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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6627952 | Silicon oxide insulator (SOI) semiconductor having selectively linked body A silicon oxide insulator (SOI) device includes an SOI layer supported on a silicon substrate. A body region is disposed on the SOI layer, and the body region is characterized by a first conductivity type. Source and drain regions are juxtaposed with the ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6596570 | SOI device with reduced junction capacitance An SOI FET comprising a silicon substrate having silicon layer on top of a buried oxide layer having doped regions and an undoped region is disclosed. The doped region has a dielectric constant different from the dielectric constant of the doped regions. ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6558998 | SOI type integrated circuit with a decoupling capacity and process for embodiment of such a circuit Integrated circuit comprising: at least one first and one second power supply terminal (418, 420), at least one active area (302, 304, 306, 308) formed in a thin layer (206) of a substrate and electrically connected to at least one of the power supply terminal... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6528853 | Method and semiconductor structure for implementing dual plane body contacts for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors A method and semiconductor structure are provided for implementing dual plane body contacts for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors. A bulk silicon substrate is provided. A deep ion implant layer is implanted to reside below an oxide insulator. An oxyg... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6489655 | Integrated circuit with dynamic threshold voltage An integrated circuit and method for making it are described. The integrated circuit includes a first insulating layer formed on a substrate and a body strap of a first conductivity type that is formed on the first insulating layer. A second insulating la... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6396079 | Thin film semiconductor device having a buffer layer A thin film semiconductor device having improved operating characteristics and reliability of a thin film transistor formed on a glass substrate. The thin film semiconductor device has a thin film transistor 3 formed on a glass substrate 1 containing alka... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392277 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a field effect transistor formed in a semiconductor layer provided on an insulating layer is provided with a body electrode electrically connected to a channel forming region of the field effect transistor, and a back gate el... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387739 | Method and improved SOI body contact structure for transistors Disclosed is process for maufacture of a type "BC" body contacted SOI transistor with a process for making these transistors in a manufacturing environment to providing a structure which removes overlay tolerance from the effective transistor width during... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6316808 | T-Gate transistor with improved SOI body contact structure Disclosed is a type "BC" body contacted SOI transistor and process for making these transistors in a manufacturing environment by providing a structure and process which removes overlay tolerance from the effective transistor width. The width is determine... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6287901 | Method and semiconductor structure for implementing dual plane body contacts for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors A method and semiconductor structure are provided for implementing dual plane body contacts for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors. A bulk silicon substrate is provided. A deep ion implant layer is implanted to reside below an oxide insulator. An oxyg... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6265249 | Method of manufacturing thin film transistors An additional high quality insulating layer is grown over the substrate after the formation of the gate electrode of a thin film transistor (TFT). The growth temperature of the insulating layer can be higher than conventional method and the insulating lay... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6261878 | Integrated circuit with dynamic threshold voltage An integrated circuit and method for making it are described. The integrated circuit includes a first insulating layer formed on a substrate and a body strap of a first conductivity type that is formed on the first insulating layer. A second insulating la... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6239649 | Switched body SOI (silicon on insulator) circuits and fabrication method therefor Circuits with SOI devices are coupled to a body bias voltage via a switch for selectively connecting the body bias voltage signals to the SOI device body. NMOS or PMOS SOI devices are used for the switched body SOI device and a FET is used for the switch ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6211928 | Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display includes a substrate; a transistor over the substrate, the transistor having a gate, a source, and a drain; a passivation layer over the transistor; a light shielding layer over a portion of the passivation layer over the transist... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6177708 | SOI FET body contact structure A self-aligned SOI FET device with an "L" shaped gate structure allows an integral diode junction to be formed between the source and the body of the device. Two devices with this gate geometry can be advantageously placed side-by-side in a single rx open... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6150692 | Thin film semiconductor device for active matrix panel A thin film semiconductor device comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) having a thin film semiconductor on an insulation substrate to define an element region, and a hygroscopic interlayer insulating layer which covers said element, a hydrogenation trea... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6104065 | Semiconductor device having an active region in a substrate with trapezoidal cross-sectional structure A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same, wherein a thick side wall oxide film or polysilicon film is formed on the edge portion of the second silicon substrate. At the side wall of the oxide film or polysilicon film, the thickness of ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6100954 | Liquid crystal display with planarizing organic gate insulator and organic planarization layer and method for manufacturing A thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display includes a substrate; a thin film transistor over the substrate, the thin film transistor having a gate, a source, a drain, a semiconductor layer, and a gate insulation layer; and a protection ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6051452 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with ion implantation A silicon oxide layer serving as an insulation layer is formed on a p-type semiconductor substrate. An n+ -type source and drain regions are formed on the p-type substrate 110 with a spacing therebetween. A channel region is interposed between ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6020222 | Silicon oxide insulator (SOI) semiconductor having selectively linked body A silicon oxide insulator (SOI) device includes an SOI layer supported on a silicon substrate. A body region is disposed on the SOI layer, and the body region is characterized by a first conductivity type. Source and drain regions are juxtaposed with the ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5994738 | Silicon oxide insulator (SOI) semiconductor having selectively linked body A silicon oxide insulator (SOI) device includes an SOI layer supported on a silicon substrate. A body region is disposed on the SOI layer, and the body region is characterized by a first conductivity type. Source and drain regions are juxtaposed with the ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5932484 | Thin film semiconductor device for active matrix panel A thin film semiconductor device comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) having a thin film semiconductor on an insulation substrate to define an element region, and a hygroscopic interlayer dielectric which covers the element. A hydrogenation treatment w... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5926703 | LDD device having a high concentration region under the channel It is an object to obtain a semiconductor device with the LDD structure having both operational stability and high speed and a manufacturing method thereof. A high concentration region (11) with boron of about 1×1018 /cm3 introduced... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5903047 | Low temperature-deposited passivation film over semiconductor device The present invention provides a composite passivation film deposited at low temperatures (6.4 nm) of an amorp... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5891757 | Method for forming a field-effect transistor having difference in capacitance between source and drain with respect to shield layer A field-effect transistor has a source region, a drain region, a gate electrode, and a low resistivity layer. The source and drain regions are of a first conductivity type and formed as surface regions of a semiconductor layer formed on one of an insulati... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5828082 | Thin film transistor having dual insulation layer with a window above gate electrode An additional high quality insulating layer is grown over the substrate after the formation of the gate electrode of a thin film transistor (TFT). The growth temperature of the insulating layer can be higher than conventional method and the insulating lay... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5773330 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same, wherein a thick side wall oxide film or polysilicon film is formed on the edge portion of the second silicon substrate. At the side wall of the oxide film or polysilicon film, the thickness of ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5760442 | Semiconductor device of a silicon on insulator metal-insulator type with a concave feature A first silicon oxide layer serving as an insulation layer is formed on a p-type semiconductor substrate. An n+ -type source and drain regions are formed on the p-type substrate 110 with a spacing therebetween. A channel region is interposed be... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5726082 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device having a silicon-on-insulator structure, and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device, wherein a thick silicon oxide film is formed on each side wall of an active silicon substrate, thereby obtaining an increased threshold ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5721444 | Thin-film transistor having a buried impurity region and method of fabricating the same A buried insulating layer is provided in a semiconductor substrate, in a position separated from its major surface. A LOCOS isolation film is provided in the major surface of the semiconductor substrate for isolating an active region from other active reg... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5686326 | Method of making thin film transistor A thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an insulating layer and a semiconductor layer formed and laminated on an insulating substrate, said insulating layer and said semiconductor layer having the same planar pattern.... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5648663 | Semiconductor structure having transistor and other elements on a common substrate and process for producing the same A thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an insulating layer and a semiconductor layer formed and laminated on an insulating substrate. The insulating layer and the semiconductor layer have the same planar pattern.... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5641980 | Device having a high concentration region under the channel It is an object to obtain a semiconductor device with the LDD structure having both operational stability and high speed and a manufacturing method thereof. A high concentration region (11) with boron of about 1×1018 /cm3 introduced... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5559368 | Dynamic threshold voltage mosfet having gate to body connection for ultra-low voltage operation A dynamic threshold voltage IGFET such as a MOSFET is operable at voltages of 0.6 volt or less. The threshold voltage of the transistor is reduced to zero volt or less by interconnecting the gate contact and the device body in which the voltage controlled... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5455182 | Semiconductor process for forming channel layer with passivated covering A thin film transistor which includes a first insulating layer, a silicon channel layer formed on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer formed on the silicon channel layer, and a passivation layer formed on the first insulating layer a... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5334859 | Thin-film transistor having source and drain electrodes insulated by an anodically oxidized film A thin-film transistor panel comprises an insulative substrate, a plurality of thin-film transistor elements arranged at predetermined intervals on said substrate, and wirings electrically connecting the thin-film transistor elements characterized in that... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5296727 | Double gate FET and process for manufacturing same A high speed and highly functional MOSFET having a thin channel formed in a single crystalline layer is controlled by voltages applied to both an upper gate electrode and a buried gate layer that sandwich the channel therebetween.... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5294821 | Thin-film SOI semiconductor device having heavily doped diffusion regions beneath the channels of transistors Thin-film SOI semiconductor devices formed in a thin film Si semiconductor substrate layer formed on an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate have improved electrical characteristics and reliable reproducibility of those characteristics in the mas... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5266825 | Thin-film device A thin-film transistor using hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H), and particularly a thin-film device such as a thin-film transistor having high conductivity, large drivability and high process margin, and a display panel using the same transistors. T... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5243213 | MIS semiconductor device formed by utilizing SOI substrate having a semiconductor thin film formed on a substrate through an insulating layer The present invention is directed to a MIS semiconductor device having a semiconductor layer formed on an insulating substrate and a gate electrode formed on this semiconductor layer through a gate insulating film, which is provided with a semiconductor r... | 09/07/1993 |