Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a single transistor memory cell having the characteristics of a conventional SRAM and a flash memory. SOLUTION: In the memory circuit including at least one memory cell made of a single transistor, an insulating layer is formed between the gate and the channel regions of the transistor so that the insulating layer is parallel with each of the surfaces of the regions; a continuum of potential wells which are arranged with certain distances separated from the gate and the channel region, is formed in the insulating layer. Since the potential wells can include charges, two memory states concerning the memory cell state, i.e. "0"state, and "1" state can be defined by moving the charges to a first entrapping region direction next to the source region, or a second entrapping region direction next to the drain region. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method for a transistor with a germanium-rich channel and fully-depleted type architecture that can be easily manufactured on an arbitrary substrate and that can easily control the formation of the channel. SOLUTION: The manufacturing method for a MOS transistor comprises (a) a step to form a half-conductive interlayer 6 containing alloy of silicon and germanium on a substrate 2, (b) step to manufacture the source region, drain region and insulating gate regions 11, 12 and 9 of the transistor on the interlayer 6, and (c) step to oxidize the interlayer 6 starting with the bottom surface of the interlayer 6 to raise the concentration of germanium within the channel of the transistor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated semiconductor memory device having hybrid performance. SOLUTION: The integrated semiconductor memory device is provided with an integrated memory structure CH2 provided with a semiconductor layer surrounded by an isolation layer, lying between the source region S and the drain region D of a transistor and inserted between the channel region of the transistor and its control gate. The semiconductor layer included two potential well zones Z1 and Z3 separated by a potential barrier zone Z2 lying beneath the control gate of the transistor. Write means Vg and Vds bias the memory structure so as to confine charge carriers selectively in one or other of the two potential well zones, and read means Vg and Vd bias the memory structure so as to detect, for example by measuring the drain current of the transistor, the presence of charge carriers in one or other of the potential wells.
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 concerns a method which consists in forming on a substrate (1) coated with a dielectric material layer (3) provided with a window (3a), a stack of successive layers alternately of germanium or SiGe alloy (4, 6, 8) and polycrystalline silicon (5, 7, 9); selective partial elimination of the germanium or SiGe alloy layers, to form an tree-like structure; forming a thin layer of dielectric material (10) on the tree-like structure; and coating the tree-like structure with polycrystalline silicon (11). The invention is useful for making dynamic random-access memories.
Abstract:
The method involves forming an intermediate semiconductor layer (6) above a substrate (2), where the layer contains an alloy of silicon and germanium. Source, drain and insulated gate regions (11,12,9) of a MOS transistor are formed above the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is oxidized from a lower surface of the layer for increasing concentration of germanium in a channel of the transistor.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication d'un transistor MOS comprenant :a) la formation, au-dessus d'un substrat 2, d'une couche semiconductrice intermédiaire 6 contenant un alliage de silicium et de germanium,b) la réalisation des régions 11, 12, 9 de source, de drain et de grille isolée du transistor, au-dessus de la couche intermédiaire 6,c) l'oxydation de la couche intermédiaire 6 à partir de sa surface inférieure de façon à augmenter la concentration de germanium dans le canal du transistor.
Abstract:
The microresonator has a resonant unit (160) made from monocrystalline silicon, and activation electrodes (120, 121) positioned close to the resonant unit. The unit (160) is placed in an opening in a semiconductor layer (110) that covers a substrate (100). The electrodes (120, 121) are formed in the layer and leveled with the opening. The unit (160) is in the shape of mushroom whose leg is fixed on the substrate. An independent claim is also included for a method of fabricating a microresonator.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un microrésonateur comprenant un élément résonant (160) en silicium monocristallin et au moins une électrode d'activation (120, 121) placée à proximité de l'élément résonant, dans lequel l'élément résonant est placé dans une ouverture d'une couche semiconductrice (110) recouvrant un substrat (100), l'électrode d'activation étant formée dans la couche semiconductrice et affleurant au niveau de l'ouverture.