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Hybrid substrates characterized by semiconductor islands of different crystal orientations and methods of forming such hybrid substrates. The methods involve using a SIMOX process to form an insulating layer. The insulating layer may divide the islands of at least one of the different crystal orientations into mutually aligned device and body regions. The body regions may be electrically floating relative to the device regions.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a germanium-on-insulator semiconductor structure using a porous layer, and a semiconductor structure formed by the method. SOLUTION: This semiconductor structure comprises a layer containing a single crystal germanium which is preferably substantially pure germanium, a substrate and an embedded insulating layer for separating the layer containing germanium from the substrate. A porous layer which can be converted into a porous silicone layer is formed on the substrate and the layer containing germanium is formed on the porous silicone layer. By converting the porous layer into an oxide layer, an embedded insulating layer can be formed. Alternatively, the layer containing germanium on the porous layer can be moved to an insulating layer on another substrate. After moved, an insulating layer is embedded between the later substrate and the layer containing germanium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a field-effect transistor having a substantially isolated body. SOLUTION: This field-effect transistor as an insulated gate field-effect transistor 10 has a device region 17, formed on a semiconductor material-made substantially electrically isolated region contact a semiconductor substrate 16 via a neck region 13 capable of exchanging charged carriers with the semiconductor substrate 16. The device region 17 of the transistor 10 is isolated from the electric contact to the substrate 16 at a surface other than that of the neck region 13.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the threshold voltage of an FET element after switched from a floating state to a biased state by changing a bulk CMOS element to an element within a silicon substrate on an insulator. SOLUTION: A unit cell 1 includes an SOINMOS transistor 60, and its main body or an isolated SOI substrate region 62 is connected to main-body-device transistor switches 64 and 66. The switch 64 is connected to a reference signal 74. When operated by a control signal 80 applied to a gate 78, the switch 64 supplies the signal 74 to the main body 62 of the transistor 60. The main body 62 is connected to a reference signal 76 via a switch 66, and the switch 66 is operated by a control signal 84 supplied to a gate 80. In an active switching state, the threshold voltage level is low, and in a standby state, it is high.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuse capable of electrically fusing off at ordinary operational power supply voltage, and also customizing duplication or other circuits at module level as well as fusing method. SOLUTION: Semiconductor fuse is provided between conductors 20 for connecting at least two wirings. This fuse contains spacers 30 arranged on adjacent conductors 20 and a fuse element 31 connected to the wirings 22 arranged between the spacers 30. The space between the conductors 20 contains the first width containing the minimum possible photolithographic width while the fuse element 31 is in the second width narrower than the first width.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an integrated circuit capacitor of high capacitance by using an inversion layer inside a lightly doped substrate as a plate paired electrode for a capacitor. SOLUTION: A depletion region 302 is formed around a memory node 224 peripheral besides neighboring to an N-separation band 204 by forming an inversion node capacitor 200 on a P-substrate 202. An inversion region 304 is formed inside the depletion region 302 near the memory node 224. The inversion region is connected to the N-separation band 204. Accordingly, an electric field between the memory node 224 and the paired electrode of the inversion region 304 is partially defined by a work function difference between the N- separation band 204 and an N material inside the memory node 224. The N separation band 204 functions as a wiring connection to a common pared electrode of the inversion region 304 of the capacitor 200. Thereby, conductivity of the N separation band 204 plays a more important role than the designing of prior arts.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a FinFET having a short fin having a uniform width. SOLUTION: There are provided a fin with a comparatively uniform width in a fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET) 100 and a device and a method for forming the same. A fin structure 110 can be formed so that the surface of a sidewall part of the fin structure is vertical with respect to a first crystal direction. A tapered region at the end portion of the fin structure can be vertical with respect to a second crystal direction. The fin structure can be subjected to a crystal-dependent etching. For a crystal-dependent etching, a material can be removed relatively quickly from the part of the fin vertical to the second crystal direction, and due to this, a fin structure with a comparatively uniform width can be brought about. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor equipped having a dielectric layer of two-dimensional thickness, and to provide a method of manufacturing the same. SOLUTION: This manufacturing method comprises a first process of forming a mask with a through-hole 20 equipped with a side wall 21 on a structure (a), a second process of implanting suppression chemical seeds 24 into the structure through the through-hole 20 so as to form a suppression region 26 in the structure (b), and a third process of enabling a dielectric layer 28 to grow on the structure in the through-hole 20. Here, the suppression region 26 restrains the dielectric layer 28 partially from growing. By this setup, a self-aligned MOSFET or an anti-fuse device having a low overlap capacitance and a low gate induction drain leakage (i.e., low electric field) can be formed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a device, which has active devices formed on roughly continuous mesa regions, which are formed on more than one surfaces of an isolation region and consist of a semiconductor material, and conductive paths, which are formed on the mesa regions and are extended in the lengthwise directions of the mesa regions. SOLUTION: A semiconductor device has first active devices formed on mesa regions, which are formed by more than one sidewall of an isolation region 15 and consist of a semiconductor material, and conductive paths. The conductive paths are extended from the active devices to the lengthwise directions of the mesa regions. In one embodiment, a plurality of active devices are respectively formed on mesa region, and the active devices are connected electrically with each other through the mesa regions.
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In a first aspect, a first method of manufacturing a finFET is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) providing a substrate; and (2) forming at least one source/drain diffusion region of the finFET on the substrate. Each source/drain diffusion region includes (a) an interior region of unsilicided silicon; and (b) silicide formed on a top surface and sidewalls of the region of unsilicided silicon. Numerous other aspects are provided.