Abstract:
A semiconductor fabrication method comprises steps of providing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench in the semiconductor substrate. The trench comprises a side wall which includes {100} side wall surfaces and {110} side wall surfaces. The semiconductor structure further includes a blocking layer on the {100} side wall surfaces and the {110} side wall surfaces. The method further comprises the steps of removing portions of the blocking layer on the {110} side wall surfaces without removing portions of the blocking layer on the {100} side wall surfaces such that the {110} side wall surfaces are exposed to a surrounding ambient.
Abstract:
A DRAM memory cell and process sequence for fabricating a dense (20 or 18 square) layout is fabricated with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. Specifically, the present invention provides a dense, high-performance SRAM cell replacement that is compatible with existing SOI CMOS technologies. Various gain cell layouts are known in the art. The present invention improves on the state of the art by providing a dense layout that is fabricated with SOI CMOS. In general terms, the memory cell includes a first transistor provided with a gate, a source, and a drain respectively; a second transistor having a first gate, a second gate, a source, and a drain respectively; and a capacitor having a first terminal, wherein the first terminal of said capacitor and the second gate of said second transistor comprise a single entity.
Abstract:
A structure and method of forming a body contact for a semiconductor-on-insulator trench device. The method including: forming set of mandrels on a top surface of a substrate, each mandrel of the set of mandrels arranged on a different corner of a polygon and extending above the top surface of the substrate, a number of mandrels in the set of mandrels equal to a number of corners of the polygon; forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of each mandrel of the set of mandrels, sidewalls spacers of each adjacent pair of mandrels merging with each other and forming a unbroken wall defining an opening in an interior region of the polygon, a region of the substrate exposed in the opening; etching a contact trench in the substrate in the opening; and filling the contact trench with an electrically conductive material to form the contact.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit is provided which includes a memory having multiple ports per memory cell for accessing a data bit within each of a plurality of the memory cells. Such memory includes an array of memory cells in which each memory cell includes a plurality of capacitors (102) connected together as a unitary source of capacitance. A first access transistor (104) is coupled between a first one of the plurality of capacitors and a first bitline and a second access transistor (106) is coupled between a second one of the plurality of capacitors and a second bitline. In each memory cell, a gate of the first access transistor is connected to a first wordline and a gate of the second access transistor is connected to a second wordline.
Abstract:
A DRAM memory cell and process sequence for fabricating a dense (20 or 18 square) layout is fabricated with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. Specifically, the present invention provides a dense, high-performance SRAM cell replacement that is compatible with existing SOI CMOS technologies. Various gain cell layouts are known in the art. The present invention improves on the state of the art by providing a dense layout that is fabricated with SOI CMOS. In general terms, the memory cell includes a first transistor provided with a gate, a source, and a drain respectively; a second transistor having a first gate, a second gate, a source, and a drain respectively; and a capacitor having a first terminal, wherein the first terminal of said capacitor and the second gate of said second transistor comprise a single entity.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit is provided which includes a memory (100) having multiple ports per memory cell for accessing a data bit with each of a plurality of the memory cells. Such memory includes an array of memory cells in which each memory cell includes a plural of capacitors (102) connected together as a unitary source of capacitance (S). A first access transistor (104) is coupled between a firs one of the plurality of capacitors and a first bitline (RBL) and a second access transistor (106) is coupled between a second one of th plurality of capacitors and a second bitline (WBL) In each memory cell, a gate of the first access transistor (104) is connected to a fi wordline (RWL) and a gate of the second access transistor (106) is connected to a second wordline (WWL)
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a field effect transistor (FET) including a source side semiconductor, a drain side semiconductor, and a gate. SOLUTION: The source side semiconductor is made of a high-mobility semiconductor material, and the drain side semiconductor is made of a low-leakage semiconductor material. According to one embodiment, the FET is a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). A method for manufacturing the FET is also provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT