摘要:
Provision of a body control contact adjacent a transistor and between the transistor and a contact to the substrate or well in which the transistor is formed allows connection and disconnection of the substrate of the transistor to and from a zero (ground) or substantially arbitrary low voltage in accordance with control signals applied to the gate of the transistor to cause the transistor to exhibit a variable threshold which maintains good performance at low supply voltages and reduces power consumption/dissipation which is particularly advantageous in portable electronic devices. Floating body effects (when the transistor substrate in disconnected from a voltage source in the “on” state) are avoided since the substrate is discharged when the transistor is switched to the “off” state. The transistor configuration can be employed with both n-type and p-type transistors which may be in complementary pairs.
摘要:
A silicon oxide film 102, a Pt film 103x, a Ti film 104x and a PZT film 105x are deposited in this order over a Si substrate 101. The Si substrate 101 is placed in a chamber 106 so that the PZT film 105x is irradiated with an EHF wave 108. The irradiation with the EHF wave locally heats a dielectric film such as the PZT film. As a result, it is possible to improve, for example, the leakage property of the dielectric film without adversely affecting a device formed on the Si substrate 101.
摘要:
Prior known static random access memory (SRAM) cells are required that a diffusion layer be bent into a key-like shape in order to make electrical contact with a substrate with a P-type well region formed therein, which would result in a decrease in asymmetry leading to occurrence of a problem as to the difficulty in micro-patterning. To avoid this problem, the P-type well region in which an inverter making up an SRAM cell is formed is subdivided into two portions, which are disposed on the opposite sides of an N-type well region NW1 and are formed so that a diffusion layer forming a transistor has no curvature while causing the layout direction to run in a direction parallel to well boundary lines and bit lines. At intermediate locations of an array, regions for use in supplying power to the substrate are formed in parallel to word lines in such a manner that one regions is provided per group of thirty two memory cell rows or sixty four cell rows.
摘要:
A high-speed flat panel display having a long lifetime. Thin film transistors in a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels are contacted differently from thin film transistors in driving circuit portions for driving the pixels, thereby enhancing luminance uniformity and reducing power consumption. The thin film transistors each have a channel region and a body contact region for applying a predetermined voltage to the channel region. At least one thin film transistor in the pixel portion is a source-body contact thin film transistor having the body contact region connected to one of source and drain electrodes so that the predetermined voltage can be provided to the channel region. Each thin film transistor in the driving circuit portion is a gate-body contact thin film transistor having the body contact region connected to the gate electrode so that a predetermined voltage can be provided to the channel region.
摘要:
The present invention provides a dynamic threshold (DT) CMOS FET and a method for forming the same that results in improved device performance and density. The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a DT CMOS FET with a short, low resistance connection between the gate and the body and with low body-source/drain capacitance. The low body-source/drain capacitance is achieved using a thin, fin-type body. The low resistance connection between the gate and the body contact is achieved by having the gate and body contact aligned on opposite long sides of the fin with a bridge over the top of the narrow fin electrically connecting the gate and body.
摘要:
A silicon oxide film 102, a Pt film 103x, a Ti film 104x and a PZT film 105x are deposited in this order over a Si substrate 101. The Si substrate 101 is placed in a chamber 106 so that the PZT film 105x is irradiated with an EHF wave 108. The irradiation with the EHF wave locally heats a dielectric film such as the PZT film. As a result, it is possible to improve, for example, the leakage property of the dielectric film without adversely affecting a device formed on the Si substrate 101.
摘要:
Prior known static random access memory (SRAM) cells are required that a diffusion layer be bent into a key-like shape in order to make electrical contact with a substrate with a P-type well region formed therein, which would result in a decrease in asymmetry leading to occurrence of a problem as to the difficulty in micro-patterning. To avoid this problem, the P-type well region in which an inverter making up an SRAM cell is formed is subdivided into two portions, which are disposed on the opposite sides of an N-type well region NW1 and are formed so that a diffusion layer forming a transistor has no curvature while causing the layout direction to run in a direction parallel to well boundary lines and bit lines. At intermediate locations of an array, regions for use in supplying power to the substrate are formed in parallel to word lines in such a manner that one regions is provided per group of thirty two memory cell rows or sixty four cell rows.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing a body contact in a silicon-on-insulator field effect transistor device. A SOI field effect transistor is provided having a body contact having a predefined resistance that provides a higher device threshold voltage in the SOI FET device. A body of the SOI field effect transistor is connected to the gate of the SOI field effect transistor. The body gate connection of the SOI field effect transistor effectively lowers the device threshold voltage due to body bias effect. The SOI field effect transistor with a body connected to the gate of the SOI field effect transistor is used in circuits having stacked devices and DC currents. The SOI field effect transistor with a body connected to the gate of the SOI field effect transistor also is used in analog circuits with device matching requirements and in circuits having a low voltage power supply.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises an Si substrate, an isolation insulating film formed on the Si substrate, an Si layer formed on the Si substrate, a gate oxide film formed on the Si layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate oxide film, a sidewall formed on the side face of the gate electrode, a gate silicide film formed on the gate electrode, source and drain regions formed at both the sides of the gate electrode and including a part of the Si layer, and a silicide film formed on the source and drain regions. Because the source and drain regions are formed on a layer-insulating film so as to be overlayed, it is possible to decrease the active region and cell area of a device. Thereby, a high-speed operation and high integration can be realized.
摘要:
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate; device isolation regions provided in the semiconductor substrate; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer provided between the device isolation regions; a gate insulating layer provided on an active region of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating layer; gate electrode side wall insulating layers provided on side walls of the gate electrode; and second conductivity type semiconductor layers provided adjacent to the gate electrode side wall insulating layers so as to cover a portion of the corresponding device isolation region, the second conductivity type semiconductor layers acting as a source region and/or a drain region. The gate electrode and the first conductivity type semiconductor layer are electrically connected to each other. The second conductivity type semiconductor layers are provided above the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and have a thickness which gradually increases from the device isolation region toward the gate electrode.