Abstract:
A high-density plasma process (300) is proposed for depositing a layer of Silicon Nitride on a substrate in a plasma reactor. The process includes the steps of: providing (242-255) a gas including precursor components of the Silicon Nitride, generating a plasma applying (220-225) a radio-frequency (RF) power to the gas, and the plasma reacting (260) with the substrate to deposit the layer of Silicon Nitride. In the process of the invention, the total power applied to the gas is in the range from 2.5KW to 4KW, with two different RF power sources (power ratio = 2.1 to 2.5).
Abstract:
An integrated transformer (105; 205) integrated transformer comprises a primary winding (135) and a secondary winding (140), of metallic material and having a spiral planar arrangement comprising a corresponding plurality of coils (137; 142). A dielectric portion (145) of dielectric material is arranged between the primary winding and the secondary winding. A field plate winding (150) is electrically coupled with the primary winding. The field plate winding comprises at least one field plate coil (152a) having a lateral extension ( xa ) greater than a lateral extension (xb) of a primary outer coil (137a) of the primary winding with the at least one field plate coil superimposed, in plan view, to the primary outer coil of the primary winding. The field plate winding is configured to mutually separate equipotential surfaces of an operating electric field ( E1; E2 ) at a secondary winding facing edge (139) of the primary outer coil of the primary winding.
Abstract:
Process for manufacturing a non volatile electronic device integrated on a semiconductor substrate (2) which comprises a plurality of non volatile memory cells (1) being organised in matrix and an associated circuitry, comprising the steps of: - forming gate electrodes (7) of the memory cells (1) projecting from the semiconductor substrate (2), each of the gate electrodes (7) comprising a first dielectric layer (3), a floating gate electrode (4), a second dielectric layer (5) and a control gate electrode (6) coupled to a respective word line, at least one first portion of the gate electrodes (7) of the memory cells (1) being separated from each other by first openings (15) of a first width (D), - forming source and drain regions (8) of the memory cells (1) in the semiconductor substrate (2), the source and drain regions (8) of the memory cells (1) being aligned with the gate electrodes (7) of the memory cells (1), - forming gate electrodes of transistors of the circuitry projecting from the semiconductor substrate (2), each of the gate electrodes of the circuitry comprising a first dielectric layer of the circuitry and a first conductive layer of the circuitry, - forming source and drain regions of the transistors in the semiconductor substrate (2), the source and drain regions of the transistors being aligned with the gate electrodes (7) of the transistors, the process being characterised in that it comprises the following steps:
- depositing, on the whole device, a third non conform dielectric layer (10) so as to completely fill in the first openings (15) and to form air-gaps (16) between the gate electrodes belonging to the first portion of the gate electrodes (7) of the memory cells (1).