Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated circuit device having a higher capacitance than a conventional technology, with less required area. SOLUTION: A capacitor is provided on the surface of a substrate 1. A first capacitor electrode comprises a lower part T and a side part S over it. The side part comprises first and second side surfaces, with both side surfaces facing each other while the interval is smaller than the height of the side part. The first side surface is corrugated, with the side surface alternately comprising protruding parts and recessed parts provided along the line on the plane parallel to the substrate surface. A capacitor dielectrics KD is provided on the upper surface of the lower part, on the side opposite to the surface of a substrate and a side part, with a second capacitor electrode F contacting to the capacitor dielectrics KD.
Abstract:
Semiconductor devices having deep trenches with fill material therein having low resistivity are provided along with methods of fabricating such semiconductor devices.
Abstract:
The capacitor is arranged on the surface of a substrate (1). A first capacitor electrode has a middle part (M) and a side part (ST),which point vertically upwards, are arranged beside each other and are connected with each other via an upper part (O) located above said middle part (M) and said side part (ST). The middle part (M) is longer than the side part (ST) and is connected with other components of the circuit arrangement located below said middle part (M) and said side part (ST). The first capacitor electrode is provided with a capacitor dielectric (KD). A second capacitor electrode (P) borders the capacitor dielectric (KD).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a novel method for production of a memory capacitor, embodied as a trench or laminar condenser and is used, in particular, in a DRAM memory cell. Said method comprises the following steps: a lower metallic condenser electrode (13), a storage dielectric (14) and an upper condenser electrode (15) are formed, whereby the lower metallic condenser electrode (13) is formed in a self-justified manner on a silicon base material (1), then a free silicon region is formed in those positions where the lower condenser electrode is to be formed and then metal silicide (13) is formed selectively on the free silicon.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a circuit arrangement comprising a bit line (10), a reference bit line (12), a sense amplifier equipped with two cross-coupled CMOS inverters, each of the latter having an n-channel transistor (20, 22) and a p-channel field effect transistor (30, 32), in addition to two respective voltage sources (40, 42) at the source connections, the voltage source (40) that is connected to the n-channel field effect transistors being traversed by a voltage rising from low to high and the voltage source (42) that is connected to the p-channel field effect transistors (30, 32) being traversed by a voltage reducing from high to low. Said circuit arrangement allows three different charge states to be stored in the memory cell (4) on the bit line (10), if the cut-off voltages (UTH1, UTH2) in the transistors are selected to be greater than half the voltage differential between the lower and upper voltage potential. This can be achieved technically during production or for example by the modification of the substrate bias voltage. The third charge state can be used for binary logic or to detect a defect in the memory cell (4).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a trench condenser for use in a DRAM memory cell and a method for production of said trench condenser. Said trench condenser comprises a lower condenser electrode (10), a memory dielectric (12) and an upper condenser electrode (18), at least partly arranged in a trench (5), whereby the lower condenser electrode (10) lies adjacent to a wall of the trench in the lower region of the trench, whilst in the upper region of the trench, a spacer layer (9), made from an insulating material, is provided adjacent to the wall of the trench. The upper electrode (18) comprises at least two layers (13, 14, 15), of which at least one is metallic, with the proviso that the upper electrode does not comprise two layers of which the lower is tungsten silicide and the upper doped polymeric silicon, whereby the layers (13, 14, 15) of the upper electrode run along the walls and the floor of the trench (5) at least as far as the upper edge of the spacer layer.
Abstract:
A structure on a layer surface of the semiconductor wafer comprises at least one first surface (8,9) area reflecting electromagnetic radiation and at least one second substantially non-reflecting surface area (10,11,12). A transparent insulating layer (13) and a light-sensitive layer are produced on said layer surface. Electromagnetic radiation is directed at the light-sensitive layer at an incident angle &thetas; and the structure of the layer surface is imaged onto the light-sensitive layer with a lateral replacement.
Abstract:
A trench capacitor has a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and a dielectric, which is arranged between the capacitor electrodes. The first capacitor electrode has a tube-like structure, which extends into a substrate. The second capacitor electrode includes a first section which is opposite to the internal side of the tube-like structure, with the dielectric arranged therebetween, and a second section, which is opposite to the external side of the tube-like structure with the dielectric arranged therebetween.
Abstract:
A circuit arrangement includes a bit line ( 10 ), a reference bit line ( 12 ), a sense amplifier with two cross-coupled CMOS inverters, which in each case comprise an n-channel transistor ( 20, 22 ) and a p-channel field-effect transistor ( 30, 32 ), and also, at the respective source terminals, two voltage sources ( 40, 42 ), of which the voltage source ( 40 ) linked to the n-channel field-effect transistors can be driven from a lower through to an upper potential and the voltage source ( 42 ) linked to the p-channel field-effect transistors ( 30, 32 ) can be driven from the upper through to the lower potential. With this circuit arrangement, it is possible to store three different charge states in the memory cell ( 4 ) on the bit line ( 10 ) if the threshold voltages (U TH1 , U TH2 ) at the transistors are chosen to be greater than half the voltage difference between the lower and upper voltage potentials. This can be achieved by production engineering or, for example, by changing the substrate bias voltage. The third charge state can be utilized for binary logic or for detecting a defect in the memory cell ( 4 ).
Abstract:
A structure on a layer surface of the semiconductor wafer comprises at least one first surface (8,9) area reflecting electromagnetic radiation and at least one second substantially non-reflecting surface area (10,11,12). A transparent insulating layer (13) and a light-sensitive layer are produced on said layer surface. Electromagnetic radiation is directed at the light-sensitive layer at an incident angle &thetas; and the structure of the layer surface is imaged onto the light-sensitive layer with a lateral replacement.