corresponding components, wells with the first type of dopant, the wells being respectively beneath corresponding ground planes, and a bias circuit enabling distinct voltages to be applied to the ground planes by the wells. The wells are separated from the substrate by a deep well with a second type of dopant. The wells are separated from each other by a separating structure, which is either a lateral well having a second type of dopant or a block of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Noel, Bastien Giraud, Olivier Thomas
  • Patent number: 8963158
    Abstract: Design structures, structures and methods of manufacturing structures for providing latch-up immunity for mixed voltage integrated circuits. The structure includes a diffused N-Tub structure embedded in a P-wafer and provided below a retrograde N-well to a non-isolated CMOS logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven H. Voldman
  • Patent number: 8946825
    Abstract: During various processing operations, ions from process plasma may be transfer to a deep n-well (DNW) formed under devices structures. A reverse-biased diode may be connected to the signal line to protect a gate dielectric formed outside the DNW and is connected to the drain of the transistor formed inside the DNW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: David Yen, Sung-Chieh Lin, Kuoyuan (Peter) Hsu
  • Patent number: 8940602
    Abstract: A FinFET structure which includes a bulk semiconductor substrate; semiconductor fins extending from the bulk semiconductor substrate, each of the semiconductor fins having a top portion and a bottom portion such that the bottom portion of the semiconductor fins is doped and the top portion of the semiconductor fins is undoped; a portion of the bulk semiconductor substrate directly underneath the plurality of semiconductor fins being doped to form an n+ or p+ well; and an oxide formed between the bottom portions of the fins. Also disclosed is a method for forming a FinFET device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Effendi Leobandung, Tenko Yamashita, Chun-Chen Yeh
  • Patent number: 8836041
    Abstract: Silicon germanium regions are formed adjacent gates electrodes over both n-type and p-type regions in an integrated circuit. A hard mask patterned by lithography then protects structures over the p-type region while the silicon germanium is selectively removed from over the n-type region, even under remnants of the hard mask on sidewall spacers on the gate electrode. Silicon germanium carbon is epitaxially grown adjacent the gate electrode in place of the removed silicon germanium, and source/drain extension implants are performed prior to removal of the remaining hard mask over the p-type region structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Loubet, Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan
  • Patent number: 8836040
    Abstract: A semiconductor standard cell includes an N-type diffusion area and a P-type diffusion area, both extending across the cell and also outside of the cell. The cell also includes a conductive gate above each diffusion area to create a semiconductive device. A pair of dummy gates are also above the N-type diffusion area and the P-type diffusion area creating a pair of dummy devices. The pair of dummy gates are disposed at opposite edges of the cell. The cell further includes a first conductive line configured to couple the dummy devices to power for disabling the dummy devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Pratyush Kamal, Esin Terzioglu, Foua Vang, Prayag Bhanubhai Patel, Giridhar Nallapati, Animesh Datta
  • Patent number: 8823129
    Abstract: A latch-up prevention structure and method for ultra-small high voltage tolerant cell is provided. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit includes an input and/or output pad, a floating high-voltage n-well (HVNW) connected to the input and/or output pad through a P+ in the floating HVNW and also connected to a first voltage supply, a low-voltage n-well (LVNW) connected to a second voltage supply through a N+ in the LVNW, a HVNW control circuit, and a guard-ring HVNW, where the first voltage supply has higher voltage level than the second voltage supply, guard-ring HVNW is inserted in between the floating HVNW and LVNW to prevent a latch-up path between a P+ in HVNW and N+ in LVNW by using the HVNW control circuit that controls the guard-ring HVNW's voltage level. The guard-ring HVNW's voltage level is matched by the floating HVNW's voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Da-Wei Lai, Jen-Chou Tseng, Chien-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 8815698
    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 fill 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 fill the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Huilong Zhu, Zhijiong Luo
  • Patent number: 8803237
    Abstract: A distance “a” from a first gate electrode of a first transistor of a high-frequency circuit to a first contact is greater than a distance “b” from a second electrode of a second transistor of a digital circuit to a second contact. The first contact is connected to a drain or source of the first transistor, and the second contact is connected to a drain or source of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Kuramoto, Yasutaka Nakashiba
  • Patent number: 8778752
    Abstract: A method for designing a semiconductor device includes arranging at least a pattern of a first active region in which a first transistor is formed and a pattern of a second active region in which a second transistor is formed; arranging at least a pattern of a gate wire which intersects the first active region and the second active region; extracting at least a first region in which the first active region and the gate wire are overlapped with each other; arranging at least one pattern of a compressive stress film on a region including the first active region; and obtaining by a computer a layout pattern of the semiconductor device, when the at least one pattern of the compressive stress film is arranged, end portions of the at least one pattern thereof are positioned based on positions of end portions of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Yasunobu Torii
  • Patent number: 8723237
    Abstract: A method for designing a semiconductor device includes arranging at least a pattern of a first active region in which a first transistor is formed and a pattern of a second active region in which a second transistor is formed; arranging at least a pattern of a gate wire which intersects the first active region and the second active region; extracting at least a first region in which the first active region and the gate wire are overlapped with each other; arranging at least one pattern of a compressive stress film on a region including the first active region; and obtaining by a computer a layout pattern of the semiconductor device, when the at least one pattern of the compressive stress film is arranged, end portions of the at least one pattern thereof are positioned based on positions of end portions of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Yasunobu Torii
  • Patent number: 8704311
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first impurity layer of a first conductivity type formed in a first region of a semiconductor substrate, a first epitaxial semiconductor layer formed above the first impurity layer, a first gate insulating film formed above the first epitaxial semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode formed above the first gate insulating film, and a second transistor including a second impurity layer of the second conductivity type formed in a second region of the semiconductor substrate, a second epitaxial semiconductor layer formed above the second impurity layer and having a thickness different from that of the first epitaxial semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating film formed above the second epitaxial semiconductor layer and having a film thickness equal to that of the first gate insulating film and a second gate electrode formed above the second gate insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Kazushi Fujita, Taiji Ema, Hiroyuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20140061811
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to integrated circuit fabrication, and more particularly to a metal gate structure. An exemplary structure for a semiconductor device comprises a substrate comprising an isolation region separating and surrounding both a P-active region and an N-active region; a P-work function metal layer in a P-gate structure over the P-active region, wherein the P-work function metal layer comprises a first bottom portion and first sidewalls, wherein the first bottom portion comprises a first layer of metallic compound with a first thickness; and an N-work function metal layer in an N-gate structure over the N-active region, wherein the N-work function metal layer comprises a second bottom portion and second sidewalls, wherein the second bottom portion comprises a second layer of the metallic compound with a second thickness less than the first thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Shan Chien, Andrew Joseph Kelly
  • Patent number: 8610202
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device which has a CMOS inverter circuit and which can accomplish high-integration by configuring an inverter circuit with a columnar structural body. A semiconductor device includes a columnar structural body which is arranged on a substrate and which comprises a p-type silicon, an n-type silicon, and an oxide arranged between the p-type silicon and the n-type silicon and running in the vertical direction to the substrate, n-type high-concentration silicon layers arranged on and below the p-type silicon, p-type high-concentration silicon layers arrange on and below the n-type silicon, an insulator which surrounds the p-type silicon, the n-type silicon, and the oxide, and which serves as a gate insulator, and a conductive body which surrounds the insulator and which serves as a gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Fujio Masuoka, Hiroki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8592922
    Abstract: A transistor device is provided that includes a substrate, a first channel region formed in a first portion of the substrate and being doped with a dopant of a first type of conductivity, a second channel region formed in a second portion of the substrate and being doped with a dopant of a second type of conductivity, a gate insulating layer formed on the first channel region and on the second channel region, a dielectric capping layer formed on the gate insulating layer, a first gate region formed on the dielectric capping layer over the first channel region, and a second gate region formed on the dielectric capping layer over the second channel region, wherein the first gate region and the second gate region are made of the same material, and wherein one of the first gate region and the second gate region comprises an ion implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob C. Hooker, Markus Mueller
  • Patent number: 8557653
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a junction-field-effect-transistor (JFET) device, the method includes the steps of providing a substrate of a first-type impurity; forming a first well region of a second-type impurity in the substrate; forming a second well region and a third well region of the first-type impurity separated from each other in the first well region; forming a fourth well region of the first-type impurity between the second well region and the third well region; forming a first diffused region of the second-type impurity between the second well region and the fourth well region; forming a second diffused region of the second-type impurity between the third well region and the fourth well region; forming a pair of first doped regions of the second-type impurity in the first well region, and a pair of second doped regions of the first-type impurity in the second well region and the third well region respectively; forming a third doped region of the second-type impurity in the first well region between t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Min Hu, Chung Yu Hung, Wing Chor Chan, Jeng Gong
  • Patent number: 8541845
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a well region within a substrate. A plurality of transistors is formed within and/or over the well region. The method further includes forming a first discharge device within the substrate. The first discharge device is coupled to the well region and a low voltage node. During subsequent processing, the first discharge device discharges charge from the well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alfred Schuetz, Andreas Martin, Gunnar Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8530286
    Abstract: A structure and method of fabrication thereof relate to a Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) design, allowing CMOS based devices to have a reduced ?VT compared to conventional bulk CMOS and can allow the threshold voltage VT of FETs having dopants in the channel region to be set much more precisely. The DDC design also can have a strong body effect compared to conventional bulk CMOS transistors, which can allow for significant dynamic control of power consumption in DDC transistors. The semiconductor structure includes an analog device and a digital device each having an epitaxial channel layer where a single gate oxidation layer is on the epitaxial channel layer of NMOS and PMOS transistor elements of the digital device and one of a double and triple gate oxidation layer is on the epitaxial channel layer of NMOS and PMOS transistor elements of the analog device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucian Shifren, Pushkar Ranade, Scott E. Thompson, Sachin R. Sonkusale, Weimin Zhang
  • Patent number: 8519402
    Abstract: Design structures, structures and methods of manufacturing structures for providing latch-up immunity for mixed voltage integrated circuits. The structure includes a diffused N-Tub structure embedded in a P-wafer and provided below a retrograde N-well to a non-isolated CMOS logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven H. Voldman
  • Patent number: 8492844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a semiconductor device by providing a first substrate; providing a doped layer in a surface region of the first substrate; providing a buried oxide layer on the doped layer; providing a semiconductor layer on the buried oxide layer to obtain a semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) wafer; removing the buried oxide layer and the semiconductor layer from a first region of the SeOI wafer while maintaining the buried oxide layer and the semiconductor layer in a second region of the SeOI water; providing an upper transistor in the second region by forming a back gate in or by the doped layer; and providing a lower transistor in the first region by forming source and drain regions in or by the doped layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Gerhard Enders, Wolfgang Hoenlein, Franz Hofmann, Carlos Mazure
  • Patent number: 8487360
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate of a first impurity type, a first well region of a second impurity type in the substrate, the second impurity type being different from the first impurity type, a second well region of the first impurity type in the substrate, a patterned first dielectric layer on the substrate extending over the first and second well regions, a patterned first gate structure on the patterned first dielectric layer, a patterned second dielectric layer on the patterned first gate structure, and a patterned second gate structure on the patterned second dielectric layer. The patterned first gate structure may include a first section extending in a first direction and a second section extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first section, wherein the first section and the second section intersects each other in a cross pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chi Lin, Shih-Chin Lien, Shyi-Yuan Wu, Chin-Pen Yeh
  • Patent number: 8487383
    Abstract: A flash memory device, including a cell array region where a plurality of memory cells are connected in series to a single cell string, the cell array region including a pocket p-well configured to accommodate the plurality of memory cells and an n-well configured to surround the pocket p-well, a first peripheral region where low-voltage (LV) and high-voltage (HV) switches are connected to the memory cells through a word line, and a second peripheral region where bulk voltage switches are connected to bulk regions of the LV and HV switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Moon Park, Se-Jun Park, Suk-Kang Sung, Keon-Soo Kim, Jung-Dal Choi, Choong-Ho Lee, Jin-Hyun Shin, Seung-Wook Choi, Dong-Hoon Jang
  • Patent number: 8476706
    Abstract: A delta doping of silicon by carbon is provided on silicon surfaces by depositing a silicon carbon alloy layer on silicon surfaces, which can be horizontal surfaces of a bulk silicon substrate, horizontal surfaces of a top silicon layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, or vertical surfaces of silicon fins. A p-type field effect transistor (PFET) region and an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) region can be differentiated by selectively depositing a silicon germanium alloy layer in the PFET region, and not in the NFET region. The silicon germanium alloy layer in the PFET region can overlie or underlie a silicon carbon alloy layer. A common material stack can be employed for gate dielectrics and gate electrodes for a PFET and an NFET. Each channel of the PFET and the NFET includes a silicon carbon alloy layer, and is differentiated by the presence or absence of a silicon germanium layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Brian J. Greene, Yue Liang, Xiaojun Yu
  • Patent number: 8466518
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a first stopper film and a second stopper film over a first stress film; etching, with a first mask covering a first region and with the first stopper film, the second stopper film in a second region while side-etching the second stopper film in a part of the first region near the second region; forming a second stress film whose etching characteristic is different from the second stopper film; etching, with a second mask covering the second region and having an end face located over the second stopper film and with the second stopper film, the second stress film so that a part of the second stress film overlaps a part of the first stress film and a part of the second stopper film; and forming a contact hole down to the gate interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Kirimura
  • Publication number: 20130105908
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that includes: a first electrode formed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate via a first insulating film; a second electrode formed on the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate via a second insulating film; a compensation film buried between the first electrode and the second electrode; and wiring formed on the first electrode and the second electrode from an upper surface of the first electrode through an upper surface of the compensation film to an upper surface of the second electrode to make contact with the upper surface of the first electrode and the upper surface of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
    Inventor: Elpida Memory, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8410555
    Abstract: There is provided a CMOSFET device with a threshold voltage controlled by means of its gate stack configuration and a method of fabricating the same. The CMOSFET device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; am interface layer grown on the silicon substrate; a first high-k gate dielectric layer deposited on the interface layer; a very thin metal layer deposited on the first high-k gate dielectric layer; a second high-k gate dielectric layer deposited on the very thin metal layer; and a gate electrode layer deposited on the second high-k gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Wenwu Wang, Huilong Zhu, Shijie Chen, Dapeng Chen
  • Patent number: 8384163
    Abstract: Design time (TAT) is reduced in a layout design of a semiconductor integrated circuit having a well supplied with a potential different from a substrate potential. A layout design method of the present invention includes preparing a first cell pattern placed on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type, preparing a second cell pattern having a deep well of a second conductive type, placing the first cell pattern in a first circuit region, and placing the second cell pattern in a second region different from the first circuit region. This reduces TAT in chip design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoda
  • Publication number: 20130043540
    Abstract: A first implant is performed into a substrate to form a well in which a plurality of transistors will be formed. Each transistor of a first subset of the plurality of transistors to be formed has a width that satisfies a predetermined width constraint and each transistor of a second subset has a width that does not satisfy the constraint. A second implant is performed at locations in the well in which transistors of the first subset will be formed and not at locations in the well in which transistors of the second subset will be formed. The transistors are formed, wherein a channel region of each transistor of the first subset is formed in a portion of the substrate which received the second implant and a channel region of each transistor of the second subset is formed in a portion of the substrate which did not receive the second implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Mehul D. SHROFF, William F. JOHNSTONE, Chad E. WEINTRAUB
  • Publication number: 20130032890
    Abstract: CMOS devices (60, 61, 61?) having improved latch-up robustness are provided by including with one or both WELL regions (22, 29) underlying the source-drains (24, 25; 31, 32) and the body contacts (27, 34), one or more further regions (62, 62?, 62-2) doped with deep acceptors or deep donors (or both) of the same conductivity type as the corresponding WELL region and whose ionization substantially increases as operating temperature increases. The increase in conductivity exhibited by these further regions as a result of the increasing ionization of the deep acceptors or donors off-sets, in whole or part, the temperature driven increase in gain of the parasitic NPN and/or PNP bipolar transistors inherent in prior art CMOS structures. By clamping or lowering the gain of the parasitic bipolar transistors, the CMOS devices (60, 61, 61?) are less likely to go into latch-up with increasing operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Yanxiang Liu, Xiaodong Yang, Gan Wang
  • Patent number: 8368148
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the invention comprises an n-type FinFET which is provided on a semiconductor substrate and which includes a first fin, a first gate electrode crossing a channel region of the first fin via a gate insulating film in three dimensions, and contact regions provided at both end of the first fin, a p-type FinFET which is provided on the semiconductor substrate and which includes a second fin, a second gate electrode crossing a channel region of the second fin via a gate insulating film in three dimensions, and contact regions provided at both end of the second fin, wherein the n- and the p-type FinFET constitute an inverter circuit, and the fin width of the contact region of the p-type FinFET is greater than the fin width of the channel region of the n-type FinFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoshi Inaba
  • Patent number: 8354722
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit, methods of fabricating an ESD protection circuit, methods of providing ESD protection, and design structures for an ESD protection circuit. An NFET may be formed in a p-well and a PFET may be formed in an n-well. A butted p-n junction formed between the p-well and n-well results in an NPNP structure that forms an SCR integrated with the NFET and PFET. The NFET, PFET and SCR are configured to collectively protect a pad, such as a power pad, from ESD events. During normal operation, the NFET, PFET, and SCR are biased by an RC-trigger circuit so that the ESD protection circuit is in a high impedance state. During an ESD event while the chip is unpowered, the RC-trigger circuit outputs trigger signals that cause the SCR, NFET, and PFET to enter into conductive states and cooperatively to shunt ESD currents away from the protected pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Campi, Jr., Shunhua Chang, Kiran V. Chatty, Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Junjun Li, Rahul Mishra, Mujahid Muhammad
  • Patent number: 8350304
    Abstract: A junction-field-effect-transistor (JFET) device includes a substrate of a first-type impurity, a first well region of a second-type impurity in the substrate, a pair of second well regions of the first-type impurity separated from each other in the first well region, a third well region of the first-type impurity between the pair of second well regions, a first diffused region of the second-type impurity between the third well region and one of the second well regions, and a second diffused region of the second-type impurity between the third well region and the other one of the second well regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Min Hu, Chung Yu Hung, Wing Chor Chan, Jeng Gong
  • Patent number: 8338919
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a p-MOS region; an element isolation region formed in a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate and defining p-MOS active regions in the p-MOS region; a p-MOS gate electrode structure formed above the semiconductor substrate, traversing the p-MOS active region and defining a p-MOS channel region under the p-MOS gate electrode structure; a compressive stress film selectively formed above the p-MOS active region and covering the p-MOS gate electrode structure; and a stress released region selectively formed above the element isolation region in the p-MOS region and releasing stress in the compressive stress film, wherein a compressive stress along the gate length direction and a tensile stress along the gate width direction are exerted on the p-MOS channel region. The performance of the semiconductor device can be improved by controlling the stress separately for the active region and element isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Shigeo Satoh
  • Publication number: 20120280329
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a first well region, a first gate electrode disposed on the first well region, and a first N-type capping pattern, a first P-type capping pattern, and a first gate dielectric pattern disposed between the first well region and the first gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Hongbae PARK, Hagju CHO, Sunghun HONG, Sangjin HYUN, Hoonjoo NA, Hyung-seok HONG
  • Publication number: 20120228717
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing Schottky diodes in a CMOS process includes forming wells, including first wells (16) for forming CMOS devices and second wells (18) for forming Schottky devices. Then, transistors arc formed in the first wells, the second wells protected with a protection layer (20) and suicide contacts (40) formed to source and drain regions in the first wells. The protection layer is then removed, a Schottky material deposited and etched away except in a contact region in each second well to form a Schottky contact between the Schottky material (74) and each second well (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Georgios Vellianitis, Gilberto Curatola, Kyriaki Fotopoulou, Nader Akil
  • Publication number: 20120223389
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure with a channel stack includes forming a screening layer under a gate of a PMOS transistor element and a NMOS transistor element, forming a threshold voltage control layer on the screening layer, and forming an epitaxial channel layer on the threshold control layer. At least a portion of the epitaxial channel layers for the PMOS transistor element and the NMOS transistor element are formed as a common blanket layer. The screening layer for the PMOS transistor element may include antimony as a dopant material that may be inserted into the structure prior to or after formation of the epitaxial channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SUVOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Paul E. Gregory, Lucian Shifren, Pushkar Ranade
  • Publication number: 20120211842
    Abstract: A semiconductor body comprising a first connection for feeding an upper supply potential and a first and a second terminal cell, which are situated at a distance from each other. The semiconductor body further comprises an arrester structure, which is arranged between the first and second terminal cells in a p-doped substrate. The arrester structure comprises a first and a second p-channel field-effect transistor structure, each of which is set in a respective n-doped well substantially parallel to the first and second terminal cells, and a diode structure with a p-doped region set in a further n-doped well between the n-doped wells of the first and second p-channel field-effect transistor structures. The diode structure is designed to activate the first and second p-channel field-effect transistor structure as arrester elements during an electrostatic discharge in the semiconductor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang REINPRECHT, Frederic Roger
  • Publication number: 20120181620
    Abstract: An IGFET (40 or 42) has a channel zone (64 or 84) situated in body material (50). Short-channel threshold voltage roll-off and punchthrough are alleviated by arranging for the net dopant concentration in the channel zone to longitudinally reach a local surface minimum at a location between the IGFET's source/drain zones (60 and 62 or 80 and 82) and by arranging for the net dopant concentration in the body material to reach a local subsurface maximum more than 0.1 ?m deep into the body material but not more than 0.1 ?m deep into the body material. The source/drain zones (140 and 142 or 160 and 162) of a p-channel IGFET (120 or 122) are provided with graded-junction characteristics to reduce junction capacitance, thereby increasing switching speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Constantin Bulucea, Fu-Cheng Wang, Prasad Chaparala, Chih Sieh Teng, Chin-Miin Shyu
  • Publication number: 20120181609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a semiconductor device by providing a first substrate; providing a doped layer in a surface region of the first substrate; providing a buried oxide layer on the doped layer; providing a semiconductor layer on the buried oxide layer to obtain a semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) wafer; removing the buried oxide layer and the semiconductor layer from a first region of the SeOI wafer while maintaining the buried oxide layer and the semiconductor layer in a second region of the SeOI water; providing an upper transistor in the second region by forming a back gate in or by the doped layer; and providing a lower transistor in the first region by forming source and drain regions in or by the doped layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Gerhard Enders, Wolfgang Hoenlein, Franz Hofman, Carlos Mazure
  • Patent number: 8217459
    Abstract: A distance “a” from a first gate electrode of a first transistor of a high-frequency circuit to a first contact is greater than a distance “b” from a second electrode of a second transistor of a digital circuit to a second contact. The first contact is connected to a drain or source of the first transistor, and the second contact is connected to a drain or source of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Kuramoto, Yasutaka Nakashiba