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 production of an electronic component consists of: (a) covering the surface (S) of a substrate (100) with a portion (P) delimiting with the substrate a volume (V) filled at least partially with a temporary material; (b) evacuating the temporary material from the volume by a shaft (C) extending between the volume and an access surface; (c) introducing an electrical conducting filling material (7) into the volume from some precursors fed via the shaft. Independent claims are also included for: (1) a field effect transistor with a gate produced by this method; (2) an electronic device incorporating such a transistor.
Abstract:
The production of an electronic component consists of: (a) covering the surface (S) of a substrate (100) with a portion (P) delimiting with the substrate a volume (V) filled at least partially with a temporary material; (b) evacuating the temporary material from the volume by a shaft (C) extending between the volume and an access surface; (c) introducing an electrical conducting filling material (7) into the volume from some precursors fed via the shaft. Independent claims are also included for: (1) a field effect transistor with a gate produced by this method; (2) an electronic device incorporating such a transistor.
Abstract:
The device comprises a semiconductor substrate (SB), a base insulator layer (BOX) formed on the substrate, a semiconductor channel region extending in longitudinal direction and enveloping the channel region. The regions of source (S), channel (CN) and drain (D) are formed in a continuous semiconductor layer (200) which is substantially flat and parallel to the upper surface of the substrate (SB), and the region of source, drain and gate (80) are encapsulated so to ensure an electrical insulation between the gate region and the regions of source and drain, and also between the substrate and the regions of source, drain, gate and channel. The thickness of the continuous semiconductor layer (200) is of the order of tens of nanometers. The gate region (80) is continuous, or formed of upper layer and lower parts separated by a dielectric layer. Independent claims are also included for: (1) an integrated circuit comprising the semiconductor device; and (2) a method for manufacturing the device comprising the formation of the base insulator layer, the formation of a silicon layer encapsulated between two layers, anisotropic etching, selective isotropic etching, filling tunnels with dielectric material, anisotropic etching, total selective etching of the remainders of encapsulation layers, oxidation of remainder of silicon layer, and filling spaces resulting from etching with the gate material.
Abstract:
The production of an electronic component consists of: (a) covering the surface (S) of a substrate (100) with a portion (P) delimiting with the substrate a volume (V) filled at least partially with a temporary material; (b) evacuating the temporary material from the volume by a shaft (C) extending between the volume and an access surface; (c) introducing an electrical conducting filling material (7) into the volume from some precursors fed via the shaft. Independent claims are also included for: (1) a field effect transistor with a gate produced by this method; (2) an electronic device incorporating such a transistor.
Abstract:
The device comprises a semiconductor substrate (SB), a base insulator layer (BOX) formed on the substrate, a semiconductor channel region extending in longitudinal direction and enveloping the channel region. The regions of source (S), channel (CN) and drain (D) are formed in a continuous semiconductor layer (200) which is substantially flat and parallel to the upper surface of the substrate (SB), and the region of source, drain and gate (80) are encapsulated so to ensure an electrical insulation between the gate region and the regions of source and drain, and also between the substrate and the regions of source, drain, gate and channel. The thickness of the continuous semiconductor layer (200) is of the order of tens of nanometers. The gate region (80) is continuous, or formed of upper layer and lower parts separated by a dielectric layer. Independent claims are also included for: (1) an integrated circuit comprising the semiconductor device; and (2) a method for manufacturing the device comprising the formation of the base insulator layer, the formation of a silicon layer encapsulated between two layers, anisotropic etching, selective isotropic etching, filling tunnels with dielectric material, anisotropic etching, total selective etching of the remainders of encapsulation layers, oxidation of remainder of silicon layer, and filling spaces resulting from etching with the gate material.
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.