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PURPOSE:To decrease the gate length of a gate electrode, reduce the gate resistance, and realize low noise and high frequency operation, by sticking electrode material of source and drain from above a gate electrode by using it as a mask, and forming electrodes in a selfalignment manner wherein one side wall is used as the source electrode and the opposite side is used as the drain electrode. CONSTITUTION:A material layer 3 and a first metal layer 4 having desired width W are stuck and formed on a semiconductor substrate 12. A second metal layer 8 is stuck so as to bridge one side wall 3a of the material layer 3, one side wall 4a of the first metal layer 4, and the upper layer 4b of the first metal layer 4. A gate electrode 48 which has width WG nallower than the width W and bond to the semiconductor substrate 12 is formed by controlling the thickness of a gate forming part 8a of the metal layer 8. Electrode materials 10 and 11 of source and drain are stuck from above the gate electrode 48 by using them as a mask, and electrodes are formed in the selfalignment manner wherein one side wall is used as the source electrode, and the opposite side is used as the drain electrode. Thereby the gate length of the gate electrode 48 is decreased, the gate resistance is reduced, high frequency characteristics are improved, and low noise performance is realized.
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PURPOSE:To enable uniform fat zero to be introduced into a two-phase CCD charge transfer device by implanting a charge QA' into the bits of each register by the so-called CCD transfer, and then pushing up the potential to cause excess charges to be emitted into the substrate, thereby making the remaining bias charges to fat zero. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of transfer electrodes 3 are arranged and formed along charge transfer direction (a) on one surface of a P-type silicon substrate 1 through a gate insulation film 2 composed of SiO2 or the like, whereby a CCD transfer portion also acting as a photo detector portion is constructed. The respective transfer electrodes 3 are alternately connected in common and applied with clock voltages phi1 and phi2, respectively. In order to introduce fat zero, within the vertical blanking period, a first gate voltage G1 and a second gate voltage G2 are simultaneously applied to a first input gate electrode 7 and a second input gate electrode 8, respectively, and a charge of a quantity somewhat greater than the quantity of the bias charge of fat zero is sequentially introduced from the diffusion layer of the input portion applied with an input voltage VIN to below the next electrode to receive light.
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PURPOSE:To eliminate disconnection or other defects due to steps in an uneven surface, and thereby to improve reliability, by a method wherein a first, second, and third semiconductor layers contribute to the construction of a double heterojunction structure, ions are implanted selectively into the third semiconductor layer, and a gate region is formed in a portion outside the area modified to be equipped with high resistance. CONSTITUTION:On the primary surface of an undoped semi-insulating, single crystal substrate S0, a first semiconductor layer 11, second semicondujctor layer 12, and third semiconductor layer 13 are epitaxially grown, in that order. A first heterojunction JH1 is formed between the second and third semiconductor layers 12 and 13, and a second heterojunction JH2 is formed between the second and third semiconductor layers 12 and 13. Onto a region (a), located in the third semiconductor layer 13 and to be occupied by a DH-MIS-FET, a photoresist mask 21 for ion implantation is applied, source/drain regions 4, 5 are formed to be subjected to exposure and development, and then implantation is accomplished of, for example, boron ions B for the formation of a high resistance layer 22. The masking layer 23 is removed, annealing is performed, and then activation is accomplished of the source/drain regions 4, 5.
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PURPOSE:To effectively neutralize the effect of the re-distribution of a channel region into an interface attributable to doping and to constitute FETs excellent in uniformity and reproducibility by a method wherein a double heterojunction structure is adopted the two junctions are provided with like barriers. CONSTITUTION:A first heterojunction JH1 is formed between a third and second semiconductor layers 3 and 2, and a second heterojunction JH2 is formed between the second and first semiconductor layer 2 and 1. Because the first and third semiconductor layers 1 and 3 sandwiching the second semiconductor layer 2 are made of a chemical semiconductor GaAs, the first and second heterojunctions are provided with barriers approximately of the same height. The second semiconductor layer 2 is depleted when this DH-MIS-FET 7 is in operation, when a channel 6 of a 2DEG layer is formed on a side of the second heterojunction JH2 facing the first semiconductor layer 1 or the GaAs. By using this design, a high-speed FET may be realized, owing to the channel 6 formed of 2DEG in the undoped first semiconductor layer 1.
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PURPOSE:To obtain a picture element with high density by forming junction type overflow drain regions on separating regions which are used for separating transfer regions. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of N type transfer regions 22 which are partitioned by P type separating regions 21 are formed in a P type Si substrate 20. A shallow N type separating region 23 is formed in each region 22. A highly concentrated P type overflow drain region 24 is formed corresponding to each region 23. In this constitution, a specific bias voltage is applied to the region 24 during the period of light receiving. When the overflow begins due to the excessive reception of the light during the light receiving period, the electric charges flow from one region 22 to the adjacent region 22. When the adjacent region 22 is overflowed, the excessive charges are absorbed by the region 24 as minority carriers, and a stable state is obtained. During the charge transfer period, the P-N junction is reversedly biased by raising the potential at the region 24 to the zero side, the potential at the region 23 is raised, and the right and left regions 22 are separated. Under this state, the signal charges can be excellently transferred.
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PURPOSE:To eliminate a defect in a picture in a solid state image pickup element by enhancing the potential barrier of a channel stopper at the charge transfer time higher than that at the charge storage time, thereby completely transferring the full signal charge stored in the picture elements. CONSTITUTION:N type layer 21 and N type layers 9 are formed at the prescribed interval on a P type Si substrate 6, and a polysilicon layer 13 is formed via a gate insulating film 10. Ions are injected via the mask 13 to form a channel 7 and an N type channel stopper 8. An SiO214 is formed on the layer 13, a transfer electrode 11 is formed, and an objective solid state image pickup element is obtained. With this construction, it has electrodes 13 independently controllable, the balance of the maximum charge storage amount of each channel 7 can be maintained, and when the barrier potential is maintained at lower during the storage period and at higher during the transfer period, defect in the picture can be, even if there is an irregularity in each barrier potential at the storage time, avoided.
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PURPOSE:To form a crystal region featuring the desired face azimuth differnt from the substrate on the semiconductor substrate selectively. CONSTITUTION:Al evaporation layer 11a and 11b of about 30mum are formed selectively on Si substrate 10 of about 300mum thick featuring the {111} face, and then Si bar 13 featuring the {100} and {110} faces is put on the layers physically. The whole test sample is kept at average temperatures 1000-1050 deg.C, and about 1-hour process is given in the vacuum atmosphere with an inclination of about 100 deg.C/cm so that the bar plate side may feature a higher temperature than the Si substrate side. Thus, Al layer 11 is shifted by the heat. Then Si bar 12 and 13 plus layer 11a and 11b shifted to the back of the substrate by the heat are deleted, and thus region A, B and C are turned to the single crystals featuring the face azimuth of {111}, {100} and {110} respectively. This can be applied also to the poly-crystal substrate. In this method, the face azimuth suited to the function of each element can be formed within a sheet of the wafer, thus forming an excellent LSI.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly start mutual video or audio communication. SOLUTION: On a display 41 of a communication apparatus 1-1 that a user A utilizes, slave pictures 151-153 for displaying received user disclosure information are superimposed and displayed on the right side of video of contents under reproduction. As indicated on an expansion window W, the slave picture 151 displays thereon a user's thumbnail image 161, information on the number of users (two users) utilizing the communication apparatus, a contents name "BS11ch" 163 being viewed on the communication apparatus, and video 164 of the contents that are stored as user setting information in the communication apparatus utilized by the users of session target members and further permitted to be disclosed for the user A. The present invention may be applied to a communication system that supports remote communication between users. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow people in remote places to enjoy simultaneous playback of various contents while promoting the protection of copyright and privacy. SOLUTION: A copyright authenticating part 112 determines whether or not contents are usable on the basis of copyright restriction information added to the contents and license information stored in a license storage part 62, and controls a charging process part 114 according to the determination result to perform a charging process in cooperation with an authentication server. A privacy authentication part 115 determines whether or not the contents are usable according to privacy restriction information added to the contents and privacy information and controls a permission request processing part 117 according to the determination result to implement a communication process in cooperation with a communication device having the right to manage the privacy of the contents. The apparatus is applicable to a communication system that supports distant communication between users. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To implement a predetermined process based on how speakers in remote locations match in body or hand motion. SOLUTION: In a step S11, an image of a user A is inputted. In a step S12, identification data including a motion vector, the point of generation thereof, and the trajectory thereof are obtained from the image of the user A. In a step S13, a matching database is referred to so as to specify a motion command that matches the identification data. In a step S15, a determination is made as to whether or not the motion command of the user A matches the motion command of a user X. In a step S16, action matching each motion command is performed. This invention is applicable to, e.g., a communication device for use between remote places. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI