Match Document Document Title
7619272 Bi-axial texturing of high-K dielectric films to reduce leakage currents  
The present invention is directed to a method of fabricating a high-K dielectric films having a high degree of crystallographic alignment at grain boundaries of the film. A disclosed method...
7615438 Lanthanide yttrium aluminum oxide dielectric films  
Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus include a lanthanide yttrium aluminum oxide dielectric film on a substrate for use in a variety of electronic systems. The...
7608881 Thin-film device and method of manufacturing same  
A thin-film device comprises: a substrate; a flattening film made of an insulating material and disposed on the substrate; and a capacitor provided on the flattening film. The capacitor...
7602003 Semiconductor device structure for reducing hot carrier effect of MOS transistor  
A semiconductor device structure is described, including a MOS transistor, a silicon-rich silicon nitride layer having a refractive index of about 2.00-2.30, and a dielectric layer. The...
7598559 Semiconductor storage device, manufacturing method therefor, and portable electronic equipment  
A semiconductor storage device has a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type region and two second conductivity type regions separated from each other by the first conductivity type...
7579227 Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same  
A semiconductor device includes: a high dielectric constant gate insulating film formed on an active region in a substrate; a gate electrode formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating...
7576378 Systems and methods for forming metal oxides using metal diketonates and/or ketoimines  
A method of forming (and an apparatus for forming) a metal oxide layer on a substrate, particularly a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, using a vapor deposition process and one or more...
7573084 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same  
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, including a ferroelectric capacitor being stacked a first electrode, a ferroelectric...
7573083 Transistor type ferroelectric memory and method of manufacturing the same  
A transistor type ferroelectric memory including: a substrate; a gate electrode formed above the substrate; a ferroelectric layer formed above the substrate to cover the gate electrode; a source...
7572698 Mitigation of edge degradation in ferroelectric memory devices through plasma etch clean  
A ferroelectric memory device is fabricated while mitigating edge degradation. A bottom electrode is formed over one or more semiconductor layers. A ferroelectric layer is formed over the bottom...
7566938 Deposition of hafnium oxide and/or zirconium oxide and fabrication of passivated electronic structures  
A method of fabricating hafnium oxide and/or zirconium oxide films is provided. The methods include providing a mixture of Hf and/or Zr alkoxide dissolved, emulsified or suspended in a liquid;...
RE40842 Memory elements and methods for making same  
Annular, linear, and point contact structures are described which exhibit a greatly reduced susceptibility to process deviations caused by lithographic and deposition variations than does a...
7544987 High-k dielectric materials and processes for manufacturing them  
High dielectric films of mixed transition metal oxides of titanium and tungsten, or titanium and tantalum, are formed by sequential chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of the respective nitrides and...
7535047 Semiconductor device containing an ultra thin dielectric film or dielectric layer  
An ultra thin dielectric film or dielectric layer on a semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, an oxide layer is formed over a substrate. A silicon-containing material is deposited...
7531863 Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same  
A protective insulating film is deposited over first and second field-effect transistors formed on a semiconductor substrate. A capacitor composed of a capacitor lower electrode, a capacitor...
7528435 Semiconductor constructions  
The invention encompasses methods of forming metal nitride proximate dielectric materials. The metal nitride comprises two portions, with one of the portions being nearer the dielectric material...
7528434 Production process for a semiconductor component with a praseodymium oxide dielectric  
The invention concerns a semiconductor component and an associated production process having a silicon-bearing layer, a praseodymium oxide layer and a mixed oxide layer arranged between the...
7525144 Insulating film and semiconductor device  
An insulating film includes an oxide of a metal selected from Hf and Zr, the oxide being doped by at least one of Ba, Sr and Mg. And the insulating film satisfies the following formula (1): ...
7521745 Semiconductor device reducing leakage across a ferroelectric layer  
A bottom electrode ( 52 ) made of Ir, an initial layer ( 53 ), a core layer ( 54 ) and a termination layer ( 55 ) of a PZT film, and a top electrode ( 56 ) made of IrO 2 , are formed on an...
7517752 Method of fabricating semiconductor device having storage capacitor and higher voltage resistance capacitor and semiconductor device fabricated using the same  
Provided are a method of fabricating a semiconductor device having different kinds of capacitors, and a semiconductor device formed using the same. In a fabrication process, after preparing a...
7514734 Hardmask for forming ferroelectric capacitors in a semiconductor device and methods for fabricating the same  
Hardmasks and fabrication methods are presented for producing ferroelectric capacitors in a semiconductor device, wherein a hardmask comprising aluminum oxide or strontium tantalum oxide is formed...
7511327 Capacitive electrode having semiconductor layers with an interface of separated grain boundaries  
The present invention relates to a structure of a capacitor, in particular using niobium pentoxide, of a semiconductor capacitor memory device. Since niobium pentoxide has a low crystallization...
7511326 ALD of amorphous lanthanide doped TiOx films  
The use of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form an amorphous dielectric layer of titanium oxide (TiO x ) doped with lanthanide elements, such as samarium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, erbium and...
7510983 Iridium/zirconium oxide structure  
Embodiments of an electronic apparatus and embodiments for methods of forming the electronic apparatus include a conductive layer having an iridium-based layer, where the conductive layer is...
7504684 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor  
A semiconductor device comprising a capacitive element which is provided above the semiconductor substrate and which has a capacitive insulation film held between an upper electrode and a lower...
7498628 Capacitor for a semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof  
Disclosed is a capacitor for a semiconductor device, comprising: a lower electrode formed over a predetermined lower structure on a semiconductor substrate; an aluminum oxynitride film formed over...
7495277 Memory circuitry  
The invention includes memory circuitry. In one implementation, memory circuitry includes a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cell capacitors. Individual of the capacitors include a...
7491996 Capacitive element, semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing the capacitive element  
A capacitive element includes a base member 10 , an underlying insulating film 11 formed on the base member 10 , a capacitor Q constructed by forming a lower electrode 13 , a capacitor...
7489000 Capacitor structures with oxynitride layer between capacitor plate and capacitor dielectric layer  
Methods for fuming dielectric layers over polysilicon substrates, useful in the construction of capacitors and other semiconductor circuit components are provided. A self-limiting nitric oxide (NO)...
7485915 Semiconductor device and method having capacitor and capacitor insulating film that includes preset metal element  
A semiconductor device includes a capacitor which includes a capacitor insulating film at least including a first insulating film and a ferroelectric film formed in contact with the first...
7485913 Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same  
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell and a dummy cell. The amount of leakage current per unit area in a capacitor in the dummy cell is larger than that in a capacitor in the memory...
7485503 Dielectric interface for group III-V semiconductor device  
A Group III-V Semiconductor device and method of fabrication is described. A high-k dielectric is interfaced to a confinement region by a chalcogenide region.
7474002 Semiconductor device having dielectric film having aperture portion  
In the semiconductor device having a structure in which a plurality of layers are built-up by layers made of different materials or layers including various formed patterns, it is an object to...
7473949 Ferroelectric capacitor and method of manufacturing the same  
After a step of fabricating a MOS transistor ( 14 ) on a semiconductor substrate ( 11 ) and further steps up to bury a W plug ( 24 ), an Ir film ( 25 a ), an IrO y film ( 25 b ), a PZT film ( 26...
7473652 Organic polymers, electronic devices, and methods  
Organic polymers for use in electronic devices, wherein the polymer includes repeat units of the formula: wherein: each R 1 is independently H, an aryl group, Cl, Br, I, or an organic group...
7470585 Integrated circuit and fabrication process  
An integrated circuit has at least one semiconductor device for storing charge that includes at least one elementary active component and at least one elementary storage capacitor. The device...
7465982 Capacitor structures  
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide alternative materials, and methods of forming such materials, that are effective as dielectric layers. Such embodiments include forming...
7465980 Ferroelectric memory, multivalent data recording method and multivalent data reading method  
A ferroelectric memory device includes a gate electrode formed on a semiconductor body via a ferroelectric film, first and second diffusion regions being formed in the semiconductor body at...
7465976 Tunneling field effect transistor using angled implants for forming asymmetric source/drain regions  
The present invention relates to a Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (TFET). which utilizes angle implantation and amorphization to form asymmetric source and drain regions. The IFET further includes...
7462901 Field effect transistor  
A field effect transistor is provided. The field effect transistor includes a channel region, electrically conductive channel connection regions, and a control region. The electrically conductive...
7459741 Semiconductor memory device  
A semiconductor memory device excellent in data holding characteristics even when a cell area is reduced is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a semiconductor memory...
7456459 Design of low inductance embedded capacitor layer connections  
The present invention discloses capacitors having via connections and electrodes designed such that they provide a low inductance path, thus reducing needed capacitance, while enabling the use of...
7456456 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same  
A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate, a capacitor including a lower electrode disposed above the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric film...
7449742 Memory device with active layer of dendrimeric material  
The present memory device includes first and second electrodes, a passive layer between the first and second electrodes; and an active layer between the first and second electrodes, the active...
7446367 Reliable gap-filling process and apparatus for performing the process in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices  
A reliable gap-filling process is performed in the manufacturing of a semiconductor device. An apparatus for performing the gap-filling process includes a chamber in which a wafer chuck is...
7446363 Capacitor including a percentage of amorphous dielectric material and a percentage of crystalline dielectric material  
The invention comprises integrated circuitry and to methods of forming capacitors. In one implementation, integrated circuitry includes a capacitor having a first capacitor electrode, a second...
7442983 Method for making a semiconductor device having a high-k gate dielectric  
A method for making a semiconductor device is described. That method comprises forming an oxide layer on a substrate, and forming a high-k dielectric layer on the oxide layer. The oxide layer and...
7442982 Capacitor having reaction preventing layer and methods of forming the same  
The present invention is directed to a capacitor having a reaction preventing layer and a method forming the same. A lower electrode of silicon is formed on a substrate. An assistance layer of...
7439105 Metal gate with zirconium  
A gate electrode ( 202 ) for a transistor including a metal gate structure ( 207 ) containing zirconium and a polycrystalline silicon cap ( 209 ) located there over. The metal gate structure ( 207...
7425761 Method of manufacturing a dielectric film in a capacitor  
A method of manufacturing a dielectric layer for a capacitor including sequentially supplying and purging a first and a second precursor material for a first and a second predetermined amount of...