Including Field-effect Component (epo) Patents (Class 257/E27.081)

  • Patent number: 7982244
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first block having first memory cells and first select transistors, a second block having second memory cells and second select transistors, and arranged adjacent to the first block in a first direction, the second select transistor being arranged to face the first select transistor and commonly having a diffusion region with the first select transistor, a first interconnection layer provided on the diffusion region between the first and second blocks and extending in a second direction, and a second interconnection layer having a first portion provided in contact with an upper portion of the first interconnection layer and extending to a portion outside the first interconnection layer, and a second portion extending in the second direction and connected to the first portion in a portion outside a portion on the first interconnection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Sato, Hiroyuki Nitta, Fumitaka Arai
  • Publication number: 20110169012
    Abstract: Nanowire and larger, post-based HEMTs, arrays of such HEMTs, and methods for their manufacture are provided. In one embodiment, a HEMT can include a III-N based core-shell structure including a core member (e.g., GaN), a shell member (e.g., AlGaN) surrounding a length of the core member and a two-dimensional electron gas (2-DEG) at the interface therebetween. The core member including a nanowire and/or a post can be disposed over a doped buffer layer and a gate material can be disposed around a portion of the shell member. Exemplary methods for making the nanowire HEMTs and arrays of nanowire HEMTs can include epitaxially forming nanowire(s) and epitaxially forming a shell member from each formed nanowire. Exemplary methods for making the post HEMTs and arrays of post HEMTs can include etching a III-N layer to form II-N post(s) followed by formation of the shell member(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen D. Hersee, Xin Wang
  • Publication number: 20110169549
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a III-N transistor and a III-N rectifying device both encased in a single package. A gate electrode of the III-N transistor is electrically connected to a first lead of the single package or to a conductive structural portion of the single package, a drain electrode of the III-N transistor is electrically connected to a second lead of the single package and to a first electrode of the III-N rectifying device, and a second electrode of the III-N rectifying device is electrically connected to a third lead of the single package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Transphorm Inc.
    Inventor: Yifeng Wu
  • Publication number: 20110163390
    Abstract: A memory array that includes access devices that are each electrically coupled to more than one memory cell. The memory cells are coupled to the access devices via diode devices. The access devices include vertical semiconductor material mesas upstanding from a semiconductor base that form a conductive channel between first and second doped regions, and also planar access devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Gurtej Sandhu
  • Patent number: 7973344
    Abstract: Double gate JFET with reduced area consumption and fabrication method therefore. Double-gate semiconductor device including a substrate having a shallow trench isolator region comprising a first STI and a second STI, a channel region having a first and second channel edges, the channel region formed in the substrate and disposed between and in contact with the first STI and the second STI at the first and second channel edge. The first STI has a first cavity at the first channel edge, and the second STI has a second cavity at the second channel edge. The device further includes a gate electrode region comprising conductive material filling at least one of the first and second cavities. At least one of the first and second cavities is physically configured to provide electrical coupling of the gate electrode region to a back-gate P-N junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasan R. Banna
  • Publication number: 20110156040
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate including a substrate, a gate line intersecting a data line to define a pixel region on the substrate, a switching element disposed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of first common electrodes alternately arranged in the pixel region, a second common electrode overlapping the data line and interposed between a gate insulation film and a protective film, a first storage electrode on the substrate, a second storage electrode overlapping the first storage electrode, and an organic insulation film on the switching element, the second storage electrode, the data line, a gate pad, and a data pad, wherein the second common electrode covers the data line, the protective film, the organic insulation film, and the gate insulation film, and has inclined surfaces connected to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Hee Young KWACK, Heung Lyul CHO, Jeong Yun LEE, Jung Ho SON
  • Publication number: 20110156148
    Abstract: A method for designing a semiconductor ic chip includes dividing the chip into functional blocks such as a core portion and one or more other functional cells and applying design rules concerning the spatial arrangement of semiconductor fins to the core portion but not to the other functional cells. The design guidelines include the application of design rules to some but not all functional blocks of the chip, may be stored on a computer-readable medium and the design of the semiconductor ic chip and the generation of a photomask set for manufacturing the semiconductor ic chip may be carried out using a CAD or other automated design system. The semiconductor ic chip formed in accordance with this method includes semiconductor fins that are formed in both the core portion and the other functional cells but are only required to be tightly packed in the core portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shao-Ming Yu, Chang-Yun Chang
  • Publication number: 20110156165
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate including a substrate, a gate line intersecting a data line to define a pixel region on the substrate, a switching element disposed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of first common electrodes alternately arranged on a protective film in the pixel region, a second common electrode overlapping the data line, a first storage electrode on the substrate, a second storage electrode overlapping the first storage electrode, and an organic insulation film on the switching element, the second storage electrode, the data line, a gate pad, and a data pad, wherein the second common electrode covers the data line, the protective film and the organic insulation film, and has inclined surfaces connected to the protective film within the pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Jin Hee JANG, Heung Lyul Cho
  • Patent number: 7968924
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device comprising a capacitive element, an area of the capacitive element is reduced without impairing performance, and further, without addition of an extra step in a manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20110149633
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods of operating the same. A memory cell of a memory device may include a ferroelectric layer and a semiconductor layer bonded to each other. The ferroelectric layer may be of a p-type and the semiconductor layer may be of an n-type. The memory cell may have a switching characteristic due to a depletion region that exists in a junction between the ferroelectric layer and the semiconductor layer. The memory device may be a device writing data using a polarization change of the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Seung-eon Ahn, Young-bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20110147760
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate having at least one terminal, a thin semiconductor film including at least one semiconductor device, the thin semiconductor film being disposed and bonded on the substrate; and an individual interconnecting line formed as a thin conductive film extending from the semiconductor device in the thin semiconductor film to the terminal in the substrate, electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the terminal. Compared with conventional semiconductor apparatus, the invented apparatus is smaller and has a reduced material cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Ogihara, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Masaaki Sakuta, Ichimatsu Abiko
  • Publication number: 20110147818
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate; a memory multilayer body with a plurality of insulating films and electrode films alternately stacked therein, the memory multilayer body being provided on a memory array region of the substrate; a semiconductor pillar buried in the memory multilayer body and extending in stacking direction of the insulating films and the electrode films; a charge storage film provided between one of the electrode films and the semiconductor pillar; a dummy multilayer body with a plurality of the insulating films and the electrode films alternately stacked therein and a dummy hole formed therein, the dummy multilayer body being provided on a peripheral circuit region of the substrate; an insulating member buried in the dummy hole; and a contact buried in the insulating member and extending in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryota KATSUMATA, Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Masaru Kidoh, Masaru Kito, Hideaki Aochi
  • Publication number: 20110133822
    Abstract: This invention provides a semiconductor device structure formed on a conventional semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) substrate defined by a pattern defining at least one field-effect transistor having: in the thin film of the SeOI substrate, a source region, a drain region, a channel region, and a front control gate region formed above the channel region; and in the base substrate beneath the buried oxide of the SeOI substrate, a back control gate region, arranged under the channel region and configured to shift the threshold voltage of the transistor in response to bias voltages. This invention also provides patterns defining standard-cell-type circuit structures and data-path-cell type circuit structures that include arrays of the FET patterns provided by this invention. Such circuit structures also include back gate lines connecting the back gate control regions. This invention also provides methods of operating and designing such semiconductor device structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Carlos Mazure, Richard Ferrant
  • Patent number: 7956384
    Abstract: A semiconductor power device supported on a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of transistor cells, each cell has a source and a drain region disposed on opposite sides of a gate region in the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is formed as an electrode layer on top of the gate region for controlling an electric current transmitted between the source and the drain regions. The gate electrode layer disposed on top of the semiconductor substrate is patterned into a wave-like shaped stripes for substantially increasing an electric current conduction area between the source and drain regions across the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventor: Shekar Mallikararjunaswamy
  • Publication number: 20110128767
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are memory devices and related methods and techniques. A cell in the memory device may be associated with an intervening transistor, the intervening transistor being configured to isolate the cell from adjacent cells under a first operating condition and to provide a current to a bit line associated with the cell under a second operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Cyrille Dray
  • Publication number: 20110121386
    Abstract: A trench MOSFET comprising a plurality of transistor cells with a plurality of wide trenched floating gates as termination region is disclosed. The trenched floating gates have trench depth equal to or deeper than body junction depth of body regions in termination area. Each body region between two adjacent said trenched floating gates has floating voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: FORCE MOS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110122672
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell in which operating potentials are few and the scale of the peripheral circuitry is reduced includes a select transistor having a source/drain on both sides of a channel of a semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode disposed on the channel via a thick gate insulating film; an element isolation region formed on the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent to the select transistor; an antifuse adjacent to the element isolation region, having a lower electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an upper electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate in an area between the element isolation region and lower electrode via a thin gate insulating film; and a connection contact electrically connecting the source and upper electrode and contacting the source and the upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Kodama, Kenichi Hidaka, Hiroyuki Kobatake, Takuji Onuma
  • Patent number: 7948023
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a nonvolatile memory and the fabrication method of the same is described formed on a semiconductor substrate. According to the semiconductor device, a second gate electrode film is used for a gate electrode film of a logic circuit, and for a control gate electrode film of a nonvolatile memory. As the second gate electrode film is formed at a relatively later step in fabrication, subsequent thermal process may be avoided. The gate structure is suitable for miniaturization of the transistor in the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masataka Takebuchi, Fumitaka Arai
  • Publication number: 20110115015
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a semiconductor power device. The semiconductor power device comprises a trenched gate and a trenched field region. The trenched gate is disposed vertically within a trench in a semiconductor substrate. The trenched field region is disposed vertically within the trench and below the trenched gate. A lower portion of the trenched field region tapers to disperse an electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: CHIAO-SHUN CHUANG, TONY HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110084282
    Abstract: Active matrix display devices having improved opening and contrast ratios utilize light blocking lines to improve display contrast ratios yet position the light blocking lines on the same level of metallization as the gate lines to thereby limit parasitic capacitive coupling between the data lines and the pixel electrodes. The light blocking lines are also positioned on only one side of the data lines so that improvements in the display's opening ratio can also be achieved. The light blocking lines are preferably patterned so that no overlap occurs between a display's data lines and the light blocking lines. The elimination of overlap reduces the step height in the display's pixel electrodes and thereby reduces the extent of disclination of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal material extending opposite the pixel electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20110068409
    Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a vertical transistor and a variable resistance layer. The vertical transistor includes a gate electrode on a surface of a substrate, a gate insulation layer extending along a sidewall of the gate electrode, and a single crystalline silicon layer on the surface of the substrate adjacent to the gate insulation layer. At least a portion of the single crystalline silicon layer defines a channel region that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The variable resistance layer is provided on the single crystalline silicon layer. The variable resistance layer is electrically insulated from the gate electrode. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Deok-kee Kim, In Kyeong Yoo, Kyoung-won Na, Kwnag-Soo Seol, Dong-Seok Suh
  • Patent number: 7910973
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor storage device has: a plurality of memory strings with a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells connected in series; and a capacitor element area including capacitor elements. Each of the memory strings includes: a plurality of first conductive layers laminated on a substrate; and a plurality of first interlayer insulation layers formed between the plurality of first conductive layers. The capacitor element area includes: a plurality of second conductive layers laminated on a substrate and formed in the same layer as the first conductive layers; and a plurality of second interlayer insulation layers formed between the plurality of second conductive layers and formed in the same layer as the first interlayer insulation layers. A group of the adjacently-laminated second conductive layers is connected to a first potential, while another group thereof is connected to a second potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Nitsuta
  • Publication number: 20110049607
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: alternately stacking a plurality of insulating layers and electrode layers; forming a hole penetrating through a multilayer body of the insulating layers and the electrode layers; forming a conductive film on an inner wall of the hole; anisotropically etching the conductive film to selectively leave the conductive film on a sidewall of the hole; altering the conductive film into an insulator by heat treatment; and removing the insulator covering the electrode layers to expose the electrode layers into the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Katsunori YAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20110044088
    Abstract: A variable resistance nonvolatile storage device which includes (i) a semiconductor substrate (301), (ii) a variable resistance element (309) having: lower and upper electrodes (309a, 309c); and a variable resistance layer (309b) whose resistance value reversibly varies based on voltage signals each of which has a different polarity and is applied between the electrodes (309a, 309c), and (iii) a MOS transistor (317) formed on the substrate (301), wherein the variable resistance layer (309b) includes: oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide layers (309b-1, 309b-2) having compositions MOx and MOy (where x<y) and in contact with the electrodes (309a, 309c) respectively, and a diffusion layer region (302b) is connected with the lower electrode (309a) to form a memory cell (300), the region (302b) serving as a drain of the transistor (317) upon application of a voltage signal which causes a resistance change to high resistance state in the variable resistance layer (309b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Shunsaku Muraoka, Yoshihiko Kanzawa, Satoru Mitani, Koji Katayama, Kazuhiko Shimakawa, Satoru Fujii, Takeshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20110042722
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of first doped regions disposed in a substrate in a matrix having odd columns and even columns each immediately adjacent to a corresponding one of the odd columns, a plurality of buried bit lines disposed in the substrate to electrically connect to the plurality of first doped regions of the same odd column in the matrix, and a plurality of surface bit lines disposed above an uppermost surface of the substrate, wherein each of the surface bit lines electrically connects to the first doped regions of the same even column in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Shing Hwa Renn, Shian Jyh Lin
  • Publication number: 20110042726
    Abstract: A high-voltage device structure comprises a resistor coupled to a tap transistor that includes a JFET in a configuration wherein a voltage provided at a terminal of the JFET is substantially proportional to an external voltage when the external voltage is less than a pinch-off voltage of the JFET. The voltage provided at the terminal being substantially constant when the external voltage is greater than the pinch-off voltage. One end of the resistor is substantially at the external voltage when the external voltage is greater than the pinch-off voltage. When the external voltage is negative, the resistor limits current injected into the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventors: Sujit Banerjee, Vijay Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20110037103
    Abstract: To improve performance of a semiconductor device. Over a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of p-channel type MISFETs for logic, a plurality of n-channel type MISFETs for logic, a plurality of p-channel type MISFETs for memory, and a plurality of n-channel type MISFETs for memory are mixedly mounted. At least a part of the p-channel type MISFETs for logic have each a source/drain region constituted by silicon-germanium, and all the n-channel type MISFETs for logic have each a source/drain region constituted by silicon. All the p-channel type MISFETs for memory have each a source/drain region constituted by silicon, and all the n-channel type MISFETs for memory have each a source/drain region constituted by silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Tadashi YAMAGUCHI, Keiichiro KASHIHARA, Toshiaki TSUTSUMI, Tomonori OKUDAIRA, Kotaro KIHARA
  • Patent number: 7880763
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is obtained, in which excellent characteristics are achieved, the reliability is improved, and an SiC wafer can also be used for the fabrication. A plurality of Schottky-barrier-diode units 10 is formed on an SiC chip 9, and each of the units 10 has an external output electrode 4 independently of each other. Bumps 11 (the diameter is from several tens to several hundreds of ?m) are formed only on the external output electrodes 4 of non-defective units among the units 10 formed on the SiC chip 9, meanwhile bumps are not formed on the external output electrodes 4 of defective units in which the withstand voltage is too low, or the leakage current is too much.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Yutani
  • Publication number: 20110012188
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked body formed of a plurality of inter-layer insulating films and a plurality of electrode films alternately stacked and having a through-hole formed in the stacking direction; an electrode-side insulating film of a film thickness of 4 nm or more provided on an inner surface of the through-hole; a charge storage film provided on the electrode-side insulating film; a semiconductor-side insulating film of a film thickness of 4 nm or more provided on the charge storage film; and a semiconductor pillar buried in the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masaru KITO, Ryota Katsumata, Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Masaru Kidoh, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Yosuke Komori, Megumi Ishiduki, Tomoko Fujiwara, Hideaki Aochi
  • Publication number: 20110006377
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an apparatus with embedded (bottom side) control lines for vertically stacked semiconductor elements, and a method for forming the same. In accordance with various embodiments, a first semiconductor wafer is provided with a first facing surface on which a first conductive layer is formed. The first semiconductor wafer is attached to a second semiconductor wafer to form a multi-wafer structure, the second semiconductor wafer having a second facing surface on which a second conductive wafer is formed. The first conductive layer is contactingly bonded to the second conductive layer to form an embedded combined conductive layer within said structure. Portions of the combined conductive layer are removed to form a plurality of spaced apart control lines that extend in a selected length or width dimension through said structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Hyung-Kyu Lee, YoungPil Kim, Peter Nicholas Manos, Maroun Khoury, Dadi Setiadi, Chulmin Jung, Hsing-Kuen Liou, Paramasiyan Kamatchi Subramanian, Yongchul Ahn, Jinyoung Kim, Antoine Khoueir
  • Patent number: 7868370
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory integrated circuit has a semiconductor substrate and a nonvolatile memory device on the semiconductor substrate. The device has a transistor and a capacitor on the semiconductor substrate, and a shared floating gate connecting the gate regions of the transistor and the capacitor. The transistor has at least a doping region defining the source and drain regions, as well as three other doping regions overlapping the source and drain regions. Also disclosed are a nonvolatile memory circuit with multiple such nonvolatile memory device, and methods for making the nonvolatile memory circuit with one or more such nonvolatile memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chi Lin, Shih-Chin Lien, Chin-Pen Yeh, Shyi-Yuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20110002178
    Abstract: Provided is a vertical non-volatile memory device having a metal source line. The vertical non-volatile memory device includes cell string units that are formed on first portions of a semiconductor substrate and are vertically arranged with respect to a surface of the semiconductor substrate, impurity regions formed on second portions of the semiconductor substrate between the cell string units, conductive lines formed on the impurity regions, and spacers that are formed on the sidewalls of the cell string units and insulate the conductive lines from the cells string units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Sung-min Hwang, Han-soo Kim, Won-seok Cho, Jae-hoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20110001175
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly integrated semiconductor device in which a capacitor is formed between adjacent gate patterns by using a nanotube process. A semiconductor memory device according to an example embodiment of the present invention includes a capacitor formed on a first side of a source/drain region positioned between gate patterns of adjacent cell transistors; a plate layer connected to an upper portion of the capacitor, the plate layer being formed in a direction intersecting the gate pattern; and a bit line connected to a second side of the source/drain region of the cell transistor, the bit line being formed in the direction intersecting the gate pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Chi Hwan JANG
  • Publication number: 20100301303
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a dielectric layer having an upper portion and a lower portion. The dielectric layer is either an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) or an inter-metal dielectric (IMD). A phase change random access memory (PCRAM) cell includes a phase change strip, wherein the phase change strip is on the lower portion and has a top surface lower than a top surface of the dielectric layer, and a bottom surface higher than a bottom surface of the dielectric layer. A first conductive column is electrically connected to the phase change strip. The first conductive column extends from the top surface of the dielectric layer down into the dielectric layer. A second conductive column is in a peripheral region. The second conductive column extends from the top surface of the dielectric layer down into the dielectric layer. The first conductive column and the second conductive column have different heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Tsong Wang, Chien-Chih Chiu, Tsun Kai Tsao, Chi-Hsin Lo
  • Publication number: 20100295013
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate; a resistance element of a first conductivity type formed in one region of the semiconductor substrate; a field effect transistor of a second conductivity type formed in another region of the semiconductor substrate; and a field effect transistor of the first conductivity type formed in still another region of the semiconductor substrate. The resistance element includes: an insulating film formed in an upper layer portion of the semiconductor substrate; and a well of the first conductivity type formed immediately below the insulating film, an impurity concentration at an arbitrary depth position in the well of the first conductivity is lower than an impurity concentration at the same depth position in a channel region of the field effect transistor of the second conductivity type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hanae ISHIHARA, Mitsuhiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20100289069
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated-circuit device is disclosed. The semiconductor integrated-circuit device uses a filter, which includes a standard capacitor, as a standard cell connecting a memory cell with a logic cell. As such, the semiconductor integrated-circuit device can minimize a glitch phenomenon of power/ground voltages and provide stability of power/ground voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: Ki Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20100283931
    Abstract: In a TFT array substrate (20), connecting points (P10) of a first metal layer (M1) and a second metal layer (M2) are provided in a peripheral region (A20). A driving circuit (B60b), which is at least a part of a driving circuit (60), is provided between the connecting points (P10) and an edge (24) of the TFT array substrate (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Satoshi Horiuchi, Takaharu Yamada, Isao Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 7829931
    Abstract: Non-volatile memory devices include a substrate with first and second semiconductor active regions therein. These active regions are separated from each other by a trench isolation region, which has a recess therein that extends along its length. First and second floating gate electrodes are provided. These first and second floating gate electrodes extend on the first and second semiconductor active regions, respectively. A control electrode is provided that extends between the first and second floating gate electrodes and into the recess in the trench isolation region. The recess in the trench isolation region is sufficiently deep so that the control electrode, which extends into the recess, operates to reduce (e.g., block) a parasitic coupling capacitance between the first and second floating gate electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Tae Park, Jeong-Hyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 7820504
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention relate to a method for manufacturing isolation structures with different depths in a monolithically integrated semiconductor electronic device. An inventive method according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a first step of defining active areas on a semiconductor material substrate, a second step of forming isolation structures by realising trenches in said substrate and then filling them with field oxide, a third step of defining lithographically at least a first device area, and a fourth step of realising a digging in the substrate and in the field oxide of said first device area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventors: Daniela Brazzelli, Livio Baldi, Giorgio Servalli
  • Patent number: 7816732
    Abstract: A trench MOSFET in parallel with trench Schottky barrier rectifier is formed on a single substrate. The present invention solves the constrains brought by planar contact of Schottky, for example, the large area occupied by planar structure. As the size of present device is getting smaller and smaller, the trench Schottky structure of this invention is able to be shrink and, at the same time, to achieve low specific on-resistance. By applying a double epitaxial layer in trench Schottky barrier rectifier, the device performance is enhanced for lower Vf and lower reverse leakage current Ir is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Force MOS Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20100252867
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a metal-ferroelectric-metal-substrate (MFMS) field-effect transistor (FET), an MFMS-ferroelectric memory device, and method of manufacturing the same. The MFMS-FET and the ferroelectric memory device in accordance with the present invention include: a substrate including source and drain regions, and a channel region formed therebetween; a buffer layer formed on the top of the channel region of the substrate; a ferroelectric layer formed on the buffer layer; and a gate electrode formed on the ferroelectric layer, wherein the buffer layer is formed of a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: University of Seoul
    Inventor: Byung-Eun PARK
  • Publication number: 20100244122
    Abstract: Structures, systems and methods for transistors utilizing oxide nanolaminates are provided. One transistor embodiment includes a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region therebetween. A gate is separated from the channel region by a gate insulator. The gate insulator includes oxide insulator nanolaminate layers with charge trapping in potential wells formed by different electron affinities of the insulator nanolaminate layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Leonard Forbes, Kie Y. Ahn
  • Publication number: 20100237406
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a silicon pillar that is provided with a first channel formed in a first area on one side among two sides that are perpendicular to an extension direction of a bit line, a second channel formed in a second area on the other side among the two sides that is not overlapped with the first area in the extension direction of the bit line, and of which the other area on the two sides is an insulating oxide film formed by being oxidized, and two word lines that cover the one side and the other side of the silicon pillar via a gate insulating film, respectively. The first channel and the second channel are separated from each other in an insulating manner by the insulating oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
    Inventor: KIYONORI OYU
  • Publication number: 20100230733
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming an apparatus comprises forming a plurality of deep trenches and a plurality of shallow trenches in a first region of a substrate. At least one of the shallow trenches is positioned between two deep trenches. The plurality of shallow trenches and the plurality of deep trenches are parallel to each other. The method further comprises depositing a layer of conductive material over the first region and a second region of the substrate. The method further comprises etching the layer of conductive material to define a plurality of lines separated by a plurality of gaps over the first region of the substrate, and a plurality of active device elements over the second region of the substrate. The method further comprises masking the second region of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Werner Juengling
  • Publication number: 20100224850
    Abstract: Non-volatile memory cells employing a transition metal oxide layer as a data storage material layer are provided. The non-volatile memory cells include a lower and upper electrodes overlapped with each other. A transition metal oxide layer pattern is provided between the lower and upper electrodes. The transition metal oxide layer pattern is represented by a chemical formula MxOy. In the chemical formula, the characters “M”, “O”, “x” and “y” indicate transition metal, oxygen, a transitional metal composition and an oxygen composition, respectively. The transition metal oxide layer pattern has excessive transition metal content in comparison to a stabilized transition metal oxide layer pattern. Methods of fabricating the non-volatile memory cells are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: In-Gyu Baek, Moon-Sook Lee
  • Patent number: 7791088
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines that intersect on a substrate; a pixel electrode provided for each of pixels corresponding to the intersection of the data lines and the scanning lines; a first conductive layer provided for each pixel and a second conductive layer provided above the first conductive layer and electrically insulated from the first conductive layer; a third conductive layer provided above the second conductive layer and electrically insulated from the second conductive layer; an insulating side wall provided at an end of the second conductive layer and extending along the thickness of the second conductive layer; and a connecting conductive film disposed opposite to the end with the side wall in between and extending along the thickness to electrically connect the first conductive layer with the third conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100219458
    Abstract: The data retention characteristics of a nonvolatile memory circuit are improved. In a memory cell array on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a floating gate electrode for accumulating charges for information is arranged. The floating gate electrode is covered with a cap insulating film and a pattern of an insulating film 4a formed thereon. Further, over the entire main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating film 2a is deposited so that it covers the pattern of the insulating film 4a and a gate electrode. The insulating film 2a is formed by a silicon nitride film formed by the plasma CVD method. The insulating film 4a is formed by a silicon nitride film formed by the low-pressure CVD method. By the provision of such an insulating film 4a, it is possible to suppress or prevent water or hydrogen ions from diffusing to the floating gate electrode, and therefore, the data retention characteristics of a flash memory can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: KAZUYOSHI SHIBA, Hideyuki Yashima
  • Publication number: 20100213551
    Abstract: An e-fuse and an e-fuse control circuit are provided. The e-fuse includes a polysilicon layer and a metal silicide layer stacked on the polysilicon layer. The e-fuse operates in an open state when the silicide layer is broken by burning while one portion of the polysilicon layer is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Chi Kang Liu, Chin-Wei Lin, Min-Nan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20100208522
    Abstract: A memory device (1) includes at least a first semiconductor region (100) having a length, a first surface, and a cross section surrounded by the first surface, a memory means (300) provided on the first surface, and a gate (400) provided on the memory means (300), and an equivalent sectional radius of the cross section of the first semiconductor region (100) is set to be equal to or smaller than an equivalent silicon oxide film thickness of the memory means (300) to realize low program voltage. The equivalent sectional radius r of the cross section is set to be 10 nm or less and the gate length is set to be 20 nm or less so that multi-level interval converted to gate voltage becomes a specific value which can be identified under the room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Yutaka Hayashi, Kazuhika Matsumoto, Takafumi Kamimura
  • Patent number: 7777256
    Abstract: A mask read-only memory (ROM) device, which can stably output data, includes an on-cell and an off-cell. The on-cell includes an on-cell gate structure on a substrate and an on-cell junction structure within the substrate. The off-cell includes an off-cell gate structure on the substrate and an off -cell junction structure within the substrate. The on-cell gate structure includes an on-cell gate insulating film, an on-cell gate electrode and an on-cell gate spacer. The on-cell junction structure includes first and second on-cell ion implantation regions of a first polarity and third and fourth on-cell ion implantation regions of a second polarity. The off-cell gate structure includes an off-cell gate insulating film, an off-cell gate electrode and an off-cell gate spacer. The off-cell junction structure includes first and second off-cell ion implantation regions of the first polarity and a third off-cell ion implantation region of the second polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Kyu Lee, Jeong-Uk Han, Hee-Seog Jeon, Young-Ho Kim, Myung-Jo Chun, Jung-Ho Moon