Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the number of stored data bits per chip to be increased in an SOI type integrated circuit device including a DRAM array which is composed of DRAM cells equipped with a trench capacitor. SOLUTION: When manufacturing the integrated circuit device, the DRAM array is formed in a SOI wafer having a uniform BOX layer 20 extending in the DPAM array. Thereby, (1) a collar oxide film forming process can be skipped, (2) a buried plate 105 can be connected to an ion implantation region 160 which extends through a device layer 30 and the BOX 20 and is connected to a conductive plug biased to the ground. On the other hand, a pass transistor is of a planer type NFET which is equipped with a leakage current electric discharge path connected to the ground through a grounded bit line and also equipped with a floating body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the degree of vertical separation between a passing wordline and a strap. SOLUTION: If the thickness of an insulation layer is decreased in an SOI integrated circuit including a trench capacitor DRAM array, crosstalk is caused between a trench capacitor and the passing wordline 214 which passes over the trench capacitor. The buried strap on a capacitor center electrode 105 is enabled to come into contact with the backside of an SOI layer 60 by increasing the depth of a recess at the upper part of the trench and laterally undercutting the insulating layer, thereby increasing the degree of vertical separation between the passing wordline 214 and the strap. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: A device layout has a device structure including a first device and a second device formed thereon, and an active region of the second region is located inside the upper surface so as to facilitate a three-dimensional device layout. SOLUTION: For example, a highly doped N polylayer is next formed on the surface. This polylayer is planarized up to an upper surface of a gate 895 to form a bit-line contact area 110. An MO dielectric layer is layed to expose the contact area 110. A metal layer 150 is next deposited so as to fill an contact opening 120. This metal layer 150 is etched for forming a bit-line conductor. The capacity of spatially positioning a device on a trench allows a more effective three-dimensional layout. As a result, the density of a device for a prescribed area can be increased.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor memory device in which a vertical trench semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (SONOS) memory cell is formed in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. SOLUTION: A memory cell comprises: a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate including a top semiconductor layer and a bottom semiconductor layer that are separated from each other by a buried insulating layer; and at least one vertical trench SONOS memory cell located in the semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. The at least one vertical trench SONOS memory cell comprises: a source diffusion located beneath the vertical trench; a selection gate channel located on one side of the vertical trench; an outward-diffused/Si-containing bridge located on and in contact with the selection gate channel; and a silicided doped region located adjacent to and in contact with an upper portion of the bridge. The bridge is present in the top semiconductor layer, the buried insulating layer, and the bottom semiconductor layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a self-aligned collar and a buried plate while forming a reliable node dielectrics on the collar without requiring a plurality of independent trench recesses for forming the buried plate and the collar. SOLUTION: Etching for a trench is made within a surface of a semiconductor substrate 10 and a dielectric material layer is formed on a side wall 12 of the trench. The dielectric material layer is partially eliminated to expose a lower base region of the upper part of the trench side wall 12. After that an oxide layer is made to grow on the upper part of the side wall 12. The dielectric layer is eliminated from a remaining part of the side wall 12 and a buried plate 17 is formed by doping. The dielectric layer includes the upper part of the collar and a node, (i,e, the trench wall at a portion of the buried plate 17) and is provided for the trench wall. An inner electrode 19 is formed at the inner part of the trench.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming a second device of a transistor, for example, on first device of a trench, for example, in the manufacture of a dynamic random access memory using a three-dimensional trench capacitor. SOLUTION: A layer having an uppermost face of a single crystal is formed on a first device, and a layer 2 is used as a base for forming an active region of a second device. In this case, a substrate 305 having a single-crystal structure and the flat substrate surface is prepared, and a trench capacitor 315 is manufacture in the substrate. A polysilicon layer in the capacitor 315 is bored in the part lower than the substrate surface to form a recessed part, and an intermediate layer is formed in the recessed part to a height larger than the surface of a pad. This intermediate layer has the uppermost face of the single crystal. The surface of the intermediate layer and the pad are planarized in such a way that the uppermost surface of the intermediate layer substantially becomes flat to the substrate surface and a transistor 370 is manufactured on the uppermost face of the single crystal.
Abstract:
In integrated circuits having copper interconnect and low-k interlayer dielectrics, a problem of open circuits after heat treatment was discovered and solved by the use of a first liner layer of Ti, followed by a conformal liner layer of CVD TiN, followed in turn by a final liner layer of Ta or TaN, thus improving adhesion between the via and the underlying copper layer while reducing the increase in resistance caused by alloying between the Ti and the Copper to an acceptable amount.
Abstract:
In integrated circuits having copper interconnect and low-k interlayer dielectrics, a problem of open circuits after heat treatment was discovered and solved by the use of a first liner layer of Ti, followed by a conformal liner layer of CVD TiN, followed in turn by a final liner layer of Ta or TaN, thus improving adhesion between the via and the underlying copper layer while reducing the increase in resistance caused by alloying between the Ti and the Copper to an acceptable amount.
Abstract:
In a method for making an electrical connection between a trench storage capacitor and an access transistor in a DRAM cell, the electrical connection (90) is formed through the selectively controlled outdiffusion of either N-type or P-type dopants present in the trench through a single crystalline semiconducting material (60) which is grown by epitaxy (epi) from the trench sidewall. This epitaxially grown single crystalline layer acts as a barrier to excessive dopant outdiffusion which can occur in the processing of conventional DRAMs.
Abstract:
In a method for making an electrical connection between a trench storage capacitor and an access transistor in a DRAM cell, the electrical connection (90) is formed through the selectively controlled outdiffusion of either N-type or P-type dopants present in the trench through a single crystalline semiconducting material (60) which is grown by epitaxy (epi) from the trench sidewall. This epitaxially grown single crystalline layer acts as a barrier to excessive dopant outdiffusion which can occur in the processing of conventional DRAMs.