Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an optical memory medium based on completely novel memory principle and to obtain an optical memory device using this medium by recording data corresponding to characteristics of an amorphous solid selected from a group of materials each having refractive index and reflectance. SOLUTION: The amorphous solid is selected from a group of diamond-like carbon, silicon carbide, boron carbide, boron nitride, amorphous silicon and amorphous germanium, and the solid contains hydrogen by up to 50 atm% with covalent bonds. A specified region of the amorphous solid having a first refractive index and having atoms with covalent bonds is heated with laser light to change the refractive index in the heated area to a second refractive index. Thus, two states can be produced to correspond the memory of data without dissolving or crystallizing the amorphous solid. The density of the solid is changed by heating, which accompanies changes in the refractive index and reflectance.
Abstract:
The invention addresses the problem of creating a high-speed, high-efficiency photodetector that is compatible with Si CMOS technology. The structure consists of a Ge absorbing layer on a thin SOI substrate, and utilizes isolation regions, alternating n-and p-type contacts, and low-resistance surface electrodes. The device achieves high bandwidth by utilizing a buried insulating layer to isolate carriers generated in the underlying substrate, high quantum efficiency over a broad spectrum by utilizing a Ge absorbing layer, low voltage operation by utilizing thin a absorbing layer and narrow electrode spacings, and compatibility with CMOS devices by virtue of its planar structure and use of a group IV absorbing material. The method for fabricating the photodetector uses direct growth of Ge on thin SOI or an epitaxial oxide, and subsequent thermal annealing to achieve a high-quality absorbing layer. This method limits the amount of Si available for interdiffusion, thereby allowing the Ge layer to be annealed without causing substantial dilution of the Ge layer by the underlying Si.
Abstract:
A method to obtain thin (less than 300 nm) strain-relaxed Si1-xGex buffer layers on Si or silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates. These buffer layers have a homogeneous distribution of misfit dislocations that relieve the strain, remarkably smooth surfaces, and a low threading dislocation (TD) density, i.e. less than 10 cm . The approach begins with the growth of a pseudomorphic or nearlypseudomorphic Si1-xGex layer, i.e., a layer that is free of misfit dislocations, which is then implanted with He or other light elements and subsequently annealed to achieve the substantial strain relaxation. The very effective strain relaxation mechanism operatiing with this method is dislocation nucleation at He-inducedplatelets (not bubbles) that lie below the Si/Si1-xGex interface, parallel to the Si(001) surface.
Abstract translation:在Si或绝缘体上硅(SOI)衬底上获得薄(小于300nm)应变弛豫Si1-xGex缓冲层的方法。 这些缓冲层具有失配位错的均匀分布,其缓解了应变,表面光滑平滑,以及低穿透位错(TD)密度,即小于10 6 cm 2。 该方法开始于伪晶体或近似假晶Si1-xGex层的生长,即,不具有失配位错的层,然后将其注入He或其它轻元素,随后退火以实现实质的应变弛豫。 用这种方法操作的非常有效的应变松弛机理是位于Si(001)表面Si / Si1-xGex界面以下的He诱导的电镀层(不是气泡)的位错成核。
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To address a problem of creating a high-speed, high-efficiency photodetector that is compatible with Si CMOS technology.SOLUTION: The structure consists of a Ge absorbing layer on a thin SOI substrate, and utilizes isolation regions, alternating n- and p-type contacts, and low-resistance surface electrodes. The device achieves high bandwidth by utilizing a buried insulating layer to isolate carriers generated in the underlying substrate, high quantum efficiency over a broad spectrum by utilizing the Ge absorbing layer, low voltage operation by utilizing a thin absorbing layer and narrow electrode spacings, and compatibility with CMOS devices by virtue of its planar structure and use of the group IV absorbing material. The method for fabricating the photodetector uses direct growth of Ge on thin SOI or an epitaxial oxide, and subsequent thermal annealing to achieve a high-quality absorbing layer. This method limits the amount of Si available for interdiffusion, thereby allowing the Ge layer to be annealed without causing substantial dilution of the Ge layer by the underlying Si.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor structure and electronic device, formed in high density, and having smaller structural dimensions and a more exact shape.SOLUTION: Semiconductor structures and electronic devices include at least one layer of an interfacial dielectric material located on an upper surface of a carbon-based material. The at least one layer of interfacial dielectric material has a short-range crystallographic bonding structure, typically hexagonal, that is the same as that of the carbon-based material and, as such, the at least one layer of interfacial dielectric material does not change the electronic structure of the carbon-based material. The presence of the at least one layer of interfacial dielectric material having the same short-range crystallographic bonding structure as that of the carbon-based material improves the interfacial bonding between the carbon-based material and any overlying material layer, including a dielectric material, a conductive material or a combination of a dielectric material and a conductive material. The improved interfacial bonding in turn facilitates formation of devices including a carbon-based material.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultra low dielectric constant (k) film having a dielectric constant of ≤2.7, with improved mechanical characteristics such as improved elastic modulus and hardness, and to provide a method of manufacturing the film. SOLUTION: The multiphase, ultra low k film 38 is provided which exhibits improved elastic modulus and hardness, along with various methods for forming the same. The multiphase, ultra low k dielectric film 38 includes atoms of Si, C, O and H, has a dielectric constant of ≤2.4, nanosized pores or voids, an elastic modulus of about 5 or greater and a hardness of about ≥0.7. A preferred multiphase, ultra low k dielectric film 38 includes atoms of Si, C, O and H, has a dielectric constant of about ≤2.2 or less, nanosized pores or voids, an elastic modulus of about ≥3 and hardness of about ≥0.3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dielectric material containing elements of Si, C, O and H, having specific mechanical property values (tensile stress, elastic modulus, hardness, cohesive force, and crack speed in water) which provide stable ultralow-k film without deterioration arising from steam or integration processing. SOLUTION: The dielectric materials 34, 38 and 44 have dielectric constants of approximately 2.8 or less, tensile stress of less than 45 Mpa, elastic modulus of somewhere between 2 and 15 GPa, hardness between around 0.2 to 2 GPa. Additionally, an electronic device structure containing the dielectric materials and various methods for producing them are disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultralow dielectric material having an dielectric constant of approximate 2.6 or less and a method for preparing the same. SOLUTION: A thermally stable ultralow dielectric constant film, which contains an Si atom, C atom, O atom, and H atom, has a covalent bond three dimensional network structure, and has a dielectric constant of 2.6 or less, is provided. Moreover, the dielectric constant film can have a covalent bond ring network too. The covalent bond three dimensional network structure includes an Si-O covalent bond, Si-C bond, Si-H bond, C-H covalent bond, and C-C covalent bond, and if necessary, it can include an F and N. On the film, if necessary, a Ge atom is substituted for a part of the Si atom. The film has a thickness of 1.3 micrometer or less and has a crack growth rate in water of 10 -10 meter/sec or less. Moreover, a back end of line (BEOL) mutual connection structure including the film as a BEOL insulator, cap, or hard mask layer is provided too. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide SiCOH dielectrics and its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: There is provided a useful porous composite material in semiconductor device manufacturing in which the diameter (or the feature size) of a pore and pore size distribution (PSD) are controlled using a nanoscale and which shows an improved cohesive force (or which is the same with improved fracture toughness or improved brittleness) and increase in the power of resistance to the deterioration of the property of wafer such as stress corrosion cracking, Cu invasion, and other important property. The porous composite material is manufactured using at least one bifunctional organic pore source as a precursor compound. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dielectric material which includes Si, C, O and H atoms and has specific mechanical characteristic (tensile stress, degree of elasticity, hardness, cohesive strength, crack velocity in water) values giving stable ultralow k film which is not deteriorated by steam or integration processing. SOLUTION: This dielectrics materials has an about ≤2.8 dielectric constant, tensile stress of less than 45 Mpas, degree of elasticity of about 2 to about 15 GPas, and hardness of about 0.2 to about 2 GPas. An electronic device structure including the dielectric materials by this invention and various methods by which the dielectrics materials of this invention are manufactured are also disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI