Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes the steps of covering a gate electrode patterned on a substrate with a gate insulating film, forming an organic semiconductor layer and an electrode film on the gate insulating film in that lamination order, and forming a negative type photoresist film on the substrate provided with the organic semiconductor layer and the electrode film and forming a resist pattern, which serves as a mask for forming a source-drain by etching the electrode film, through back surface exposure from the substrate side by using the gate electrode as a light-shielding mask and the following development treatment.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and process for producing same are provided. The process for producing a semiconductor device includes a first embossing step of pressing a stamp having a relief pattern onto a surface of a substrate to form a depression pattern on the surface of the substrate; a second step of feeding an application material composed of a semiconductor material or a conductive material into the depression pattern by printing; and a third step of curing the application material fed by printing.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device enabling word lines to be arranged at close intervals, comprising a plurality of memory transistors arranged in an array and a plurality of word lines serving also as gate electrodes of memory transistors in a same row, extending in a row direction, and repeating in a column direction, where insulating films are formed between the plurality of word lines to insulate and isolate the word lines from each other and where a dimension of separation of word lines is defined by the thickness of the insulating films.
Abstract:
The memory device has a plurality of dielectric films including charge storage layers CS having a charge holding capability therein and stacked on an active region of a semiconductor SUB and electrodes G on the plurality of dielectric films. Each charge storage layer CS includes a first nitride film CS1 made of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride and a second nitride film CS2 made of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride and having a higher charge trap density than the first nitride film CS1. The first nitride film CS1 is formed by chemical vapor deposition using a first gas which contains a first silicon-containing gas containing chlorine with a predetermined percent composition and a nitrogen-containing gas as starting materials. The second nitride film CS2 is formed by chemical vapor deposition using a second gas which contains a second silicon-containing gas having a lower chlorine percent composition than the above predetermined percent composition and a nitrogen-containing gas as starting materials.
Abstract:
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprising a first conductive semiconductor having steps on a surface thereof, a second conductive semiconductor region formed on an upper portion and a bottom portion of each of the steps and being separated in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the first conductive semiconductor to function as a source or a drain, a gate dielectric film containing therein charge storage means which is spatially discrete and being formed on the first conductive semiconductor so as to coat at least a sidewall of each of the steps, and a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film. Accordingly, there are provided a non-volatile semiconductor memory device which suffers almost no deterioration in the properties and can perform the operation of recording of 2 bits per unit memory device even when the size of the semiconductor memory device in the semiconductor substrate is scaled down, and a process for fabricating the non-volatile semiconductor memory device.
Abstract:
A method is provided for forming a semiconductor thin film which is free from damage to the film with radiation of a pulse laser beam with the optimum energy value for perfect polycrystallization. For forming an amorphous silicon thin film, a surface of a plastic substrate as a base and insulating layers are each radiated with a pulse laser beam for removing volatile contaminants like a resist as a pretreatment. Damage to the film caused by a gas emitted from the base substrate and the insulating layers resulting from volatile contaminants is thus prevented. A protective layer including a gas barrier layer and a refractory buffer layer is formed on the substrate. Gas penetration from the substrate to the amorphous silicon film is thereby prevented. Conduction of heat produced by energy beam radiation to the substrate is prevented as well. It is possible to increase energy intensity of energy beam radiated for polycrystallization of the amorphous silicon film to the optimal value for perfect polycrystallization.
Abstract:
While a storage region 15 has of many dispersed particulates (dots) (15a), the surface density of the particulates (15a) is set to be higher than that of structural holes (pin holes) produced in a tunnel insulating film (14a), or the number of the particulates (15a) in the storage region (15) is set to five or more. While a conduction region (13c) is formed by a polysilicon layer (13) having a surface roughness of 0.1 nm to 100 nm, the number of the particulates (15a) in the storage region (15) is set to be larger than the number of crystal grains in the conduction region (13c). Even when a defect such as a pin hole occurs in the tunnel insulating film (14a) and charges stored in a part of the particulates are leaked, the charges stored in the particulates formed in a region where no defect occurs are not leaked. Thus, information can be held for a long time.
Abstract:
The memory device has a plurality of dielectric films including charge storage layers CS having a charge holding capability therein and stacked on an active region of a semiconductor SUB and electrodes G on the plurality of dielectric films. Each charge storage layer CS includes a first nitride film CS1 made of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride and a second nitride film CS2 made of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride and having a higher charge trap density than the first nitride film CS1. The first nitride film CS1 is formed by chemical vapor deposition using a first gas which contains a first silicon-containing gas containing chlorine with a predetermined percent composition and a nitrogen-containing gas as starting materials. The second nitride film CS2 is formed by chemical vapor deposition using a second gas which contains a second silicon-containing gas having a lower chlorine percent composition than the above predetermined percent composition and a nitrogen-containing gas as starting materials.
Abstract:
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprising a first conductive semiconductor having steps on a surface thereof, a second conductive semiconductor region formed on an upper portion and a bottom portion of each of the steps and being separated in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the first conductive semiconductor to function as a source or a drain, a gate dielectric film containing therein charge storage means which is spatially discrete and being formed on the first conductive semiconductor so as to coat at least a sidewall of each of the steps, and a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film. Accordingly, there are provided a non-volatile semiconductor memory device which suffers almost no deterioration in the properties and can perform the operation of recording of 2 bits per unit memory device even when the size of the semiconductor memory device in the semiconductor substrate is scaled down, and a process for fabricating the non-volatile semiconductor memory device.
Abstract:
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprising a first conductive semiconductor having steps on a surface thereof, a second conductive semiconductor region formed on an upper portion and a bottom portion of each of the steps and being separated in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the first conductive semiconductor to function as a source or a drain, a gate dielectric film containing therein charge storage means which is spatially discrete and being formed on the first conductive semiconductor so as to coat at least a sidewall of each of the steps, and a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film. Accordingly, there are provided a non-volatile semiconductor memory device which suffers almost no deterioration in the properties and can perform the operation of recording of 2 bits per unit memory device even when the size of the semiconductor memory device in the semiconductor substrate is scaled down, and a process for fabricating the non-volatile semiconductor memory device.