Abstract:
The invention concerns a method of forming a field effect transistor comprising a gate (G) formed on an insulating layer, the gate having, in a zone in contact with the insulating layer, a semiconducting central zone (50) and lateral zones (48) in the length of the gate (G), the method comprising forming a gate (G) comprising a portion of insulating layer (32), a portion of semiconducting layer formed over the insulating layer (32), and a portion of mask layer formed over the semiconducting layer; performing an etching of the portion of the mask layer such that only a portion in the centre of the gate (G) remains; and reacting the semiconducting gate with a metal deposited over the gate.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a planar independent- double-gate FET or a planar gate-all-around FET on a bulk semiconductor substrate. The method comprises refilling a surface recess in an active semiconductor region with a buried sacrificial layer, and, after preparing a pre-processing a gate stack by respective deposition and patterning, the formation of a recess in the isolation regions so as to cause the recess to extend, in a depth direction that points towards the inner substrate, to a depth level that allows removing the buried sacrificial layer and so as to cause the recess to undercut portions of gate stack in the channel direction.
Abstract:
According to the invention, the dielectric (6) of a capacitor (1) is made by superimposing at least two thin layers (6a, 6b) made of the same metallic oxide respectively in crystalline and amorphous forms and respectively having relative capacity quadratic ratios according to the opposed-signs voltage. The respective thickness d a and d c of the amorphous (6b) and crystalline (6a) thin layers correspond to the following general formulae in which: e 0 is the vacuum permittivity, e c and e a correspond to the relative permittivity of the metallic oxide respectively in the crystalline and amorphous forms, C s0 is the zero-field total surface capacity, and ? c et ? a correspond to the relative capacity quadratic ratios according to the electric field of the metallic oxide respectively in the crystalline form and in the amorphous form.
Abstract translation:根据本发明,电容器(1)的电介质(6)通过将由相同金属氧化物制成的至少两个薄层(6a,6b)分别叠加在晶体和非晶形中并分别具有相对容量二次比 到相反的电压。 非晶(6b)和结晶(6a)薄层的相应厚度d a a和d c c对应于以下通式,其中:e < / SUB>是真空介电常数,e和c分别对应于结晶和无定形形式的金属氧化物的相对介电常数,C < / SUB>是零场总表面容量,α3和α3分别对应于分别在金属氧化物的电场中的相对容量二次比 结晶形式和无定形形式。
Abstract:
A method of minimizing de lamination of a layer (14, 16, or 18), the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate (12), forming a first layer (14) over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first layer has a first corner (20) and the first corner has a first angle of approximately 90 degrees; forming a second layer (16) over the first layer, wherein the second layer has a second corner (20) and the second corner has a second angle of approximately 90 degrees, and modifying the first and second corners to form a first slanted edge (50, 60, or 70) of the first layer and a second slanted edge (50, 60, or 70) of the second layer, wherein the first slanted edge and the second slanted edge are continuous with each other and the first slanted edge forms a third angle with respect to the semiconductor substrate, wherein the third angle is less than 30 degrees.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a single-crystal layer of a first semiconductor material (5) comprising single-crystal nanostructures of a second semiconductor material (3), said nanostructures being distributed in a regular crystallographic network with a centred tetragonal prism.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (400) for converting energy, comprising an enclosure (430) containing drops of a liquid (427) and an electret capacitive transducer (417, 419, 421) coupled to that enclosure.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an integrated electronic circuit including a thin film portion based on hafnium oxide (1). According to the invention, said portion also contains magnesium atoms in the form of a mixed oxide of hafnium and magnesium. One such portion has high dielectric permittivity and very low leakage current. The invention is particularly suitable for forming part of a gate insulating film of an MOS transistor or part of an MIM capacitor dielectric.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a self-aligned diffusion-barrier cap on a Cu- containing conductive element in an integrated-circuit device comprises: - providing a substrate having a Cu-containing conductive element embedded laterally into a dielectric layer and having an exposed surface; - depositing a metal layer on the exposed surface of conductive element; - inducing diffusion of metal from the metal layer into a top section of the conductive element; - removing the remaining metal layer; - letting diffused metal in the top section of the conductive element and particles of a second constituent react with each other so as to build a compound covering the conductive element. The metal of the metal layer and the second constituent are chosen so that the compound forms a diffusion barrier against Cu diffusion. A reduction the dielectric constant of the dielectric material in an interconnect stack of an integrated-circuit device is achieved.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an integrated-circuit device that has at least one Copper-containing feature in a dielectric layer, and a diffusion-barrier layer stack arranged between the feature and the dielectric layer. The integrated-circuit device of the invention has a diffusion-barrier layer stack, which comprises, in a direction from the Copper-containing feature to the dielectric layer, a CuSiN layer and a SiN layer. This layer combinat ion provides an efficient barrier for suppressing Copper diffusion from the feature into the dielectric layer. Furthermore, a CuSiN/SiN layer sequence provides an improved adhesion between the layers of the diffusion-barrier layer stack and the dielectric layer, and thus improves the electromigration performance of the integrated-circuit device during operation. Therefore, the reliability of device operation and the lifetime of the integrate- circuit device are improved in comparison with prior-art devices. The invention further relates to a method for fabricating such an integrated-circuit device.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating at least one feature, which has a target lateral width, in a substrate layer. The method allows fabricating a feature with a target lateral width in a substrate layer that is smaller than can be obtained with the used lithographic equipment. In comparison with known methods, it provides an increased resistance to temperatures typically used during processing, in particular, during a plasma etching step. The increased temperature resistance is achieved by using a layer structure that comprises an amorphous carbon layer on the substrate layer, a capping layer on the amorphous carbon layer, and a first resist layer structure on the capping layer. In this layer structure, a carbon contribution to the etching process, which is usually provided by a resist material, is provided by the amorphous carbon layer, which forms a hard mask on the substrate layer.