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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6627955 | Structure and method of MOS transistor having increased substrate resistance Structure and fabrication method of a lateral MOS transistor, positioned on the surface of an integrated circuit fabricated in a semiconductor of a first conductivity type, comprising a source and a drain, each having at the surface a region of the opposi... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624451 | High frequency field effect transistor with carrier extraction to reduce intrinsic conduction A field effect transistor (FET) is of the type which employs base biasing to depress the intrinsic contribution to conduction and reduce leakage current. It incorporates four successive layers (102 to 108): a p+ InSb base layer (102), a p+... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6555894 | Device with patterned wells and method for forming same In a semiconductor substrate having a top surface and a PN junction between a first region of one conductivity type formed by masked diffusion into a semiconductor from the surface and a second region of opposite conductivity type formed into a first port... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6507058 | Low threshold compact MOS device with channel region formed by outdiffusion of two regions and method of making same A compact metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device has its channel region formed by the lateral extension of two high voltage (HV) regions. The two HV regions are implanted into a well region and, as a result of an annealing process, undergo outdiffusion an... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6486510 | Reduction of reverse short channel effects by implantation of neutral dopants A FET with reduced reverse short channel effects is described, as well as a method to make said FET. Germanium is implanted throughout a semiconductor substrate at an intensity and dose such that a peak ion concentration is created below the source and dr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6476412 | Light emitting semiconductor device with partial reflection quantum-wave interference layers A semiconductor device is constituted by a quantum-wave interference layer with plural periods of a pair of a first layer W and a second layer B. The second layer B has wider band gap than the first layer W. Each thickness of the first layer W and the sec... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6459141 | Method and apparatus for suppressing the channeling effect in high energy deep well implantation The invention provides an improved well structure for electrically separating n-channel and p-channel MOSFETs. The invention first forms a shallow well in a substrate. A buried amorphous layer is then formed below the shallow well. A deep well is then for... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6358815 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprises a silicon region (1) of the first conductivity type, a porous silicon layer (2) formed inside the silicon region (1) as a buried layer and a source region (3a) and a drain region (4a) of the second conductivity type differ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352912 | Reduction of reverse short channel effects by deep implantation of neutral dopants A FET with reduced reverse short channel effects is described, as well as a method to make said FET. Germanium is implanted throughout a semiconductor substrate at an intensity and dose such that a peak ion concentration is created below the source and dr... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6346463 | Method for forming a semiconductor device with a tailored well profile A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. A base layer is provided. A first epitaxial layer having a first dopant at a first concentration is formed above the base layer. A second epitaxial layer having a second dopant at a second concentra... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6335233 | Method for fabricating MOS transistor A first conductive impurity ion is implanted into a semiconductor substrate to form a well area on which a gate electrode is formed. A first non-conductive impurity is implanted into the well area on both sides of the gate electrode to control a substrate... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6316813 | Semiconductor device with insulated gate transistor An insulated gate transistor comprises source regions; drain regions; channel regions provided between the source and drain regions; a gate electrode; and gate insulative film provided between the channel regions and the gate electrode. The device has a s... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6291859 | Integrated circuits A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a substrate (1) of a first conduction type semiconductor material, an epitaxial layer (10) which is carried by the substrate (1) and which is of a second conduction type semiconductor material different to the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6285072 | Semiconductor device containing a porous structure and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided with a silicon region of a first conductivity type, a silicon layer including at least one cavity existing inside the silicon region as a buried layer, and a source/drain region of... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6285057 | Semiconductor device combining a MOSFET structure and a vertical-channel trench-substrate field effect device A semiconductor device that provides for substrate current exiting a MOSFET structure, and hence the performance thereof, to be independently and controllably tuned. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type,... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6271551 | Si-Ge CMOS semiconductor device To obtain a high mobility and a suitable threshold voltage in MOS transistors with channel dimensions in the deep sub-micron range, it is desirable to bury a strongly doped layer (or ground plane) in the channel region below a weakly doped intrinsic surfa... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6262457 | Method of producing a transistor structure Additional degrees of freedom are provided for optimizing the component properties by combining two doping profiles. The threshold voltage of NMOS or DMOS transistors can be set through the process parameters involved in the introduction and outward diffu... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6242783 | Semiconductor device with insulated gate transistor An insulated gate transistor comprises source regions; drain regions; channel regions provided between the source and drain regions; a gate electrode; and gate insulative film provided between the channel regions and the gate electrode. The device has a s... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6213869 | MOSFET-type device with higher driver current and lower steady state power dissipation A coupling capacitor is coupled between the gate and the body region of a MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor). The body region of the MOSFET is electrically isolated to form a floating body region. The capacitance of the coupling ca... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6204153 | Argon doped epitaxial layers for inhibiting punchthrough within a semiconductor device A fabrication process and transistor are described in which a transistor having decreased susceptibility to punchthrough and increased resistance to impurity diffusion is formed. One or more argon doped silicon epitaxial layers are formed superjacent a se... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6194776 | Semiconductor circuit device having triple-well structure in semiconductor substrate, method of fabricating the same, and mask device for fabrication of the same A semiconductor circuit device having a triple-well structure wherein a predetermined potential level is supplied to a top well without a contact region formed in the top well is disclosed. In an N-type ion implantation step for forming an N-type well reg... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6188106 | MOSFET having a highly doped channel liner and a dopant seal to provide enhanced device properties A fabrication process and integrated circuit are provided in which a transistor having increased resistance to punchthrough and decreased channel capacitance is formed. A liner layer is formed within the active region of a transistor to minimize punchthro... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6175123 | Semiconductor devices with quantum-wave interference layers A semiconductor device is constituted by a quantum-wave interference layer with plural periods of a pair of a first layer W and a second layer B. The second layer B has wider band gap than the first layer W. Each thickness of the first layer W and the sec... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6153920 | Process for controlling dopant diffusion in a semiconductor layer and semiconductor device formed thereby A semiconductor device having a carbon-containing region with an advantageous concentration profile is disclosed. The carbon is introduced into a region of the substrate and at a depth below the space-charge layer of the device and at a concentration such... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6137148 | NMOS transistor The NMOS transistor is provided with a semiconducting substrate (12) which is p-doped and comprises a top side (14), and with a first region (16) which is n-doped and placed into the substrate by diffusion from the top side (14) of the substrate (12). Fur... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6097047 | Ferroelectric semiconductor device, and ferroelectric semiconductor substrate A ferroelectric semiconductor device (10) and a method of manufacturing the ferroelectric semiconductor device (10). The ferroelectric semiconductor device (10) is manufactured from a substrate (11) that has a layer (14) of ferroelectric material sandwich... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6087209 | Formation of low resistance, ultra shallow LDD junctions employing a sub-surface, non-amorphous implant Ultra shallow, low resistance LDD junctions are achieved by forming an LDD implant generating an interstitial-rich section and forming a sub-surface, non-amorphous region generating a vacancy-rich region substantially overlapping the interstitial rich reg... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6075259 | Power semiconductor devices that utilize buried insulating regions to achieve higher than parallel-plane breakdown voltages Power semiconductor devices include a semiconductor substrate having a face thereon and a buried electrically insulating layer extending laterally in the semiconductor substrate and having an opening therein. A drift region of first conductivity type is a... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6046475 | Structure and method for manufacturing devices having inverse T-shaped well regions A structure for manufacturing devices having inverse T-shaped well regions, which are formed on a substrate, comprises a first doped region and second doped region which have higher impurity concentrations and two third doped regions which have a lower im... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6043139 | Process for controlling dopant diffusion in a semiconductor layer Diffusion of ion-implanted dopant is controlled by incorporating electrically inactive impurity in a semiconductor layer by at least one crystal growth technique.... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6005285 | Argon doped epitaxial layers for inhibiting punchthrough within a semiconductor device A fabrication process and transistor are described in which a transistor having decreased susceptibility to punchthrough and increased resistance to impurity diffusion is formed. One or more argon doped silicon epitaxial layers are formed superjacent a se... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5990531 | Methods of making high voltage GaN-AlN based semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices made The present invention is directed to a technique for manufacturing semiconductor devices in which p type GaN is formed on a substrate and semi-insulating AlN is formed on the P type GaN with n type GaN formed on the p type GaN and partially below the AlN.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5977602 | Semiconductor device having an oxygen-rich punchthrough region extending through the length of the active region A semiconductor device having an oxygen-rich punchthrough region under the channel region, and a process for fabricating such a device are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed by forming an oxygen-rich punchthroug... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5955745 | Semiconductor device having SiGe spacer under an active layer A semiconductor device which does not allow production of leak current or a drop of the Early voltage and includes a diffused layer having a reduced depth. A silicon layer containing an impurity of a second conduction type is formed on a semiconductor sub... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950076 | Methods of forming silicon carbide semiconductor devices having buried silicon carbide conduction barrier layers therein A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate, an active layer in the substrate and a silicon carbide buried layer which provides a conduction barrier between the substrate and at least a portion of the active layer. The buri... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5923987 | Method for forming MOS devices with retrograde pocket regions and counter dopant regions at the substrate surface Disclosed is a low threshold asymmetric MOS device having a pocket region with a graded concentration profile. The pocket region includes a relatively high dopant atom concentration (of the same conductivity type as the bulk region) abutting either the de... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5914517 | Trench-isolation type semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; an impurity injection layer formed in a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a trench formed in the impurity injection lay... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5915164 | Methods of making high voltage GaN-A1N based semiconductor devices The present invention is directed to a technique for manufacturing semiconductor devices in which p type GaN is formed on a substrate and semi-insulating AlN is formed on the P type GaN with n type GaN formed on the p type GaN and partially below the AlN.... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5891792 | ESD device protection structure and process with high tilt angle GE implant A structure and method for fabricating an ESD device for FET transistors by forming a silicon germanium region 40 under a channel region 44 of a field effect transistor (FET). The silicon germanium region 40 comprises the base of a parasitic bipolar 200 t... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5846847 | Method of manufacturing a ferroelectric device A ferroelectric semiconductor device (10) and a method of manufacturing the ferroelectric semiconductor device (10). The ferroelectric semiconductor device (10) is manufactured from a substrate (11) that has a layer (14) of ferroelectric material sandwich... | 12/08/1998 |