Abstract:
In a potential interconnection layer, when viewed from a plane, a plurality of power supply potential regions and ground potential regions are alternately provided, with an interlayer insulation layer lying therebetween. A contact plug penetrating a second insulation layer is provided to electrically connect a source/drain (S/D) region on one side of a selected field effect transistor with a selected power supply potential region. Similarly, a contact plug penetrating the second insulation layer is provided to electrically connect a source/drain (S/D) region on the other side of another selected field effect transistor with a selected ground potential region. By employing this structure, a semiconductor device having a plurality of semiconductor circuits in which a power supply potential and a ground potential can be stabilized regardless of the cross-sectional structure of the semiconductor device is provided.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprises providing a wiring substrate having a main surface, an insulating film formed on the main surface, and electrodes formed on the main surface so as to be exposed from the insulating film. A semiconductor chip is adhesively fixed to the insulating film. Conductive wires connect the electrodes on the main surface of the wiring substrate and electrodes on the chip. A groove is formed between the chip and the electrodes on the substrate. A protruding portion of the adhesive stays within the groove and does not reach the electrodes on the substrate.
Abstract:
A reference cell is connected to two reference bit lines. In data access, when one reference bit line is driven to a selected state in response to a reference column select signal which is a decode result of a column address, a potential of a selected reference bit line is transmitted to a reference data bus line. A potential difference between the reference data bus line and a data bus line is amplified by a sense amplifier, and read data is output from an external terminal. During the access period, a reference bit line in a non-selected state is precharged to a ground potential in response to a reset signal at H level. In the next data access, when the non-selected reference bit line is selected, successive data reading is attained without waiting for a time period for precharging a bit line.
Abstract:
Disclosed here is a method for speeding up data writing and reducing power consumption by reducing the variation of the threshold voltage of each of non-volatile memory cells at data writing. When writing data in a memory cell, a voltage of about 8V is applied to the memory gate line, a voltage of about 5V is applied to the source line, a voltage of about 1.5V is applied to the selected gate line respectively. At that time, in the writing circuit, the writing pulse is 0, the writing latch output a High signal, and a NAND-circuit outputs a Low signal. And, a constant current of about 1 iA flows in a constant current source transistor and the bit line is discharged by a constant current of about 1 iA to flow a current in the memory cell.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a lower-layer substrate, a fuse above the lower-layer substrate and blown by radiation with light, a silicon oxide film on the fuse and on an exposed portion of the surface of the lower-layer substrate, and a silicon nitride film on the silicon oxide film. The portion of the silicon oxide film on the surface of the lower-layer substrate is thicker than the fuse, and the silicon oxide film has an opening opposite the fuse.
Abstract:
In a substrate cleaning device, a substrate is held and is opposite to a plurality of heating/cooling components that can operate at different temperatures, the substrate and the heating/cooling components being separated to each other with a gap, which is filled with cleaning liquid. Chuck pins of resin with a low heat conductivity are used to hold the substrate, and the substrate is positioned such that it is not in contact with any component other than the chuck pins. In this way, the amount of etching can be adjusted for each portion of the substrate by controlling the temperature distribution on the substrate, thereby providing improved evenness of a surface within the plane of the substrate after a cleaning process.
Abstract:
A production management method includes the steps of: pre-storing production information including delivery date information, manufacturing apparatus information and lot information; calculating a scheduled shipping date for each lot on the basis of the production information; reading a delivery date of the lot; calculating the number of delay days of the lot; outputting an alarm to the lot when the number of delay days is a positive number; and analyzing the main cause of the delay of the lot and generating an expedite instruction when the number of delay days is larger than 1.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including an interconnection and a capacitor formed with a Cu layer in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of forming an interlayer insulation layer, forming an interconnection hole and a capacitor hole in the interlayer insulation layer, filling the interconnection hole with the Cu layer to form an interconnection layer, and partly filling the capacitor hole with the Cu layer to form one electrode of the capacitor. The step of filling the interconnection hole with the Cu layer to form the interconnection layer and the step of partly filling the capacitor hole with the Cu layer to form one electrode of the capacitor are performed in a single process step. Thus, manufacturing process of the semiconductor device can be simplified.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell comprising source/drain diffusion layer in p-well formed to a silicon substrate, a floating gate as a first gate, a control gate (word line) as a second gate, and a third gate, in which the floating gate and the p-well are isolated by a tunnel insulator film, the third gate and the p-well are isolated by a gate insulator film, the floating gate and the third gate are isolated by an insulator film, the floating gate and the word line (control gate) are isolated by a insulator film (ONO film), and the second gate film and the word line (control gate) are isolated by a silicon oxide film, respectively, wherein the thickness of the tunnel insulator film is made larger than the thickness of the gate insulator film. Accordingly, the reliability and access time of the device is improved.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device configured by a select MOS transistor provided with a gate insulator film and a select gate electrode, as well as a memory MOS transistor provided with a capacitor insulator film comprising a lower potential barrier film, a charge trapping film, and an upper potential barrier film, as well as a memory gate electrode. The charge trapping film is formed with a silicon oxynitride film and the upper potential barrier film is omitted or its thickness is limited to 1 nm and under to prevent the Gm degradation to be caused by the silicon oxynitride film, thereby lowering the erasure gate voltage. The charge trapping film is formed with a silicon oxynitride film used as a main charge trapping film and a silicon nitride film formed on or beneath the silicon oxynitride film so as to form a potential barrier effective only for holes. And, a hot-hole erasing method is employed to lower the erasure voltage.