Gate Electrode In Trench Or Recess In Semiconductor Substrate Patents (Class 438/270)
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Patent number: 11690224Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure having first conductive layers and first insulating layers formed alternately with each other, first semiconductor patterns passing through the first stacked structure, a coupling pattern coupled to the first semiconductor patterns, and a slit passing through the first stacked structure and the coupling pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Ki Hong Lee, Seung Ho Pyi, Seung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11664434Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer structure and a gate formed in a gate trench in the semiconductor layer structure. The gate trench has a bottom surface comprising a first portion at a first level and a second portion at a second level, different from the first level. A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor layer structure, etching a first gate trench into the semiconductor layer structure, etching a second gate trench into the semiconductor layer structure, and performing an ion implantation into a bottom surface of the second gate trench. The second gate trench is deeper than the first gate trench, and at least a portion of the second gate trench is connected to the first gate trench.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.Inventors: Woongsun Kim, Daniel Jenner Lichtenwalner, Sei-Hyung Ryu, Naeem Islam
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Patent number: 11640921Abstract: Trenches of different depths in an integrated circuit are formed by a process utilizes a dry etch. A first stop layer is formed over first and second zones of the substrate. A second stop layer is formed over the first stop layer in only the second zone. A patterned mask defines the locations where the trenches are to be formed. The dry etch uses the mask to etch in the first zone, in a given time, through the first stop layer and then into the substrate down to a first depth to form a first trench. This etch also, at the same time, etch in the second zone through the second stop layer, and further through the first stop layer, and then into the substrate down to a second depth to form a second trench. The second depth is shallower than the first depth.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SASInventors: Franck Julien, Abderrezak Marzaki
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Patent number: 11610972Abstract: A method of forming a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor with improved gate-induced drain leakage performance, the method including providing a semiconductor substrate having a gate trench formed therein, performing an ion implantation process on upper portions of sidewalls of the gate trench to make the upper portions more susceptible to oxidation relative to non-implanted lower portions of the sidewalls, and performing an oxidation process on surfaces of the substrate, wherein the implanted upper portions of the sidewalls develop a thicker layer of oxidation relative to the non-implanted lower portions of the sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sipeng Gu, Qintao Zhang
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Patent number: 11594524Abstract: An apparatus including a circuit structure including a device stratum; one or more electrically conductive interconnect levels on a first side of the device stratum and coupled to ones of the transistor devices; and a substrate including an electrically conductive through silicon via coupled to the one or more electrically conductive interconnect levels so that the one or more interconnect levels are between the through silicon via and the device stratum. A method including forming a plurality of transistor devices on a substrate, the plurality of transistor devices defining a device stratum; forming one or more interconnect levels on a first side of the device stratum; removing a portion of the substrate; and coupling a through silicon via to the one or more interconnect levels such that the one or more interconnect levels is disposed between the device stratum and the through silicon via.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Brennen K. Mueller, Patrick Morrow, Kimin Jun, Paul B. Fischer, Daniel Pantuso
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Patent number: 11588021Abstract: A trench MOSFET and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The trench MOSFET includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer having a first conductive type, a gate in a trench in the epitaxial layer, a gate oxide layer, a source region having the first conductive type, and a body region and an anti-punch through region having a second conductive type. The anti-punch through region is located at an interface between the source region and the body region, and a doping concentration thereof is higher than that of the body region. The epitaxial layer has a first pn junction near the source region and a second pn junction near the substrate. N regions are divided into N equal portions between the two pn junctions, and N is an integer greater than 1. The closer the N regions are to the first pn junction, the greater the doping concentration thereof is.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Excelliance MOS CorporationInventors: Chu-Kuang Liu, Yi-Lun Lo
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Patent number: 11587950Abstract: A memory device includes a multi-layer stack, a plurality of channel layers and a plurality of ferroelectric layers. The multi-layer stack is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. The plurality of channel layers penetrate through the multi-layer stack and are laterally spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of channel layers include a first channel layer and a second channel layer, and a first electron mobility of the first channel layer is different from a second electron mobility of the second channel layer. Each of the plurality of channel layers are spaced apart from the multi-layer stack by one of the plurality of ferroelectric layers, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chao-I Wu, Yu-Ming Lin, Shih-Lien Linus Lu, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Bo-Feng Young
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Patent number: 11569242Abstract: Disclosed are DRAM devices and methods of forming DRAM devices. One method may include forming a plurality of trenches and angled structures, each angled structure including a first sidewall opposite a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall extends over an adjacent trench. The method may include forming a spacer along a bottom surface of the trench, along the second sidewall, and along the first sidewall, wherein the spacer has an opening at a bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include forming a drain in each of the angled structures by performing an ion implant, which impacts the first sidewall through the opening at the bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include removing the spacer from the first sidewall, forming a bitline over the spacer along the bottom surface of each of the trenches, and forming a series of wordlines along the angled structures.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLIED Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sony Varghese, Min Gyu Sung
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Patent number: 11557648Abstract: In a trench gate type power MOSFET having a super-junction structure, both improvement of a breakdown voltage of a device and reduction of on-resistance are achieved. The trench gate and a column region are arranged so as to be substantially orthogonal to each other in a plan view, and a base region (channel forming region) and the column region are arranged separately in a cross-sectional view.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yanagigawa, Katsumi Eikyu, Masami Sawada, Akihiro Shimomura, Kazuhisa Mori
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Patent number: 11538911Abstract: A shield trench power device such as a trench MOSFET or IGBT employs a gate structure with an underlying polysilicon shield region overlying a shield region in an epitaxial or crystalline layer of the device. The polysilicon region may be laterally confined by spacers in a gate trench and may contact or be isolated from the underlying shield region. Alternatively, the polysilicon region may be replaced with an insulating region.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: iPower SemiconductorInventor: Hamza Yilmaz
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Patent number: 11532726Abstract: A VDMOS device and a manufacturing method therefor.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.Inventor: Zheng Bian
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Patent number: 11527633Abstract: A method for manufacturing a trench gate device includes: forming a trench in a substrate with a super junction structure; forming a gate dielectric layer in the trench; forming a polysilicon gate by filling a portion of the trench with polysilicon; forming an intermediate dielectric layer in the trench; forming an auxiliary polysilicon layer by filling a gap in the trench with polysilicon; forming a source region of the trench gate device in the substrate; depositing an interlayer dielectric layer, and forming contacts in the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the polysilicon gate, the auxiliary polysilicon layer, and the source region are led out from the contacts; and connecting the led-out auxiliary polysilicon layer to the led-out source region.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Longjie Zhao
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Patent number: 11527617Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a folded drain extended metal oxide semiconductor (DEMOS) transistor. The semiconductor device has a substrate including a semiconductor material with a corrugated top surface. The corrugated top surface has an upper portion, a lower portion, a first lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion, and a second lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. The folded DEMOS transistor includes a body in the semiconductor material, a gate on a gate dielectric layer over the body, a drift region contacting the body, and a field plate on a field plate dielectric layer, all extending continuously along the upper portion, the first lateral portion, the second lateral portion, and the lower portion of the corrugated top surface. Methods of forming the folded DEMOS transistor are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Sheldon Douglas Haynie, Alexei Sadovnikov
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Patent number: 11522063Abstract: A shield gate trench power device, wherein a shield dielectric layer is formed by stacking a thermal oxide layer and a CVD dielectric layer on the inner side surface of a gate trench; a gap region formed by means of filling with the shield dielectric layer is filled with source polysilicon; a top trench is formed on two sides of the source polysilicon by etching a portion of the shield dielectric layer close to the side surface of the gate trench, and the entire top trench is located in the thermal oxide layer; the top trench is filled with a polysilicon gate. A method for manufacturing a shield gate trench power device. The uniformity of the thickness of the shield dielectric layer on the sidewall and bottom of the gate trench can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Yafeng Yang, Lei Shi
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Patent number: 11515303Abstract: A SGT MOSFET having ESD diode and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The SGT trench MOSFET according to the present invention, has n+ doped shielded electrode in an N channel device and requires only two poly-silicon layers, making the device can be shrunk with reducing shielded gate width for Rds reduction without increasing switching loss and having dynamic switching instability.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: NAMI MOS CO., LTD.Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
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Patent number: 11515311Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to semiconductor structure formation are described. An example apparatus includes a first trench and a second trench formed in a semiconductor substrate material, where the first and second trenches are adjacent and separated by the semiconductor substrate material. The apparatus includes a metallic material formed to a first height in the first trench that is less than, relative to the semiconductor substrate material, a second height of the metallic material formed in the second trench and a polysilicon material formed over the metallic material in the first trench to a first depth greater than, relative to the semiconductor substrate material, a second depth of the polysilicon material formed over the metallic material in the second trench. The greater first depth of the polysilicon material formed in the first trench reduces transfer of charge by way of the metallic material in the first trench.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Venkata Naveen Kumar Neelapala, Deepak Chandra Pandey, Naveen Kaushik
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Patent number: 11502193Abstract: Structures for an extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor device and methods of forming a structure for an extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor device. First and second source/drain regions are formed in a substrate, and a gate electrode is formed over the substrate. The gate electrode has a sidewall, and the gate electrode is laterally positioned between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. A buffer dielectric layer is formed that includes a first dielectric layer having a first portion positioned between the substrate and the gate electrode. The dielectric layer also has a second portion positioned on the substrate laterally between the sidewall of the gate electrode and the first source/drain region. The first portion of the dielectric layer has a first thickness, and the second portion of the first dielectric layer has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: GlobalFoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Bong Woong Mun, Upinder Singh, Jeoung Mo Koo
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Patent number: 11495679Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, first, second and third semiconductor regions, a first conductive portion, a gate electrode, and a second insulating portion. The first and second semiconductor regions are provided on the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor regions are selectively provided respectively on the second semiconductor regions. The first conductive portion is provided inside the first semiconductor region with a first insulating portion interposed. The gate electrode is provided on the first conductive portion and the first insulating portion and separated from the first conductive portion. The gate electrode includes first and second electrode parts. The second insulating portion is provided between the first and second electrode parts. The second insulating portion includes first and second insulating parts. The second electrode is provided on the second and third semiconductor regions.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Saya Shimomura, Tetsuya Ohno, Hiroaki Katou
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Patent number: 11482616Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a region of semiconductor material comprising a major surface and a first conductivity type and a shielded-gate trench structure. The shielded-gate trench structure includes an active trench, an insulated shield electrode in the lower portion of the active trench; an insulated gate electrode adjacent to the gate dielectric in an upper portion of the active trench; and an inter-pad dielectric (IPD) interposed between the gate electrode and the shield electrode. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) structure is over the major surface. A conductive region is within the active trench and extends through the ILD structure, the gate electrode, and the IPD, and is electrically connected to the shield electrode. The conductive region is electrically isolated from the gate electrode by a dielectric spacer. The gate electrode comprises a shape that surrounds the conductive region in a top view so that the gate electrode is uninterrupted by the conductive region and the dielectric spacer.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Peter A. Burke
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Remote contacts for a trench semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
Patent number: 11469312Abstract: A semiconductor device structure comprises a region of semiconductor material comprising a first conductivity type, a first major surface, and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. A first trench gate structure includes a first trench extending from the first major surface into the region of semiconductor material, a first dielectric structure is over sidewall surfaces and a portion of a lower surface of the first trench, wherein the first dielectric structure comprises a first opening adjacent to the lower surface of the first trench, a first recessed contact extends through the first opening, and a first contact region is over the first recessed contact within the first trench, wherein the first recessed contact and the first contact region comprise different materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Mohammed T. Quddus, Mihir Mudholkar, Ali Salih -
Patent number: 11450673Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a gate extension structure, a first source/drain feature and a second source/drain feature, a vertical stack of channel members extending between the first source/drain feature and the second source/drain feature along a direction, and a gate structure wrapping around each of the vertical stack of channel members. The gate extension structure is in direct contact with the first source/drain feature.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Chih-Chuan Yang, Chia-Hao Pao, Yu-Kuan Lin, Lien Jung Hung, Ping-Wei Wang, Shih-Hao Lin
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Patent number: 11444152Abstract: An embodiment relates to a device comprising a first section and a second section. The first section comprises a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) interface comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a first contact with a horizontal surface of a semiconductor substrate and the second portion comprises a second contact with a trench sidewall of a trench region of the semiconductor substrate. The second section comprises one of a second metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) interface and a metal region. The second MOS interface comprises a third contact with the trench sidewall of the trench region. The metal region comprises a fourth contact with a first conductivity type drift layer. The first section and the second section are located contiguously within the device along a lateral direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: GENESIC SEMICONDUCTOR INC.Inventors: Siddarth Sundaresan, Ranbir Singh, Jaehoon Park
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Patent number: 11437509Abstract: A main semiconductor device element is a vertical MOSFET with a trench gate structure, containing silicon carbide as a semiconductor material, and having first and second p+-type regions that mitigate electric field applied to bottoms of trenches. The first p+-type regions are provided separate from the p-type base regions and face the bottoms of the trenches in a depth direction. The first p+-type regions are disposed at an interval that is at most 1.0 ?m, in a first direction that is a direction in which gate electrodes extend. The second p+-type regions are provided between adjacent trenches of the trenches, separate from the first p+-type regions and the trenches, and in contact with the p-type base regions. In the first direction that is the direction in which the trenches, the second p+-type regions extend in a linear shape having a length that is substantially equal to that of the trenches.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuyuki Hoshi
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Patent number: 11437507Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a region of semiconductor material and a trench gate structure. The trench gate structure includes an active trench, a shield dielectric layer in a lower portion of the active trench, and a shield electrode of a first polycrystalline semiconductor material adjacent to the shield dielectric layer. A gate dielectric layer is adjacent to an upper portion of the active trench and a gate electrode of a second polycrystalline semiconductor material is adjacent to the gate dielectric layer. A shield conductive layer of a first conductive material is adjacent to the shield electrode and a gate conductive layer of the first conductive material is adjacent to the gate electrode. A dielectric fill structure is in the active trench electrically isolating the gate electrode and the gate conductive layer from the shield electrode and the shield conductive layer. In some examples, the semiconductor device includes a trench shield contact structure that includes the shield conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Peter A. Burke, Mitsuru Soma
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Patent number: 11437508Abstract: A vertical MOSFET having a trench gate structure includes an n?-type drift layer and a p-type base layer formed by epitaxial growth. In n?-type drift layer, an n-type region, a lower second p+-type region and a first p+-type region are provided. A part of the lower second p+-type region extends in a direction opposite that of a depth of the trench and is connected to the p-type base layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Shinsuke Harada, Takahito Kojima
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Patent number: 11417770Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a thin-film transistor (TFT), which may include a substrate oriented in a horizontal direction and a transistor above the substrate. The transistor includes a gate electrode above the substrate, a gate dielectric layer around the gate electrode, and a channel layer around the gate dielectric layer, all oriented in a vertical direction substantially orthogonal to the horizontal direction. Furthermore, a first metal electrode located in a first metal layer is coupled to a first portion of the channel layer by a first short via, and a second metal electrode located in a second metal layer is coupled to a second portion of the channel layer by a second short via. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Abhishek Sharma, Nazila Haratipour, Seung Hoon Sung, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Gilbert Dewey, Shriram Shivaraman, Van H. Le, Jack T. Kavalieros, Tahir Ghani, Matthew V. Metz, Arnab Sen Gupta
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Patent number: 11411105Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active region through which a main current passes during an ON state. In the active region, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, first semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type, gate insulating films, gate electrodes, an interlayer insulating film, first electrodes, a second electrode, first trenches, a second trench, a polycrystalline silicon layer provided in the second trench via one of the gate insulating films, and a silicide layer selectively provided in a surface layer of the polycrystalline silicon layer. The polycrystalline silicon layer and the silicide layer are electrically connected with the gate electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Akimasa Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11380805Abstract: A semiconductor device structure includes a region of semiconductor material having an active region and a termination region. An active structure is disposed in the active region and a termination structure is disposed in the termination region. In one embodiment, the termination structure includes a termination trench and a conductive structure within the termination trench and electrically isolated from the region of semiconductor material by a dielectric structure. A dielectric layer is disposed to overlap the termination trench to provide the termination structure as a floating structure. A Schottky contact region is disposed within the active region. A conductive layer is electrically connected to the Schottky contact region and the first conductive layer extends onto a surface of the dielectric layer and laterally overlaps at least a portion of the termination trench.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Mohammed Tanvir Quddus, Mihir Mudholkar, Zia Hossain
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Patent number: 11380788Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a region of semiconductor material having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. Active device structures are adjacent to the first side, the active device structures comprising source regions and gate electrodes. A first gate conductor is at the first side electrically connected to the gate electrodes, a drain region is at the second side, a second gate conductor is at the second side, and through-semiconductor vias extending from the first side towards the side and electrically connecting the first gate electrode to the second gate electrode. A source electrode is at the first side electrically connected to the source regions, and a drain electrode is at the second side electrically connected to the drain region. The through-semiconductor vias are electrically isolated from the source regions and the drain region. The structure provides a gate/drain up with a source-down configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Gordon M. Grivna
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Patent number: 11373998Abstract: Reliability of a gate resistor element during high-temperature operation is enhanced. A semiconductor device includes a drift layer, a base layer, an emitter layer, a gate insulation film, a gate electrode, a gate pad electrode, a first resistance layer, and a first nitride layer. A resistor of the first resistance layer has a negative temperature coefficient. The first resistance layer is made of hydrogen-doped amorphous silicon. The first nitride layer is made of a silicon nitride layer or an aluminum nitride layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Okuda, Tatsuro Watahiki, Hisashi Saito, Hiroki Muraoka
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Patent number: 11374097Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, first to third semiconductor regions, first and second insulating parts, and a gate electrode. The first semiconductor region is provided on the first electrode. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor regions are provided selectively on the second semiconductor region. The first insulating part is arranged with the third and second semiconductor regions, and a portion of the first semiconductor region. The second electrode is provided inside the first insulating part. The gate electrode is provided inside the first insulating part and electrically isolated from the second electrode. The third electrode is provided on the second and third semiconductor regions. The third electrode includes a contact part provided between the third semiconductor regions. The second insulating part is provided between the first semiconductor region and the contact part.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuyuki Ito, Tatsuhiro Oda, Takuo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11362207Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises: a cell portion in which a vertical type MOSFET is formed; and a termination portion arranged adjacent to the cell portion. The termination portion includes a connection trench gate provided along a first direction. The cell portion includes: a plurality of first column regions provided along a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a plurality of trench gates provided along the second direction such that two trench gates are arranged between the two adjacent first column regions. The plurality of trench gates extend from the cell portion to the termination portion and are connected to the connection trench gate. The plurality of first column regions extend from the cell portion to the termination portion, and the termination portion includes a plurality of second column regions different from the plurality of first column regions.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Sakai, Satoru Tokuda, Ryuuji Umemoto, Katsumi Eikyu, Hiroshi Yanagigawa
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Patent number: 11335797Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a channel layer disposed on a substrate, a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer, and a nitride layer disposed on the barrier layer. The semiconductor device also includes a compound semiconductor layer that includes an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion penetrates through the nitride layer and a portion of the barrier layer. The semiconductor device also includes a spacer layer conformally disposed on a portion of the barrier layer and extending onto the nitride layer. The semiconductor device further includes a gate electrode disposed on the compound semiconductor layer, and a pair of source/drain electrodes disposed on opposite sides of the gate electrode. The pair of source/drain electrodes extends through the spacer layer, the nitride layer, and at least a portion of the barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Chih-Yen Chen, Chang-Xiang Hung
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Patent number: 11315936Abstract: A memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a transistor, a first embedded insulating structure and a second embedded insulating structure. The transistor is formed on a substrate, and includes a gate structure, channel structures, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The channel structures penetrate through the gate structure, and are in contact with the source and drain electrodes. The first and second embedded insulating structures are disposed in the substrate, and overlapped with the source and drain electrodes. The first and second embedded insulating structures are laterally spaced apart from each other by a portion of the substrate lying under the gate structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Meng-Sheng Chang, Chia-En Huang, Yi-Hsun Chiu, Yih Wang
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Patent number: 11316021Abstract: A vertical transistor structure in which a recessed field plate trench surrounds multiple adjacent gate electrodes. Thus the specific on-state conductance is increased, since the ratio of recessed field plate area to channel area is reduced. Various versions use two, three, or more distinct gate electrodes within the interior of a single RFP or RSFP trench's layout.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MaxPower Semiconductor Inc.Inventors: Mohamed N. Darwish, Jun Zeng, Richard A. Blanchard
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Patent number: 11302804Abstract: Devices, and methods of forming such devices, having a material that is semimetal when in bulk but is a semiconductor in the devices are described. An example structure includes a substrate, a first source/drain contact region, a channel structure, a gate dielectric, a gate electrode, and a second source/drain contact region. The substrate has an upper surface. The channel structure is connected to and over the first source/drain contact region, and the channel structure is over the upper surface of the substrate. The channel structure has a sidewall that extends above the first source/drain contact region. The channel structure comprises a bismuth-containing semiconductor material. The gate dielectric is along the sidewall of the channel structure. The gate electrode is along the gate dielectric. The second source/drain contact region is connected to and over the channel structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Colinge, Carlos H Diaz, Yee-Chia Yeo
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Patent number: 11302709Abstract: Disclosed are three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices including an electrode structure including gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, a lower pattern group including lower vertical patterns that are in a lower portion of the electrode structure and are connected to the substrate, and an upper pattern group including upper vertical patterns that are in an upper portion of the electrode structure. The upper vertical patterns may be connected to the lower vertical patterns, respectively. The devices may also include two common source plugs spaced apart from each other in a second direction. The electrode structure may be between the two common source plugs. An upper portion of the lower pattern group has a first width in the second direction, an upper portion of the upper pattern group has a second width in the second direction, and the first width may be greater than the second width.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taehee Lee, Hyunwook Kim, Eun-Jung Yang
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Patent number: 11289570Abstract: Systems and methods of the disclosed embodiments include a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a first major surface, an opposing second major surface, a first doped region of a first conductivity type disposed beneath the first major surface, and a semiconductor region of the first conductivity type disposed between the first doped region and the second major surface. The semiconductor device may also include a trench isolation structure, comprising a conductive trench filling enclosed by an insulating trench liner. The trench isolation structure extends from the first major surface through the first doped region and into the semiconductor region. The semiconductor device may also include a semiconductor device structure disposed with a drain structure, and a connection structure formed between the conductive trench filling of the trench isolation structure and the drain region.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Johan Camiel Julia Janssens, Jaroslav Pjencak, Moshe Agam
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Patent number: 11289587Abstract: A trench power semiconductor component and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. In the method, a step of forming a trench gate structure includes the following steps. First, a shielding electrode, a bottom insulating layer, and an upper insulating layer are formed in a trench. The bottom insulating layer covers a lower part of an inner wall of the trench, and surrounds the shielding electrode. The upper insulating layer covers an upper part of the inner wall. Thereafter, an interlayer dielectric layer and a U-shaped masking layer are formed in the trench. The interlayer dielectric layer is interposed between the upper insulating layer and the U-shaped masking layer. A portion of the upper insulating layer and a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer which are located at an upper part of the trench are removed so as to form an inter-electrode dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SUPER GROUP SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsiu-Wen Hsu
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Patent number: 11264269Abstract: A method of manufacturing a trench type semiconductor device includes the following steps. First, an epitaxial layer is formed on a substrate, then a trench is formed in the epitaxial layer, and a gate structure is formed in the trench. The gate structure includes an upper gate and a lower gate, and an intermediate insulating portion, and the intermediate insulating portion is located in the upper gate.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Advanced Power Electronics Corp.Inventor: Jau-Yan Lin
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Patent number: 11251156Abstract: An apparatus including a circuit structure including a device stratum; one or more electrically conductive interconnect levels on a first side of the device stratum and coupled to ones of the transistor devices; and a substrate including an electrically conductive through silicon via coupled to the one or more electrically conductive interconnect levels so that the one or more inter connect levels are between the through silicon via and the device stratum. A method including forming a plurality of transistor devices on a substrate, the plurality of transistor devices defining a device stratum; forming one or more interconnect levels on a first side of the device stratum; removing a portion of the substrate; and coupling a through silicon via to the one or more interconnect levels such that the one or more interconnect levels is disposed between the device stratum and the through silicon via.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Brennen K. Mueller, Patrick Morrow, Kimin Jun, Paul B. Fischer, Daniel Pantuso
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Patent number: 11251074Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit structure with dielectric isolation structure for reducing capacitive coupling and crosstalk between conductive features and a method for preparing the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Hung-Chi Tsai
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Patent number: 11222972Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench provided in the semiconductor substrate, a trench gate formed in the trench, a vertical transistor having the trench gate, an active region having the vertical transistor, a field region surrounding the active region and having a protection diode, and a field insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, the protection diode being formed on the field insulating film. The trench gate includes a first polysilicon layer and has an embedded part embedded in the trench and an extension part connected to the embedded part and extending onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate, the protection diode includes a second polysilicon layer thicker than the first polysilicon layer, and an overlapping part having the second polysilicon layer is formed on the extension part.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Ablic Inc.Inventor: Mitsuhiro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11201237Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer that has a transistor structure including a p type source region, a p type drain region, an n type body region between the p type source region and the p type drain region, and a gate electrode facing the n type body region and a voltage-regulator diode that is disposed at the semiconductor layer and that has an n type portion connected to the p type source region and a p type portion connected to the gate electrode, in which the transistor structure and the voltage-regulator diode are unified into a single-chip configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: Kentaro Nasu
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Patent number: 11189628Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed to an IC, and associated forming methods. In some embodiments, the IC comprises a memory region and a logic region integrated into a substrate. A memory cell structure is disposed on the memory region. A plurality of logic devices is disposed on the logic region. A first logic device comprises a first logic gate electrode separated from the substrate by a first logic gate dielectric. The first logic gate dielectric is disposed along surfaces of a logic device trench of the substrate, and the first logic gate electrode is disposed on the first logic gate dielectric within the logic device trench. By arranging the first logic gate electrode within the logic device trench, metal layer loss and the resulted sheet resistance and threshold voltage variations and mismatch issues caused by the subsequent planarization process can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wei Cheng Wu, Alexander Kalnitsky, Chien-Hung Chang
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Patent number: 11159862Abstract: The present disclosure describes specific technical approaches to implementing an arrangement in which two or more individual stories share a common feature or “knot” so as to combine to form a larger overall story, and where the individual stories are presented in different orders to different audiences, with the order of presentation affecting the audience perception of the larger overall story.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Inventor: Terri Johan Hitchcock
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Patent number: 11139313Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory includes: forming a first lamination on a substrate; forming a first hole through the first lamination; embedding a first sacrificial material including a thermally decomposable organic material in the first hole; forming a recess at an upper portion of the first hole; forming an oxide film in the recess; removing the first sacrificial material under the oxide film; embedding a second sacrificial material on the oxide film in the recess; forming a second lamination on the first lamination and the second sacrificial material; forming a second hole through the second lamination at a position corresponding to the first hole by etching the second lamination in an extension direction of the first hole; and removing the oxide film and the second sacrificial material.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Sunghil Lee, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Syuji Nozawa, Nagisa Sato
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Patent number: 11133407Abstract: A super-junction IGBT device comprises a plurality of N-type pillars and a plurality of P-type pillars which are alternately arrayed in a horizontal direction. Device cell structures are formed at tops of super-junction cells and each comprise a trench gate having a gate trench striding across an interface of the corresponding P-type pillar and the corresponding N-type pillar. A body region is formed at a top of the corresponding N-type pillar, and a source region is formed on a surface of the body region. The top of each N-type pillar is provided with one body region and two trench gates located on two sides of the body region, and each body region is isolated from the P-type pillars on the two sides of the body region through the corresponding trench gates. The invention further discloses a method for manufacturing a super-junction IGBT device. Self-isolation of the P-type pillars is realized, the on-state current capacity of the device is improved, and the on-state voltage drop of the device is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Xukun Zhang, Junjun Xing, Jia Pan, Hao Li, Yi Lu
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Patent number: 11127828Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a trench. The semiconductor device further includes a gate electrode disposed in the trench, and a gate insulating film disposed between the substrate and the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a gate conductor and a metal element, and an effective work function of the gate electrode is less than an effective work function of the gate conductor.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eunae Cho, Dongjin Lee, Ji Eun Lee, Kyoung-Ho Jung, Dong Su Ko, Yongsu Kim, Jiho Yoo, Sung Heo, Hyun Park, Satoru Yamada, Moonyoung Jeong, Sungjin Kim, Gyeongsu Park, Han Jin Lim
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Patent number: 11121251Abstract: A laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device can include: a base layer; a source region and a drain region located in the base layer; a first dielectric layer located on a top surface of the base layer and adjacent to the source region; a voltage withstanding layer located on the top surface of the base layer and located between the first dielectric layer and the drain region; a first conductor at least partially located on the first dielectric layer; a second conductor at least partially located on the voltage withstanding layer; and a source electrode electrically connected to the source region, where the first and second conductors are spatially isolated, and the source electrode at least covers a space between the first and second conductors.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTDInventors: Budong You, Hui Yu, Meng Wang, Yicheng Du, Chuan Peng, Xianguo Huang