Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a first field-effect transistor (FET), a second low side FET, a first high side FET, a second high side FET, a first metal clip, a second metal clip, and a molding encapsulation. The semiconductor package further comprises an optional integrated circuit (IC) controller or an optional inductor. A method for fabricating a semiconductor package. The method comprises the steps of providing a lead frame; attaching a first low side FET, a second low side FET, a first high side FET, and a second high side FET to the lead frame; mounting a first metal clip and a second metal clip; forming a molding encapsulation; and applying a singulation process.

Abstract: Methods and devices to reduce gate induced drain leakage current in RF switch stacks are disclosed. The described devices utilize multiple discharge paths and/or less negative body bias voltages without compromising non-linear performance and power handling capability of power switches. Moreover, more compact bias voltage generation circuits with smaller footprint can be implemented as part of the disclosed devices.

Abstract: A trench is formed by removing a portion of each of the charge accumulation film and the insulating film located between the control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode. The insulating film is formed in the trench so that the upper surface of each of the insulating film and the charge accumulation film is covered with the insulating film. When exposing the upper surface of the control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode, the upper surface of each of the insulating film and the charge accumulation film is not exposed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type impurity concentration higher than that of the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the first semiconductor layer, a first device region formed in the second semiconductor layer and configured to operate based on a first reference voltage, a second device region formed in the second semiconductor layer and configured to operate based on a second reference voltage, the second device region being spaced apart from the first device region, and a region isolation structure interposed between the first and second device regions and formed in a region extending from a front surface of the second semiconductor layer to the first semiconductor layer so as to electrically isolate the first and second device regions from each other.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: (a) forming a gate structure for a control gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a charge storage film so as to cover a first side surface, a second side surface, and an upper surface of the gate structure; (c) forming a conductive film for a memory gate electrode on the charge storage film; (d) removing a part of the charge storage film and a part of the conductive film such that the charge storage film and the conductive film remain in this order on the first side surface and the second side surface of the gate structure, thereby forming the memory gate electrode; and (e) removing apart of the gate structure separate from the first side surface and the second side surface such that a part of the semiconductor substrate is exposed from the gate structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanowire structure, which includes a substrate with a substrate body and an ion implantation region, a patterned mask with an opening over the substrate, and a nanowire. Herein, the substrate body is formed of a conducting material, and the ion implantation region that extends from a top surface of the substrate body into the substrate body is electrically insulating. A surface portion of the substrate body is exposed through the opening of the patterned mask, while the ion implantation region is fully covered by the patterned mask. The nanowire is directly formed over the exposed surface portion of the substrate body and is not in contact with the ion implantation region. Furthermore, the nanowire is confined within the ion implantation region, such that the ion implantation region is configured to provide a conductivity barrier of the nanowire in the substrate.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a circuit including a MOSFET disposed in a MOSFET region and a negative capacitance FET (NCFET) disposed in a NCFET region, a dielectric layer is formed over a channel layer in the MOSFET region and the NCFET region. A first metallic layer is formed over the dielectric layer in the MOSFET region and the NCFET region. After the first metallic layer is formed, an annealing operation is performed only in the NCFET region. After the annealing operation, the first metallic layer is removed from the MOSFET region and the NCFET region. The annealing operation includes irradiating the first metallic layer and the dielectric layer in the NCFET region with an energy beam.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices having silicon doping for laser splash protection, along with associated methods and systems, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a silicon layer and a circuitry layer with a plurality of semiconductor devices. A doped silicon region is formed on a front side of the silicon layer upon which the circuitry layer is deposited. The doped silicon region is positioned under the circuitry layer. The doped silicon region has a dopant concentration of at least 1015 cm?3.

Abstract: A method of etching a film of a substrate is provided. The substrate includes an underlying region, the film and a mask. The film is provided on the underlying region. The mask is provided on the film. The method includes performing main etching on the film. The main etching is plasma etching of the film and exposes at least a part of the underlying region. The method further includes forming a protective layer on at least a side wall surface of the mask after the performing of the main etching. A material of the protective layer is different from a material of the film. The method further includes performing over-etching on the film after the forming of the protective layer. The over-etching is plasma etching of the film.

Abstract: A method of forming a nanosheet transistor device is provided. The method includes forming a segment stack of alternating intermediate sacrificial segments and nanosheet segments on a bottom sacrificial segment, wherein the segment stack is on a mesa and a nanosheet template in on the segment stack. The method further includes removing the bottom sacrificial layer to form a conduit, and forming a fill layer in the conduit and encapsulating at least a portion of the segment stack.

Abstract: Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices include forming a fin-type pattern protruding on a substrate, forming a gate electrode intersecting the fin-type pattern, forming a first recess adjacent to the gate electrode and within the fin-type pattern by using dry etching, forming a second recess by treating a surface of the first recess with a surface treatment process including a deposit process and an etch process, and forming an epitaxial pattern in the second recess.

Abstract: A device includes first and second transistors and first and second isolation structures. The first transistor includes a raised structure, a first gate structure over the raised structure, and a first source/drain structure over the raised structure and adjacent the first gate structure. The first isolation structure surrounds the raised structure and the first source/drain structure of the first transistor. A bottommost surface of the first source/drain structure is spaced apart from a topmost surface of the first isolation structure. The second transistor includes a fin structure, a second gate structure over the raised structure, and a second source/drain structure over the fin structure. The second isolation structure surrounds a bottom of the fin structure of the second transistor. A bottommost surface of the second source/drain structure is in contact with a topmost surface of the second isolation structure.

Abstract: Fins lined up in a Y direction, a control gate electrode and a memory gate electrode each extending in the Y direction so as to straddle the fins, a plurality of first plugs electrically connected with a drain region formed in each of the fins, and a plurality of second plugs electrically connected with a source region formed in each of the fins are formed. Here, a N-th plug of the plurality of first plugs lined up in the Y direction is coupled with each of (2N?1)-th and 2N-th fins in the Y direction. Also, a N-th plug of the plurality of second plugs lined up in the Y direction is coupled with each of 2N-th and (2N+1)-th fins in the Y direction.

Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, and forming a first N-type implant region and a second N-type implant region in the semiconductor substrate. The first N-type implant region and the second N-type implant region are separated by a portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a first P-type implant region in the semiconductor substrate, and performing a heat treatment process on the semiconductor substrate to form an N-type well region and a P-type well region in the semiconductor substrate. The N-type well region has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion. The doping concentration of the third portion is lower than the doping concentration of the first portion and the doping concentration of the second portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device using an SOI (Silicon On Insulator) substrate, capable of preventing malfunction of MISFETs (Metal Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) and thus improving the reliability of the semiconductor device. Moreover, the parasitic resistance of the MISFETs is reduced, and the performance of the semiconductor device is improved. An epitaxial layer formed on an SOI layer above an SOI substrate is formed to have a large width so as to cover the ends of the upper surface of an isolation region adjacent to the SOI layer. By virtue of this, contact plugs of which formation positions are misaligned are prevented from being connected to a semiconductor substrate below the SOI layer. Moreover, by forming the epitaxial layer at a large width, the ends of the SOI layer therebelow are prevented from being silicided. As a result, increase in the parasitic resistance of MISFETs is prevented.

Abstract: Methods for selective deposition are provided. Material is selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of a different material composition. An inhibitor, such as a polyimide layer, is selectively formed from vapor phase reactants on the first surface relative to the second surface. A layer of interest is selectively deposited from vapor phase reactants on the second surface relative to the first surface. The first surface can be metallic while the second surface is dielectric. Accordingly, material, such as a dielectric transition metal oxides and nitrides, can be selectively deposited on metallic surfaces relative dielectric surfaces using techniques described herein.

Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a thin film transistor (TFT) comprising: source and drain contacts; first and second gate contacts: a semiconductor material, comprising a channel, between the first and second gate contacts; and a first dielectric layer, between the first and second gate contacts, to fix charged particles. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a growth promoting region, a first gate stack, and a second gate stack. The substrate includes a first region and a second region. The growth promoting region is located in a surface of the substrate in the first region. The growth promoting region includes a first implantation species, and a surface of the substrate in the second region is free of the first implantation species. The first gate stack includes a first gate dielectric layer on the substrate in the first region. The second gate stack includes a second gate dielectric layer on the substrate in the second region.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a gate structure including a source side and a drain side over a substrate, wherein a dielectric material and a columnar crystal grain material are stacked over the substrate; doping a chemical species on the drain side of the gate structure; and exposing the gate structure doped with the chemical species to a re-growth process in order to thicken the dielectric material on the drain side of the gate structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and its manufacturing method are presented. The manufacturing method entails: providing a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a first region and a second region that are mutually exclusive from one another, with a first oxide layer on the first and the second regions; conducting a nitriding process on the semiconductor substrate to form a nitride barrier layer on the first oxide layer on the first and the second regions; removing the first oxide layer on the second region; and conducting an oxidation process to form a second oxide layer on the second region.

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices may include active regions spaced apart from each other in a direction. The active regions may include a first pair of active regions, a second pair of active regions, and a third pair of active regions. The first pair of active regions may be spaced apart from each other by a first distance in the direction, the second pair of active regions may be spaced apart from each other by the first distance in the direction, and the third pair of active regions may be spaced apart from each other by the first distance in the direction. The second pair of active regions may be spaced apart from the first pair of active regions and the third pair of active regions by a second distance in the direction, and the first distance may be shorter than the second distance.

Abstract: A method of patterning a substrate may include providing a blanket photoresist layer on the substrate; performing an ion implantation procedure of an implant species into the blanket photoresist layer, the implant species comprising an enhanced absorption efficiency at a wavelength in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) range; and subsequent to the performing the ion implantation procedure, performing a patterned exposure to expose the blanket photoresist layer to EUV radiation.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device, which can improve sensitivity while improving color mixing. The solid-state imaging device includes a first wall provided between a pixel and a pixel arranged two-dimensionally to isolate the pixels, in which the first wall includes at least two layers including a light shielding film of a lowermost layer and a low refractive index film of which refractive index is lower than the light shielding film. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic device having an imaging function, and the like.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices having silicon doping for laser splash protection, along with associated methods and systems, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a silicon layer and a circuitry layer with a plurality of semiconductor devices. A doped silicon region is formed on a front side of the silicon layer upon which the circuitry layer is deposited. The doped silicon region is positioned under the circuitry layer. The doped silicon region has a dopant concentration of at least 1015 cm?3.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a gate-all-around field-effect-transistor device includes forming a plurality of first stacked structures, each including a first sacrificial layer and a first semiconductor layer; forming a first dummy gate structure across the first stacked structures and partially covering the top and the sidewall surfaces of each first stacked structure, and a first sidewall spacer on each sidewall surface of the first dummy gate structures; forming a first source/drain doped layer, and a dielectric structure exposing the top surfaces of the first dummy gate structure and each first sidewall spacer; removing the first dummy gate structure to form a first trench; removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer to form a first via which partially exposes the first source/drain doped layer; forming a first barrier layer on the first source/drain doped layer; and forming a first gate structure to fill the first trench and the first via.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention comprises a method of forming a transistor comprising forming a gate construction having an elevationally-outermost surface of conductive gate material that is lower than an elevationally-outer surface of semiconductor material that is aside and above both sides of the gate construction. Tops of the semiconductor material and the conductive gate material are covered with masking material, two pairs of two opposing sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor material are laterally exposed above both of the sides of the gate construction. After the covering, the semiconductor material that is above both of the sides of the gate construction is subjected to monolayer doping through each of the laterally-exposed two opposing sidewall surfaces of each of the two pairs and forming there-from doped source/drain regions above both of the sides of the gate construction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which the retention characteristics of a rewritable memory cell packaged together with a field effect transistor including a metal gate electrode are improved and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor with a metal gate electrode and a rewritable memory cell. The manufacturing method includes the step of replacing a dummy gate electrode with the metal gate electrode. Before the step of replacing the dummy gate electrode with the metal gate electrode, the method includes the steps of making the height of the memory cell lower than the height of the dummy gate electrode and forming a protective film for covering the memory cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to extended drain MOSFET structures with a dual oxide thickness and methods of manufacture. The structure includes an extended drain metal oxide semiconductor transistor (EDMOS) comprising a gate structure with a dual oxide scheme.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, a first transistor formed in the first region and formed by a first gate line including a first lower metal-containing layer and a first upper metal-containing layer, and a second transistor formed in the second region and formed by a second gate line having an equal width to that of the first gate line and including a second lower metal-containing layer and a second upper metal-containing layer on the second upper metal-containing layer, wherein each of an uppermost end of the first upper metal-containing layer and an uppermost end of the second lower metal-containing layer has a higher level than an uppermost end of the first lower metal-containing layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory cell arranged in a p-type well (active region) PW1 in a memory cell region 1A in a semiconductor substrate 1 and an MISFET arranged in a p-type well PW2 (active region) or an n-type well (active region) in a peripheral circuit region 2A is constructed as follows. The surface of an element isolation region STI1 surrounding the p-type well PW1 is set lower than the surface of an element isolation region STI2 surrounding the p-type well PW2 or the n-type well (H1<H2). By making the surface of the element isolation region STI1 receded and lowered, the effective channel width of both a control transistor and a memory transistor can be increased. Since the surface of the element isolation region STI2 is not made receded, an undesired film can be prevented from being residual over a dummy gate electrode.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided, including a first pair including a first nMOS transistor and a first pMOS transistor; a second pair including a second nMOS transistor and a second pMOS transistor; the first and second pMOS transistors including a channel that is subjected to compressive stress and made of an SiGe alloy, and a gate of said transistors being positioned at least 250 nm from a border of an active zone of said transistors; a third pair including a third nMOS transistor having a same construction as the first nMOS transistor and a third pMOS transistor having a same construction as the second pMOS transistor and exhibiting a compressive stress that is lower by at least 250 MPa, the gate of said transistors of the third pair being positioned at most 200 nm from the border.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and its manufacturing method are presented. The manufacturing method entails: providing a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a first region and a second region that are mutually exclusive from one another, with a first oxide layer on the first and the second regions; conducting a nitriding process on the semiconductor substrate to form a nitride barrier layer on the first oxide layer on the first and the second regions; removing the first oxide layer on the second region; and conducting an oxidation process to form a second oxide layer on the second region.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided, including: a first pair including a first nMOS transistor and a first pMOS transistor; a second pair including a second nMOS transistor and a second pMOS transistor; the first and the second nMOS transistors including a channel region made of silicon that is subjected to tensile stress, and their respective gates being positioned at least 250 nm from a border of their active zone; and a third pair including a third nMOS transistor having a same construction as the second nMOS transistor and a third pMOS transistor having a same construction as the first pMOS transistor and having a tensile stress that is lower by at least 250 MPa than the tensile stress of the channel region, respective gates of the transistors of the third pair being positioned at most 200 nm from a border of their active zone.

Abstract: A method of forming vertical transport fin field effect transistors, including, forming a bottom source/drain layer on a substrate, forming a channel layer on the bottom source/drain layer, forming a recess in the channel layer on a second region of the substrate, wherein the bottom surface of the recess is below the surface of the channel layer on a first region, forming a top source/drain layer on the channel layer, where the top source/drain layer has a greater thickness on the second region of the substrate than on the first region of the substrate, and forming a vertical fin on the first region of the substrate, and a vertical fin on the second region of the substrate, wherein a first top source/drain is formed on the vertical fin on the first region, and a second top source/drain is formed on the vertical fin on the second region.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A barrier layer is formed in a first region and a second region of a semiconductor substrate. The barrier layer formed in the first region is thinned before a step of forming a first work function layer on the barrier layer. The first work function layer formed on the first region is then removed. The process of thinning the barrier layer in the first region and the process of removing the first work function layer in the first region are performed separately for ensuring the coverage of the first work function layer in the second region. The electrical performance of the semiconductor device and the uniformity of the electrical performance of the semiconductor device may be improved accordingly.

Abstract: An image sensor and a method for forming an image sensor are provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a pixel region, a peripheral region and a boundary region, and the boundary region is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral region. The image sensor also includes a first gate stack structure formed in the pixel region and a second gate stack structure formed in the peripheral region. The second gate stack structure includes a high-k dielectric layer and a first metal layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure may include: forming a first dielectric layer having a first thickness over a substrate; removing a first portion of the first dielectric layer to expose a second region of the substrate; forming a second dielectric layer having a second thickness over the second region of the substrate; removing a second portion of the first dielectric layer to expose a third region of the substrate; forming a third dielectric layer having a third thickness over the third region of the substrate; and forming a first plurality of gate stacks comprising the first dielectric layer in a first region of the substrate, a second plurality of gate stacks comprising the second dielectric layer in the second region of the substrate, and a third plurality of gate stacks comprising the third dielectric layer in the third region of the substrate.

Abstract: A strained semiconductor layer is produced from a semiconductor layer extending on an insulating layer. A thermal oxidization is performed on the semiconductor layer across its entire thickness to form two bars extending in a direction of a transistor width. Insulating trenches are formed in a direction of a transistor length. A strain of the strained semiconductor layer is induced in one implementation before the thermal oxidation is performed. Alternatively, the strain is induced after the thermal oxidation is performed. The insulating trenches serve to release a component of the strain extending in the direction of transistor width. A component of the strain extending in the direction of transistor length is maintained. The bars and trenches delimit an active area of the transistor include source, drain and channel regions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an N-P boundary spacer structure used with finFET devices and methods of manufacture. The method includes forming a plurality of first fin structures, forming a blocking layer between a first fin structure of the plurality of fin structures and a second fin structure of the plurality of fin structures, and forming an epitaxial material on the first fin structure, while blocking the epitaxial material from extending onto the second fin structure by at least the blocking layer formed between the first fin structure and the second fin structure.

Abstract: Methods of forming integrated chips include forming a respective stack of sheets in two regions, each stack having first layers and second layers. The second layers are etched away in the first region. The second region is annealed to change the composition of the first layers in the second region by interaction with the second layers in the second region. A gate stack is formed in the first and second region.

Abstract: A method of forming semiconductor fins is provided. Sacrificial fins are provided on a surface of substrate. A hard mask layer, formed around the sacrificial fins and the gaps therebetween, is made coplanar with a topmost surface of the sacrificial fins. A fin cut mask then covers a portion of the sacrificial fins and partly covers a sacrificial fin. Trenches are formed in the hard mask layer by removing sacrificial fins not covered by the fin cut mask and that portion of the sacrificial fin not partly covered by the fin cut mask. Spacers are formed on the sidewalls of the trenches and a plug is formed in the trench formed by removing that portion of the sacrificial fin not partly covered by the fin cut mask. Semiconductor fins are grown epitaxially in the trenches having the spacers from the exposed surface of the substrate upward.

Abstract: An integrated circuit containing an n-channel finFET and a p-channel finFET is formed by forming a first polarity fin epitaxial layer for a first polarity finFET, and subsequently forming a hard mask which exposes an area for a second, opposite, polarity fin epitaxial layer for a second polarity finFET. The second polarity fin epitaxial layer is formed in the area exposed by the hard mask. A fin mask defines the first polarity fin and second polarity fin areas, and a subsequent fin etch forms the respective fins. A layer of isolation dielectric material is formed over the substrate and fins. The layer of isolation dielectric material is planarized down to the fins. The layer of isolation dielectric material is recessed so that the fins extend at least 10 nanometers above the layer of isolation dielectric material. Gate dielectric layers and gates are formed over the fins.

Abstract: A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device includes a channel region comprising dopants of a first type. The MOSFET device further includes a gate dielectric over the channel region, and a gate over the gate dielectric. The MOSFET device further includes a source comprising dopants of a second type, and a drain comprising dopants of the second type, wherein the channel region is between the source and the drain. The MOSFET device further includes a deactivated region underneath the gate, wherein dopants within the deactivated region are deactivated.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are fabricated with vertical field effect transistor (FET) devices having uniform structural profiles. Semiconductor fabrication methods for vertical FET devices implement a process flow to fabricate dummy fins within isolation regions to enable the formation of vertical FET devices with uniform structural profiles within device regions. Sacrificial semiconductor fins are formed in the isolation regions concurrently with semiconductor fins in the device regions, to minimize/eliminate micro-loading effects from an etch process used for fin patterning and, thereby, form uniform profile semiconductor fins. The sacrificial semiconductor fins within the isolation regions also serve to minimize/eliminate non-uniform topography and micro-loading effects when planarizing and recessing conductive gate layers and, thereby. form conductive gate structures for vertical FET devices with uniform gate lengths in the device regions.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device comprises a step of ion-implanting a P-type impurity at a first dose amount to form semiconductor regions that are low concentration semiconductor regions of a high breakdown voltage P-type transistor, and a step of ion-implanting a P-type impurity at a second dose amount to form P? semiconductor regions that are low concentration semiconductor regions of a low breakdown voltage P-type transistor and form a P-type impurity layer that is a resistance portion of a polysilicon resistor. The manufacturing method further comprises a resistance portion forming step in which a resistance portion of the polysilicon resistor is made thinner than terminal portions at both ends of the resistance portion, and the second dose amount is larger than the first dose amount.

Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure is directed to a method of forming an integrated circuit structure. The method may include: providing a set of fins over a semiconductor substrate, the set of fins including a plurality of working fins and a plurality of dummy fins, the plurality of dummy fins including a first subset of dummy fins within a pre-defined distance from any of the plurality of working fins, and a second subset of dummy fins beyond the pre-defined distance from any of the plurality of working fins; removing the first subset of dummy fins by an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technique; and removing at least a portion of the second subset of dummy fins.

Abstract: A technique for a multiple voltage threshold transistor structure is provided. A narrow channel and long channel are formed on a fin. An epitaxial layer is formed on the fin, and an interlayer dielectric layer is formed on the epitaxial layer. Spacers on the fin define the narrow channel and the long channel. A high-k dielectric material is deposited in the narrow and long channels. A metal layer is deposited on the high-k dielectric material in the narrow and long channels. A height of the high-k dielectric material in the narrow channel is recessed. The metal layer is removed from the narrow and long channels. A work function metal is deposited in the narrow and long channels. A gate conduction metal is deposited to fill the narrow channel and long channel. A capping layer is deposited on the top surface of the structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device with a “PAD on I/O cell” structure in which a pad lead part is disposed almost in the center of an I/O part so as to reduce the chip layout area. In the I/O part, a transistor lies nearest to the periphery of the semiconductor chip. When seen in a plan view of the I/O part, a resistance lies above the transistor and a first and a second diode lie above the resistance; a second transistor lies above the diodes; and a logic block lies above the second transistor with a pad lead part, for example, formed in a metal wiring layer, therebetween. This permits the pad through the second transistor to be on the same node and therefore the pad lead part can be disposed almost in the center of the I/O part.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first device with a metal gate and a drain well that experiences a series resistance that drops a drain contact voltage from 10 V to 4-6 V at a junction between the drain well and a channel under the gate. The apparatus includes an interlayer dielectric layer (ILD0) disposed above and on the drain well and a salicide drain contact in the drain well. The apparatus also includes a subsequent device that is located in a region different from the first device that operates at a voltage lower than the first device.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement is provided comprising a guard region. The semiconductor arrangement comprises an active region disposed on a first side of the guard region. The active region comprises an active device. The guard region of the semiconductor arrangement comprises residue from the active region. A method of forming a semiconductor arrangement is also provided.