Abstract:
A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device for radio frequency (RF) applications may include a guard ring. The guard ring may surround the MOS device and at least one other MOS device. The MOS device may further include a level zero contact layer coupled to a first interconnect layer through level zero interconnects and vias. The first interconnect layer may be for routing to the MOS device.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) device may include a substrate having an active device layer. The integrated circuit may also include a first defect layer. The first defect layer may have a first surface facing a backside of the active device layer. The integrated circuit may further include a second defect layer. The second defect layer may face a second surface opposite the first surface of the first defect layer.
Abstract:
A heterojunction bipolar transistor may include an emitter (510), a base (502) contacting the emitter, a collector (514) contacting the base, a sub-collector (516) contacting the collector, and an electrical isolation layer (540) contacting the sub-collector. The heterojunction bipolar transistor also includes a backside heatsink (550) thermally coupled to the sub-collector and the collector. The backside heatsink may be aligned with a central axis of the emitter and the base.
Abstract:
In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes an electron tunnel structure. The electron tunnel structure includes a tunneling layer, a channel layer, a source layer, and a drain layer. The tunneling layer and the channel layer are positioned between the source layer and the drain layer. The transistor device further includes a high-k dielectric layer adjacent to the electron tunnel structure.
Abstract:
A method includes biasing a first gate voltage to enable unipolar current to flow from a first region of a transistor to a second region of the transistor according to a field-effect transistor (FET)-type operation. The method also includes biasing a body terminal to enable bipolar current to flow from the first region to the second region according to a bipolar junction transistor (BJT)-type operation. The unipolar current flows concurrently with the bipolar current to provide dual mode digital and analog device in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a multiple time programmable (MTP) device includes forming fins of a first conducting type on a substrate of a second conducting type. The method further includes forming a floating gate dielectric to partially surround the fins. The method also includes forming a floating gate on the floating gate dielectric. The method also includes forming a coupling film on the floating gate and forming a coupling gate on the coupling film.
Abstract:
A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device and methods of formation thereof are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a CMOS device includes a silicon substrate, a dielectric insulator material on the silicon substrate, and an extension layer on the dielectric insulator material. The CMOS device further includes a gate in contact with a channel and in contact with an extension region. The CMOS device also includes a source in contact with the extension region and a drain in contact with the extension region. The extension region includes a first region in contact with the source and the gate and includes a second region in contact with the drain and the gate.
Abstract:
A system (305) includes a first park circuit (310) having a signal input (312), an output (314), and a control input (316). The system also includes a first signal path (320) having an input (322) and an output (324), wherein the input of the first signal path is coupled to the output of the first park circuit. The system also includes a second park circuit (330) having a signal input (332), an output (334), and a control input (336), wherein the signal input of the second park circuit is coupled to the output of the first signal path. The system further includes a second signal path (340) having an input (342) and an output (344), wherein the input of the second signal path is coupled to the output of the second park circuit.
Abstract:
An exemplary high performance P-type field-effect transistor (PFET) fabricated on a silicon (Si) germanium (Ge) (SiGe) buffer layer with a SiGe source (211S) and drain (211D) having a Ge percentage higher than a threshold that causes dislocations at a Si substrate interface is disclosed. A source and drain including a Ge percentage above a 45% threshold provide increased compressive strain in the channel for higher performance of the PFET. Dislocations are avoided in the lattices of the source and drain by forming the PFET (200) on a SiGe buffer layer (214) rather than directly on a Si substrate (216) and the SiGe buffer layer has a percentage of Ge less than a percentage of Ge in the source and drain. In one example, a lattice of the buffer layer is relaxed by implanting dislocations at an interface of the buffer layer and the Si substrate and annealing the buffer layer.
Abstract:
A gate-all-around (GAA) transistor (304, 306) has an insulator (314) on a substrate (302). The GAA transistor also may have different crystalline structures for P-type work material and N-type work material. The GAA transistor includes one or more channels (308-1, 308-2, 308-3, 310-1, 310-2, 310-3) positioned between a source region (324, 328) and a drain (326, 330) region. The one or more channels, which may be nanowire, nanosheet, or nanoslab semiconductors, are surrounded along a longitudinal axis by gate material (312). At a first end of the channel is a source region and at an opposite end of the channel is a drain region. To reduce parasitic capacitance between a bottom gate section (322) and a substrate, an insulator (314) is added on the substrate, which may be covered by layers (318, 320) from the gate stack. Further improvements may be made in performance of a circuit having both P-type work material and N-type work material by providing different crystalline lattice structures for the work material.