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Class 438/294 - Including isolation structure


Subclass of Class 438 - Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Definition: Process for making an insulated gate field effect transistor
No. of patents: 405
Last issue date: 04/10/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8153493FinFET process compatible native transistor
Provided is a top-channel only finFET device. The methods and devices described herein may provide a native device that is compatible with a finFET process flow. A gate may be formed on the top of a fin providing the channel region of the device. In an embodiment, t...
04/10/2012
8138051Integrated circuit system with high voltage transistor and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system includes: providing a semiconductor substrate having an active region, implanted with impurities of a first type at a first concentration; forming an isolation region around the active region; forming a parasit...
03/20/2012
8114745High voltage CMOS devices
A transistor suitable for high-voltage applications is provided. The transistor is formed on a substrate having a deep well of a first conductivity type. A first well of the first conductivity type and a second well of a second conductivity type are formed such that...
02/14/2012
8097516Dual trench isolation for CMOS with hybrid orientations
The present invention provides a semiconductor structure in which different types of devices are located upon a specific crystal orientation of a hybrid substrate that enhances the performance of each type of device. In the semiconductor structure of the present inv...
01/17/2012
7977198Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device in which a field effect transistor utilizing a heterojunction is formed in a device formation region sectioned by a device separation region of a substrate comprising a semiconductor layer laminated while ...
07/12/2011
7875518Semiconductor device having silicon layer in a gate electrode
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes, in order, consecutively depositing a gate insulating film and a silicon layer on a semiconductor substrate, implanting boron into the silicon layer, diffusing the boron by heat-treating the silicon layer, implant...
01/25/2011
7833867Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A sacrifice oxide film is formed in a Fin semiconductor substrate portion, and impurities are then implanted in the semiconductor substrate through a mask pattern as a mask. Thereafter, the sacrifice oxide film is removed to expose the semiconductor substrate. A gat...
11/16/2010
7820516Methods of manufacturing non-volatile memory devices having a vertical channel
Disclosed are pairs of semiconductor flash memory cells including first and second source lines formed in a semiconductor substrate, semiconductor pillars extending from the substrate between the source lines, first and second charge storage structures formed on opp...
10/26/2010
7816216Semiconductor device comprising transistor structures and methods for forming same
A method for forming an opening within a semiconductor material comprises forming a neck portion, a rounded portion below the neck portion and, in some embodiments, a protruding portion below the rounded portion. This opening may be filled with a conductor, a dielec...
10/19/2010
7781292High power device isolation and integration
A structure and method of fabricating the structure. The structure including: a dielectric isolation in a semiconductor substrate, the dielectric isolation extending in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate into the substrate a first distance, ...
08/24/2010
7767533Method and device for providing a contact structure
An approach is provided for semiconductor devices and methods for providing a contact structure. Methods may include forming a gate pattern on a substrate including a device isolation pattern provided to define an active region, the gate pattern crossing over the ac...
08/03/2010
7759203MOS transistor having protruded-shape channel and method of fabricating the same
A MOS transistor that has a protruding portion with a favorable vertical profile and a protruded-shape channel that requires no additional photolithography process, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. A first mask that defines an isolation region of a...
07/20/2010
7727844Gate structure of a semiconductor device
Embodiments relate to a gate structure of a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the gate structure. An oxide layer may be formed on a silicon substrate before a gate insulating layer is formed. The oxide layer may be etched to form an opening exposing...
06/01/2010
7723194Semiconductor device having silicide layers and method of fabricating the same
Some embodiments include an isolation layer defining an active region of a substrate, a gate pattern formed on the active region, and source/drain regions formed in the active region. Sidewall spacers are formed on sidewalls of the gate pattern, and a blocking insul...
05/25/2010
7709335Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including isolation process
Provided may be a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method may include forming a plurality of isolation patterns including conductive patterns on a semiconductor substrate and forming gaps between the isolation patterns, forming active patterns fil...
05/04/2010
7704842Lateral high-voltage transistor with vertically-extended voltage-equalized drift region
A lateral high-voltage device in which conductive trench plates are inserted across the voltage-withstand region, so that, in the on state, the current density vectors have less convergence. This can help reduce on-resistance. ...
04/27/2010
7687361Method of fabricating a transistor having a triple channel in a memory device
Disclosed is a method for fabricating a transistor of a memory device capable of preventing voids from being created when forming a low-resistant gate electrode. The method includes the steps of forming an active area by etching a semiconductor substrate, forming a ...
03/30/2010
7687362Semiconductor device with increased channel length and width and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active region including a channel portion. An isolation layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate to define the active region, and a gate is formed over the channel portion in the active region...
03/30/2010
7662691Method for fabricating semiconductor device with epitaxial growth
A semiconductor device comprises an active region including a first active area to be a source/drain and a second active area to be a gate, and a device isolation region defining the active region. The first active area is obtained by growing a semiconductor substra...
02/16/2010
7662690Method of preparing a semiconductor substrate utilizing plural implants under an isolation region to isolate adjacent wells
Multiple blanket implantations of one or more p type dopants into a semiconductor substrate are performed to facilitate isolation between nwell regions subsequently formed in the substrate. The blanket implantations are performed through isolation regions in the sub...
02/16/2010
7541247Guard ring structures for high voltage CMOS/low voltage CMOS technology using LDMOS (lateral double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor) device fabrication
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The method includes providing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes simultaneously forming a first doped transistor region o...
06/02/2009
7468301PMOS transistor with increased effective channel length in the peripheral region and a multi-height substrate
In manufacturing a PMOS transistor, a semiconductor substrate having an active region and a field region is formed with a hard mask layer, which covers a center portion of the active region on the substrate in a lengthwise direction of a channel. The hard mask layer...
12/23/2008
7462544Methods for fabricating transistors having trench gates
A transistor including an active region and methods thereof. The active region may include corners with at least one of a rectangular, curved or rounded shape. The methods may include isotropically etching at least a portion of the active region such that the portio...
12/09/2008
7439131Flash memory device having resistivity measurement pattern and method of forming the same
A flash memory device has a resistivity measurement pattern and method of forming the same. A trench is formed in an isolation film in a Self-Aligned Floating Gate (SAFG) scheme. The trench is buried to form a resistivity measurement floating gate. This allows the r...
10/21/2008
7436030Strained MOSFETs on separated silicon layers
A method of fabricating and a structure of an IC incorporating strained MOSFETs on separated silicon layers are disclosed. N-channel field effect transistors (nFET) and P-channel FETs (pFET) are formed on the separated silicon layers, respectively. Shallow trench in...
10/14/2008
7432163Method of manufacturing semiconductor device that includes forming adjacent field regions with a separating region therebetween
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises the steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having first and second predetermined regions; forming a first field region surrounding the first predetermined region; forming ...
10/07/2008
7384836Integrated circuit transistor insulating region fabrication method
A transistor of an integrated circuit is provided. A first doped well region is formed in a well layer at a first active region. At least part of the first doped well region is adjacent to a gate electrode of the transistor. A recess is formed in the first doped wel...
06/10/2008
7374999Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a high-voltage transistor area provided with a high-voltage transistor and a low-voltage transistor area provided with a low-voltage transistor; a LOCOS layer provided as a device isolation layer of the high-volt...
05/20/2008
7364955Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices having single crystalline silicon layers
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices having at least one single crystal silicon layer are provided. Pursuant to these methods, a first seed layer that includes silicon is formed. A first non-single crystalline silicon layer is then formed on the first seed...
04/29/2008
7361540Method of reducing noise disturbing a signal in an electronic device
Certain aspects of a method for reducing noise disturbing at least one signal in an electronic device may comprise shielding a first layer doped with a first dopant from a signaling layer employing a second layer doped with a second dopant. A first signaling compone...
04/22/2008
7358574Semiconductor device having silicide-blocking layer and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device having a silicide-blocking layer is provided. The device includes a field oxide layer defining an active region, source/drain regions in the active region of a substrate, a gate oxide layer and a gate electrode on the substrate between the sou...
04/15/2008
7348254Method of fabricating fin field-effect transistors
A method of fabricating a fin field-effect transistor that may enable a reduction in the number of process steps, by forming the fin structure by etching away a predetermined thickness of an element isolation layer. The method includes steps of sequentially forming ...
03/25/2008
7348638Rotational shear stress for charge carrier mobility modification
A semiconductor structure and its method of fabrication utilize a semiconductor substrate having an active region mesa surrounded by an isolation trench. A first isolation region having a first stress is located in the isolation trench. A second isolation region hav...
03/25/2008
7342276Method and apparatus utilizing monocrystalline insulator
A semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor material; a conductive element; and a substantially monocrystalline insulator disposed between the semiconductor material and the conductive eleme...
03/11/2008
7342266Field effect transistors with dielectric source drain halo regions and reduced miller capacitance
A field effect transistor (FET) device includes a gate conductor and gate dielectric formed over an active device area of a semiconductor substrate. A drain region is formed in the active device area of the semiconductor substrate, on one side of the gate conductor,...
03/11/2008
7338870Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices
Methods of recovering damage on a semiconductor device by performing a hydrogen annealing process are disclosed. An example disclosed method includes forming an STI structure on a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate electrode and spacers on the sidewalls of the ...
03/04/2008
7332387MOSFET structure and method of fabricating the same
A MOSFET structure and a method of forming it are described. The thickness of a portion of the gate dielectric layer of the MOSFET structure adjacent to the drain region is increased to form a bird's beak structure. The gate-to-drain overlap capacitance is reduced b...
02/19/2008
7332790Semiconductor device having an active area partially isolated by a lateral cavity
A process of making a partial silicon-on-insulator ledge is disclosed. A deep implantation region is created in a substrate. During a lateral cavity etch, the deep implantation region resists etching. The lateral cavity etch acts to partially isolate an active area ...
02/19/2008
7329556High-sensitivity image sensor and fabrication method thereof
A method of fabricating a high-sensitivity image sensor and the same are disclosed. The disclosed method comprises: etching predetermined regions of active silicon and a buried oxide layer of a SOI substrate by using a mask to expose an N-type silicon substrate; imp...
02/12/2008
7326983Selective silicon-on-insulator isolation structure and method
A first aspect of the present invention is a method of forming an isolation structure including: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a buried N-doped region in the substrate; (c) forming a vertical trench in the substrate, the trench extending into ...
02/05/2008
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