Formation Of Semiconductive Active Region On Any Substrate (e.g., Fluid Growth, Deposition) Patents (Class 438/478)
  • Patent number: 8993417
    Abstract: An embodiment method of controlling fin bending in a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) includes forming an isolation region over a substrate, performing a first annealing process, the first annealing process including a first wet anneal, the first wet anneal removing impurities from the isolation region; a second wet anneal, the second wet anneal forming silanol in the isolation region; and a first dry anneal, the first dry anneal dehydrating the isolation region. In an embodiment, the first annealing process is followed by a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process, an etching process, and a second annealing process for the isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Hsiung Tsai, Shiang-Rung Tsai
  • Patent number: 8993375
    Abstract: Method for synthesizing a material by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), according to which a plasma is created in a vacuum chamber in the vicinity of a substrate, and according to which a carbon-carrying substance and H2 are introduced into the chamber in order to produce in the chamber a gas comprising substances carrying reactive-carbon atoms in the form of unsaturated molecules or radicals from which the synthesis of said material will be performed, and in that the electromagnetic absorption and inelastic diffusion spectra of the solid material to be synthesized are used to take from these spectra the absorption frequencies that contribute to the reactions that lead to the formation of the solid material to be synthesized, and in that energetic rays are produced in the form of a photon beam carrying quantities of energy determined by each of the frequencies corresponding to said absorption and inelastic diffusion frequencies, said photon beam being injected into the plasma where, for energy states of the so
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Diarotech
    Inventor: Horacio Tellez Oliva
  • Patent number: 8993441
    Abstract: A method of forming a thin layer and a method of manufacturing a phase change memory device, the method of forming a thin layer including providing a first deposition source onto a substrate, the first deposition source not including tellurium; and providing a second deposition source onto the substrate, the second deposition source including a first tellurium precursor represented by the following Formula 1 and a second tellurium precursor represented by following the Formula 2: Te(CH(CH3)2)2??Formula 1 Ten(CH(CH3)2)2??Formula 2 wherein, in Formula 2, n is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Kim, Eun-Tae Kim, Sung-Lae Cho
  • Publication number: 20150084063
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a drift layer over the substrate, a spreading layer over the drift layer, and a pair of junction implants in a surface of the spreading layer opposite the drift layer. An anode covers the surface of the spreading layer opposite the drift layer, and a cathode covers a surface of the substrate opposite the drift layer. By including the spreading layer, a better balance can be struck between the on state resistance of the semiconductor device and the peak electric field in the device, thereby improving the performance thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Robert Van Brunt, Vipindas Pala, Lin Cheng, Qingchun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150084104
    Abstract: Characteristics of a high electron mobility transistor are improved. A stack having an n-type contact layer (n-type AlGaN layer), an electron supply layer (undoped AlGaN layer), and a channel layer (undoped GaN layer) is formed in a growth mode over a Ga plane parallel with a [0001] crystal axis direction. Then, after turning the stack upside down so that the n-type contact layer (n-type AlGaN layer) is situated to the upper surface and forming a trench, a gate electrode is formed by way of a gate insulation film. By stacking the channel layer (undoped GaN layer) and the electron supply layer (undoped AlGaN layer) successively in a [000-1] direction, (1) normally off operation and (2) increase of withstanding voltage can easily be compatible with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji ANDO
  • Publication number: 20150084163
    Abstract: The present invention provides an epitaxial substrate including a silicon substrate containing oxygen atoms in concentrations of 4×1017 cm?3 or more and 6×1017 cm?3 or less and containing boron atoms in concentrations of 5×1018 cm?3 or more and 6×1019 cm?3 or less and a semiconductor layer that is placed on the silicon substrate and is made of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient different from the thermal expansion coefficient of the silicon substrate. As a result, the epitaxial substrate in which the occurrence of warpage caused by the stress between the silicon substrate and the semiconductor layer is suppressed is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shikauchi, Hirokazu Goto, Ken Sato, Masaru Shinomiya, Keitaro Tsuchiya, Kazunori Hagimoto
  • Publication number: 20150087138
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for producing a graphene quantum dot using thermal plasma, comprising injecting a carbon source into a thermal plasma jet to pyrolyze the carbon source so as to form a carbon atomic beam and allowing the carbon atomic beam to flow in a tube connected to an anode to produce a graphene quantum dot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jung Sang SUH, Ju Han KIM
  • Publication number: 20150084062
    Abstract: A vertical field-effect transistor (FET) device includes a monolithically integrated bypass diode connected between a source contact and a drain contact of the vertical FET device. According to one embodiment, the vertical FET device includes a pair of junction implants separated by a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) region. At least one of the junction implants of the vertical FET device includes a deep well region that is shared with the integrated bypass diode, such that the shared deep well region functions as both a source junction in the vertical FET device and a junction barrier region in the integrated bypass diode. The vertical FET device and the integrated bypass diode may include a substrate, a drift layer over the substrate, and a spreading layer over the drift layer, such that the junction implants of the vertical FET device are formed in the spreading layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Vipindas Pala, Lin Cheng, Anant Kumar Agarwal, John Williams Palmour, Edward Robert Van Brunt
  • Publication number: 20150087137
    Abstract: Provided are a nitride thin film structure and a method of forming the same. If a nitride thin film is formed on a substrate that is not a nitride, many defects are generated by a difference in lattice constants between the substrate and the nitride thin film. Also, there is a problem of warping the substrate by a difference in thermal expansion coefficients between the substrate and the nitride thin film. In order to solve the problems, the present invention suggests a thin film structure in which after coating hollow particles, i.e. hollow structures on the substrate, the nitride thin film is grown thereon and the method of forming the thin film structure. According to the present invention, since an epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) effect can be obtained by the hollow structures, high-quality nitride thin film can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Euijoon YOON, Kookheon CHAR, Jong Hak KIM, Sewon OH, Heeje WOO
  • Publication number: 20150087139
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang
  • Patent number: 8987093
    Abstract: Method of forming multi-gate finFETs with epitaxially-grown merged source/drains. Embodiments of the invention may include forming a plurality of semiconductor fins joined by a plurality of inter-fin semiconductor regions, depositing a sacrificial gate over a center portion of each of the plurality of fins, forming a first merge layer over a first end of each of the plurality of fins to form a first merged fin region, forming a second merge layer over the second end of each of the plurality of fins to form a second merged fin region, etching a portion of the first merged fin region to form a first source/drain base region, etching a portion of the second merged fin region to form a second source/drain base region, forming a first source/drain region on the first source/drain base region, and forming a second source/drain region on the second source/drain base region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Harley, Judson Robert Holt, Alexander Reznicek, Thomas N. Adam
  • Patent number: 8987015
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes performing thermal cleaning for a surface of a silicon substrate in an atmosphere including hydrogen under a condition that a thermal cleaning temperature is higher than or equal to 700° C. and is lower than or equal to 1060° C., and a thermal cleaning time is longer than or equal to 5 minutes and is shorter than or equal to 15 minutes; forming a first AlN layer on the substrate with a first V/III source ratio, the forming of the first AlN layer including supplying an Al source to the surface of the substrate without supplying a N source, and supplying both the Al source and the N source; forming a second AlN layer on the first AlN layer with a second V/III source ratio that is greater than the first ratio; and forming a GaN-based semiconductor layer on the second AlN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yui, Akira Furuya, Ken Nakata, Takamitsu Kitamura, Isao Makabe
  • Patent number: 8987118
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region and a plurality of gate electrodes which are formed on the first and second regions of the substrate; forming a mask film to expose the first region of the substrate while covering the second region of the substrate, such that the mask film has a negative lateral profile at a boundary between the first and second regions of the substrate; forming sigma trenches in the first region of the substrate by etching the first region of the substrate using the mask film and the gate electrodes as a mask; and forming an epitaxial layer in each of the sigma trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Rae Lee, Keita Kato, Atsushi Nakamura, Yool Kang, Suk-Koo Hong, Jae-Ho Kim, Dong-Jun Lee, Si-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8987116
    Abstract: A technique of producing one or more electronic switching devices, each switching device comprising a semiconductor channel between two electrodes, and a dielectric element separating said semiconductor channel from a switching electrode, the method comprising: depositing onto a substrate a layer of material for at least partly forming said semiconductor channel or said dielectric element of said one or more switching devices by transferring said material onto said substrate from a rotating first roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Too, Michael Banach
  • Patent number: 8987782
    Abstract: There is provided a compound semiconductor wafer that is suitably used to form a plurality of different types of devices such as an HBT and an FET thereon. The semiconductor wafer includes a first semiconductor, a carrier-trapping layer that is formed on the first semiconductor and has an electron-trapping center or a hole-trapping center, a second semiconductor that is epitaxially grown on the carrier-trapping layer and serves as a channel in which a free electron or a free hole moves, and a third semiconductor including a stack represented by n-type semiconductor/p-type semiconductor/n-type semiconductor or represented by p-type semiconductor/n-type semiconductor/p-type semiconductor, where the stack is epitaxially grown on the second semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Osamu Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8987706
    Abstract: The presently claimed invention provides a highly conductive composite used for electric charge transport, and a method for fabricating said composite. The composite comprises a plurality of one-dimensional semiconductor nanocomposites and highly conductive nanostructures, and the highly conductive nanostructures are incorporated into each of the one-dimensional semiconductor nanocomposite. The composite is able to provide fast electric charge transport, and reduce the rate of electron-hole recombination, ultimately increasing the power conversion efficiency for use in solar cell; provide fast electrons transport, storage of electrons and large surface area for adsorption and reaction sites of active molecular species taking part in photocatalytic reaction; enhance the sensitivity of a surface for biological and chemical sensing purposes for use in biological and chemical sensors; and lower the impedance and increase the charge storage capacity of a lithium-ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Wallace Woon-Fong Leung, Lijun Yang
  • Patent number: 8987117
    Abstract: A semiconductor optical integrated device includes a first semiconductor optical device formed over a (001) plane of a substrate and a second semiconductor optical device which is formed over the (001) plane of the substrate in a (110) orientation from the first semiconductor optical device and which is optically connected to the first semiconductor optical device. The first semiconductor optical device includes a first core layer and a first clad layer which is formed over the first core layer and which has a crystal surface on a side on a second semiconductor optical device side that forms an angle ? greater than or equal to 55 degrees and less than or equal to 90 degrees with the (001) plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shigekazu Okumura, Mitsuru Ekawa, Shuichi Tomabechi, Ayahito Uetake
  • Publication number: 20150078703
    Abstract: Described are embodiments of hybrid optical apparatuses including anti-resonant optical waveguides, and methods for making such apparatuses and systems. In one embodiment, a hybrid optical apparatus may include a first semiconductor region including an active region of one or more layers of semiconductor materials and a second semiconductor region coupled with the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region may include an optical waveguide configured to transmit light inputted by a light input component. The optical waveguide may be defined by a first trench disposed on a first side of the waveguide, and a second trench disposed on a second side of the waveguide opposite the first side. A width of each trench may vary along a length of the apparatus to control optical power density of the light transmitted along the optical waveguide. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hyundai Park, Richard Jones
  • Publication number: 20150079725
    Abstract: A multi-stage method and apparatus for vaporizing and depositing a tellurium containing semiconductor material on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Arnold Allenic, Zhigang Ban, John Barden, Benjamin Milliron, Rick C. Powell
  • Publication number: 20150079768
    Abstract: Provided is a functional thin film forming method comprising: (a) forming a transparent semiconductor layer on a substrate; (b) adjusting a surface resistance of the transparent semiconductor layer by performing a n-type doping process on the transparent semiconductor layer formed in the step (a); and (c) forming an insulating protective film of SiOx on the transparent semiconductor layer of which the surface resistance is adjusted in the step (b), wherein the surface resistance of the transparent semiconductor layer is in a range of from 10 M?/? to 100 M?/?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeongeon HAN, Yoonseok CHOI, Su Bong JIN
  • Publication number: 20150080223
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a layered substance formed by laminating two-dimensional substances in two or more layers. The layered substance includes at least either one of a p-type region having a first intercalation substance between layers of the layered substance and an n-type region having a second intercalation substance between layers of the layered substance. The layered substance includes a conductive region that is adjacent to at least either one of the p-type region and the n-type region. The conductive region includes neither the first intercalation substance nor the second intercalation substance. A sealing member is formed on the conductive region, or on the conductive region and an end of the layered substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisao MIYAZAKI, Yuichi Yamazaki, Tadashi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20150079769
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first coalescent layer, a second coalescent layer, a nitride stacked structure on the second coalescent layer, and a third layer between the first and second coalescent layers. The first coalescent layer includes a plurality of formations that are partially merged, and the third layer is disposed on the formations to allow a first type of stress to be generated in an area which includes the first coalescent layer and a second type of stress to be generated in an area which includes the second coalescent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jun-youn KIM, Joo-sung KIM, Young-jo TAK
  • Publication number: 20150076608
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first device region and second device region of opposite polarity. Each device region includes at least a transistor device and associated epitaxy. A high-k barrier is formed to overlay the first device region epitaxy only. The high-k barrier may include a substantially horizontal portion formed upon a top surface of the first device region epitaxy and a substantially vertical portion formed upon an outer surface of the first device region epitaxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Ali Khakifirooz, Shom Ponoth, Raghavasimhan Sreenivasan
  • Publication number: 20150079767
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes semiconductor bodies formed substantially perpendicular to a semiconductor substrate, buried bit lines formed in the semiconductor bodies and including a metal silicide; and barrier layers formed under and over the buried bit lines and containing germanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Ju-Hyun MYUNG, Eui-Seong HWANG, Eun-Shil PARK, Tae-Yoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20150079764
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vapor phase growth apparatus includes a susceptor in a chamber, the susceptor configured to rotate on an axis perpendicular to a surface of the susceptor, a plurality of substrate holding portions above the susceptor, each of the substrate holding portions configured to revolve around the axis by the rotation of the susceptor and configured to rotate circumferentially, a plurality of bearings arranged in a housing between the susceptor and the substrate holding portion, and a plurality of blade portions on an outer periphery of the substrate holding portion, each of the blade portions extending radially toward a center of the substrate holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20150079765
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, such as a three-dimensional monolithic NAND memory string, includes etching a select gate electrode over a first gate insulating layer over a substrate to form an opening, forming a second gate insulating layer over the sidewalls of the opening, forming a sacrificial spacer layer over the second gate insulating layer on the sidewalls of the opening, and etching the first gate insulating layer over the bottom surface of the opening to expose the substrate, removing the sacrificial spacer layer to expose the second gate insulating layer over the sidewalls of the opening, and forming a protrusion comprising a semiconductor material within the opening and contacting the substrate, wherein the second gate insulating layer is located between the select gate electrode and first and second side surfaces of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayavel Pachamuthu, Johann Alsmeier, Raghuveer S. Makala, Yao-Sheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20150079747
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including sequentially forming an n-type epitaxial layer, a p type epitaxial layer, and an n+ region on a first surface of an n+ type silicon carbide substrate; forming a buffer layer on the n+ region; forming a photosensitive film pattern on a part of the buffer layer; etching the buffer layer using the photosensitive film pattern as a mask to form a buffer layer pattern; sequentially forming a first metal layer and a second metal layer which include a first portion and a second portion; removing one or more components to expose a part of the n+ region; and etching the exposed part of the n+ region using the first portion of the first metal layer and the first portion of the second metal layer as masks to form a trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Youngkyun Jung, Dae Hwan Chun, Kyoung-Kook Hong, Jong Seok Lee, Junghee Park
  • Publication number: 20150079770
    Abstract: Selective layer disordering in a doped III-nitride superlattice can be achieved by depositing a dielectric capping layer on a portion of the surface of the superlattice and annealing the superlattice to induce disorder of the layer interfaces under the uncapped portion and suppress disorder of the interfaces under the capped portion. The method can be used to create devices, such as optical waveguides, light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, solar cells, modulators, laser, and amplifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Wierer, JR., Andrew A. Allerman
  • Publication number: 20150076515
    Abstract: A Schottky barrier diode and a method of manufacturing the diode are provided. The diode includes an n? type epitaxial layer disposed on a first surface of an n+ type silicon carbide substrate and a plurality of p+ regions disposed within the n? type epitaxial layer. An n+ type epitaxial layer is disposed on the n? type epitaxial layer, a Schottky electrode is disposed on the n+ type epitaxial layer, and an ohmic electrode is disposed on a second surface of the n+ type silicon carbide substrate. The n+ type epitaxial layer includes a plurality of pillar parts disposed on the n? type epitaxial layer and a plurality of openings disposed between the pillar parts and that expose the p+ regions. Each of the pillar parts includes substantially straight parts that contact the n? type epitaxial layer and substantially curved parts that extend from the substantially straight parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Youngkyun Jung, Dae Hwan Chun, Kyoung-Kook Hong, Jong Seok Lee, Junghee Park
  • Publication number: 20150076584
    Abstract: A memory device and a method of fabricating a memory device that includes forming a protrusion over a substrate, an etch stop layer over the protrusion, and a stack of alternating material layers over the etch stop layer. The method further includes etching the stack to the etch stop layer to form a memory opening having a first width dimension proximate to the etch stop layer, etching the etch stop layer to provide a void area between the protrusion and a bottom of the memory opening, where the void area has a second width dimension that is larger than the first width dimension, forming a memory film over a sidewall of the memory opening and within the void area over the top surface of the protrusion, etching the memory film to expose the protrusion, and forming a semiconductor channel in the memory opening that is electrically coupled to the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jayavel Pachamuthu, Johann Alsmeier, Raghuveer S. Makala, Yao-Sheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20150075606
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated conductive substrate simultaneously serving as a substrate and an electrode, and an electronic device using the same. The integrated conductive substrate includes a conductive layer containing iron, which has a first surface having a first root mean square roughness, and a semiconductor layer containing a semiconductor material, which has a second surface having a second root mean square roughness and is formed on the first surface. Here, the semiconductor layer includes a semiconductor-type planarization layer formed by a solution process using at least one of the semiconductor material and a precursor of the semiconductor material to planarize the first surface of the conductive layer, and the second root mean square roughness is smaller than the first root mean square roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: TaeWoo Lee, YoungHoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20150079766
    Abstract: A method for fabricating patterns of III-V semiconductor material on a semiconductor substrate based on oriented silicon or germanium comprises: production of a growth mask on the surface of the substrate, defining masking patterns Miox of width L, of height hox with a distance S between masking patterns; growth of patterns MiIII-V of III-V material between said masking patterns, such that said patterns exhibit a height h relative to the top plane of said masking patterns, said height h being at or above a critical minimum height hc, the growth step comprising: determining growth rates v100 and v110 at right angles to the face of the III-V material, defining ratio R=v100/v110; determining the angle of dislocations ? of the III-V material relative to the plane of the substrate; determining the critical minimum height hc by the equation: h c = h ox - S × tan ? ( ? ) tan ? ( ? ) R - 1 with R being determined to be greater than tan(?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry BARON, Franck BASSANI
  • Patent number: 8981487
    Abstract: A method for fabricating fin-shaped field-effect transistor (FinFET) is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a fin-shaped structure in the substrate; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) on the substrate and around the bottom portion of the fin-shaped structure; forming a first gate structure on the STI and the fin-shaped structure; and removing a portion of the STI for exposing the sidewalls of the STI underneath the first gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Hung, Ssu-I Fu, Chien-Ting Lin, Po-Chao Tsao, Chung-Fu Chang, Cheng-Guo Chen
  • Patent number: 8980682
    Abstract: Methods of forming absorber layers in a TFPV device are provided. Methods are described to provide the formation of metal oxide films and heating the metal oxide films in the presence of a chalcogen to form a metal-oxygen-chalcogen alloy. Methods are described to provide the formation of metal oxide films, forming a layer of elemental chalcogen on the metal oxide film, and heating the stack to form a metal-oxygen-chalcogen alloy. In some embodiments, the metal oxide film includes zinc oxide and the chalcogen includes selenium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Haifan Liang, Jeroen Van Duren
  • Patent number: 8980729
    Abstract: An SOI substrate and a method for forming the SOI substrate are provided. An SOI substrate can be formed by forming a silicon-germanium layer on a first baseplate. A top silicon layer can be formed on the silicon-germanium layer. A first insulating layer can be formed on the top silicon layer. An ion implanted layer can be formed in one of the silicon-germanium layer and the first baseplate. A second baseplate can be bonded to the first insulating layer. A first annealing process can be performed to anneal and split the one of the silicon-germanium layer and the first baseplate at the ion implanted layer. The silicon-germanium layer can be removed from the top silicon layer to expose the top silicon layer and to form the SOI substrate comprising the first insulating layer formed between the top silicon layer and the second baseplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
    Inventor: Aries Chen
  • Patent number: 8981338
    Abstract: A semiconductor photocathode includes an AlXGa1-XN layer (0?X<1) bonded to a glass substrate via an SiO2 layer and an alkali-metal-containing layer formed on the AlXGa1-XN layer. The AlXGa1-XN layer includes a first region, a second region, an intermediate region between the first and second regions. The second region has a semiconductor superlattice structure formed by laminating a barrier layer and a well layer alternately, the intermediate region has a semiconductor superlattice structure formed by laminating a barrier layer and a well layer alternately. When a pair of adjacent barrier and well layers is defined as a unit section, an average value of a composition ratio X of Al in a unit section decreases monotonously with distance from an interface position between the second region and the SiO2 layer at least in the intermediate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd., Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Shunro Fuke, Tetsuji Matsuo, Yoshihiro Ishigami, Tokuaki Nihashi
  • Patent number: 8980654
    Abstract: The ion implantation method includes setting an ion beam scanning speed and a mechanical scanning speed of an object during ion implantation using hybrid scan in advance and implanting ions based on the set ion beam scanning speed and the set mechanical scanning speed of the object. In the setting in advance, each of the ion beam scanning speeds is set based on each of ion beam scanning amplitudes changing severally according to a surface outline of an object which is irradiated with the ions so that an ion beam scanning frequency is maintained constant for any of ion beam scanning amplitudes, and the mechanical scanning speed of the object corresponding to the ion beam scanning speed is set so that an ion implantation dose per unit area to be implanted into the surface of the object is maintained constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: SEN Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Ninomiya, Akihiro Ochi
  • Patent number: 8981534
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves an apparatus. The apparatus includes a substrate having a front side a back side opposite the front side. The substrate includes a plurality of openings formed from the back side of the substrate. The openings collectively define a pattern on the back side of the substrate from a planar view. In some embodiments, the substrate is a silicon substrate or a silicon carbide substrate. Portions of the silicon substrate vertically aligned with the openings have vertical dimensions that vary from about 100 microns to about 300 microns. A III-V group compound layer is formed over the front side of the silicon substrate. The III-V group compound layer is a component of one of: a light-emitting diode (LED), a laser diode (LD), and a high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen-Yu Li, Chung-Pao Lin, Hsing-Kuo Hsia, Hao-Chung Kuo, Cindy Huichun Shu, Hsin-Chieh Huang
  • Publication number: 20150069467
    Abstract: A transistor includes a gate terminal, a source terminal and a drain terminal. At least one of the source and drain terminals has a layered configuration that includes a terminal layer and an intervening layer. The terminal layer has a top surface and a bottom surface. The intervening layer is located within the terminal layer, between and spaced from the top and bottom surfaces, is oriented to be perpendicular to current flow, and is less than one tenth the thickness of the terminal layer. The terminal layer and the intervening layer include a common semiconductive compound and a common dopant, with a concentration of the dopant in the intervening layer being over ten times an average concentration of the dopant in the terminal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: HUNG-TA LIN, MAO-LIN HUANG, LI-TING WANG, CHIEN-HSUN WANG, MENG-KU CHEN, CHUN-HSIUNG LIN, PANG-YEN TSAI, HUI-CHENG CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150069412
    Abstract: A Schottky barrier diode and a method of manufacturing the Schottky barrier diode are provided. The diode includes an n? type epitaxial layer disposed on a first surface of an n+ type silicon carbide substrate and having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an inclined surface that connects the upper surface and the lower surface. A p region is disposed on the inclined surface of the n? type epitaxial layer and a Schottky electrode is disposed on the upper surface of the n? type epitaxial layer and the p region. In addition, an ohmic electrode is disposed on a second surface of the n+ type silicon carbide substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Seok Lee, Kyoung-Kook Hong, Dae Hwan Chun, Youngkyun Jung
  • Publication number: 20150069583
    Abstract: Provided are a III nitride semiconductor device which can be operated at a lower voltage can be provided, in which device a good ohmic contact is achieved between the (000-1) plane side of the III nitride semiconductor layer and the electrode and a method of producing the III nitride semiconductor device. A III nitride semiconductor device of the present invention includes a plurality of protrusions rounded like domes in a predetermined region on the (000-1) plane side of the III nitride semiconductor layer; and an electrode on the upper surface of the predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kadowaki, Tatsunori Toyota
  • Publication number: 20150072494
    Abstract: A method includes performing a first sputtering to form a first metal film on a surface of a semiconductor region. The first sputtering is performed using a first ion energy. The method further includes performing a second sputtering to form a second metal film over and contacting the first metal film, wherein the first and the second metal films includes a same metal. The second sputtering is performed using a second ion energy lower than the first ion energy. An annealing is performed to react the first and the second metal films with the semiconductor region to form a metal silicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Chih-Wei Chang
  • Publication number: 20150069501
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes a first semiconductor device including a first type region having a first conductivity type and a second type region having a second conductivity type. The semiconductor arrangement includes a second semiconductor device adjacent the first semiconductor device. The second semiconductor device includes a third type region having a third conductivity type and a fourth type region having a fourth conductivity type. The semiconductor arrangement includes a first insulator layer including a first insulator portion around at least some of the first semiconductor device and a second insulator portion around at least some of the second semiconductor device. The first insulator portion has a first insulator height, and the second insulator portion has a second insulator height. The first insulator height is different than the second insulator height. A method of forming a semiconductor arrangement is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Colinge, Sang Hoo Dhong, Ta-Pen Guo, Chung-Cheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20150069515
    Abstract: Integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes providing a fin structure overlying a semiconductor substrate. The fin structure defines a fin axis extending in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a lateral direction and has two fin sidewalls parallel to the fin axis. The method includes forming gate structures overlying the fin structure and transverse to the fin axis. Further, the method includes growing an epitaxial material on the fin structure and confining growth of the epitaxial material in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang Hu, Jin Ping Liu, Jill Hildreth, Taejoon Han
  • Patent number: 8975167
    Abstract: A fabrication process of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with a first insulation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and a fin formed on the surface of the first insulation layer, and forming a fully-depleted semiconductor layer on sidewalls of the fin, and the fully-depleted semiconductor layer having a material different from that of the fin. The method also includes forming a second insulation layer covering the fully-depleted semiconductor layer, and removing the fin to form an opening exposing sidewalls of the fully-depleted semiconductor layer. Further, the method includes forming a gate dielectric layer on part of the sidewalls of the fully-depleted semiconductor layer such that the part of the sidewalls of the fully-depleted semiconductor layer form channel regions of the semiconductor device, and forming a gate electrode layer covering the gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp
    Inventor: Zhongshan Hong
  • Patent number: 8975093
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a device and method for recrystallising a silicon wafer or a wafer comprising at least one silicon layer. The silicon wafer or the at least one silicon layer of the wafer is totally molten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: S'Tile
    Inventor: Alain Straboni
  • Patent number: 8975165
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to semiconductor structures and methods of forming them. In some embodiments, the methods may be used to fabricate semiconductor structures of III-V materials, such as InGaN. An In-III-V semiconductor layer is grown with an Indium concentration above a saturation regime by adjusting growth conditions such as a temperature of a growth surface to create a super-saturation regime wherein the In-III-V semiconductor layer will grow with a diminished density of V-pits relative to the saturation regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Christophe Figuet, Ed Lindow, Pierre Tomasini
  • Patent number: 8975166
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating and delivering atomic hydrogen to the growth front during the deposition of a III-V film are provided. The apparatus adapts HWCVD technology to a system wherein the Group III precursor and the Group V precursor are delivered to the surface in isolated processing environments within the system. Multiple HWCVD units may be incorporated so that the atomic hydrogen parameters may be varied in a combinatorial manner for the development of III-V films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Thai Cheng Chua, Timothy Joseph Franklin, Philip A. Kraus
  • Patent number: 8975639
    Abstract: A surface of a substrate consists of a plurality of neighboring stripes. Longer edges of the flat surfaces are parallel one to another and planes of these surfaces are disoriented relatively to the crystallographic plane of gallium nitride crystal defined by Miller-Bravais indices (0001), (11-22) or (11-20). The disorientation angle of each of the flat surfaces is between 0 and 3 degrees and is different for each pair of neighboring flat surfaces. The substrate according to the invention allows epitaxial growth of a layered AlInGaN structure by a MOCVD or MBE method which allow to obtain a non-absorbing mirrors laser diode emitting a light in the wavelength from 380 to 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Instytut Wysokich Ciśnień Polskiej Akademi Nauk
    Inventors: Piotr Perlin, Marcin Sarzyński, Michal Leszczyński, Robert Czernecki, Tadeusz Suski
  • Publication number: 20150060768
    Abstract: The electrical properties of graphene and molybdenum sulfide semiconductor devices are improved by incorporating a fluoropolymer capping layer that is in contact with the graphene or molybdenum sulfide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ananth Dodabalapur, Deji Akinwande, Tae-Jun Ha, Jongho Lee