Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090020746 | SELF-ALIGNED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR CONFINING A MELTING POINT IN A RESISTOR RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - A process in the manufacturing of a resistor random access memory with a confined melting area for switching a phase change in the programmable resistive memory. The process initially formed a pillar comprising a substrate body, a first conductive material overlying the substrate body, a programmable resistive memory material overlying the first conductive material, a high selective material overlying the programmable resistive memory material, and a silicon nitride material overlying the high selective material. The high selective material in the pillar is isotropically etched on both sides of the high selective material to create a void on each side of the high selective material with a reduced length. A programmable resistive memory material is deposited in a confined area previously occupied by the reduced length of the poly, and the programmable resistive memory material is deposited into an area previously occupied by the silicon nitride material. | 01-22-2009 |
20090140321 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. First, a first oxide layer and a nitride layer are formed on a base having a first region and a second region. Next, the nitride layer is oxidized. A part of nitride in the nitride layer moves to the first oxide layer and the base. An upper portion of the nitride layer is converted to an upper oxide layer. Then, the upper oxide layer, the nitride layer and the first oxide layer in the second region are removed. Thereon, a second oxide layer is grown on the base in the second region. Nitride in the second region moves to the second oxide layer. | 06-04-2009 |
20090146125 | RESISTIVE MEMORY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing resistive memory includes depositing a first conductive material layer on a substrate; etching the first conductive material layer to form a first signal line with a first surface; forming a memory material layer with a second surface coupled to the first signal line via the second surface contacting the first surface; depositing a second conductive material layer coupled to the memory material layer; etching the second conductive material layer to form a second signal line, wherein the area of the second surface is substantially larger or equal to the area of the overlapping region of the first signal line and the second signal line. | 06-11-2009 |
20090215256 | Inverted T-Shaped Floating Gate Memory and Method for Fabricating the Same - A memory device having a floating gate with a non-rectangular cross-section is disclosed. The non-rectangular cross-section may be an inverted T shape, a trapezoid shape, or a double inverted T shape. Methods are disclosed for producing a floating gate memory device having an improved coupling ratio due to an increased surface area of the floating gate. The memory device has a floating gate having a cross-sectional shape, such as an inverted T shape, such that a top contour is not a flat line segment. | 08-27-2009 |
20090236743 | Programmable Resistive RAM and Manufacturing Method - Programmable resistive RAM cells have a resistance that depends on the size of the contacts. Manufacturing methods and integrated circuits for lowered contact resistance are disclosed that have contacts of reduced size. | 09-24-2009 |
20100001330 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DATA ELEMENT THEREOF AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method comprises: (a) providing a first and a second conductor; (b) providing a conductive layer; (c) forming a part of the conductive layer into a data storage layer by a plasma oxidation process, wherein the data storage layer is positioned between the first and the second conductor. | 01-07-2010 |
20100148239 | GATE STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING WORD LINE STRUCTURE AND MEMORY - A gate structure for a semiconductor device is provided. The gate structure includes a conductive structure. The conductive structure insulatively disposed over a substrate includes a middle portion and two spacer portions. The middle portion has a first surface and two second surfaces. The first surface is between the two second surfaces. The two spacer portions are respectively connected to the two second surfaces of the middle portion. A width of each of the two spacer portions gradually increases from top to bottom. | 06-17-2010 |
20110089393 | Memory and Method of Fabricating the Same - A memory, comprising a metal portion, a first metal layer and second metal oxide layer is provided. The first metal oxide layer is on the metal element, and the first metal oxide layer includes N resistance levels. The second metal oxide layer is on the first metal oxide layer, and the second metal oxide layer includes M resistance levels. The memory has X resistance levels and X is less than the summation of M and N, for minimizing a programming disturbance. | 04-21-2011 |
20110089480 | MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A memory having isolated dual memory cells is provided. A first isolation wall and a second isolation wall are separately disposed between a source and a drain on a substrate. An isolation bottom layer and a polysilicon layer are orderly disposed on the substrate between the first and the second isolation walls. A first charge storage structure and a first gate are orderly disposed on the substrate between the first isolation wall and the source. A second charge storage structure and a second gate are orderly disposed on the substrate between the second isolation wall and the drain. A word line disposed on the polysilicon layer, the first gate, the second gate, the first isolation wall and the second isolation wall is electrically connected to the first gate, the second gate and the polysilicon layer. | 04-21-2011 |
20120108031 | RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A resistive random access memory including, an insulating layer, a hard mask layer, a bottom electrode, a memory cell and a top electrode is provided. The insulating layer is disposed on the bottom electrode. The insulating layer has a contact hole having a first width. The hard mask layer has an opening. A portion of the memory cell is exposed from the opening and has a second width smaller than the first width. The top electrode is disposed on the insulating layer and is coupled with the memory cell. | 05-03-2012 |
20130258784 | SILICON ON INSULATOR AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR BANDGAP ENGINEERED SPLIT GATE MEMORY - Memory cells comprising thin film transistor, stacked arrays, employing bandgap engineered tunneling layers in a junction free, NAND configuration. The cells comprise a channel region in a semiconductor strip formed on an insulating layer; a tunnel dielectric structure disposed above the channel region, the tunnel dielectric structure comprising a multilayer structure including at least one layer having a hole-tunneling barrier height lower than that at the interface with the channel region; a charge storage layer disposed above the tunnel dielectric structure; an insulating layer disposed above the charge storage layer; and a gate electrode disposed above the insulating layer Arrays and methods of operation are described. | 10-03-2013 |
20140264524 | 3D SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of stacked strips on a substrate and a plurality of conductive lines on the stacked strips. The stacked strips and the conductive lines are arranged orthogonally to each other and a conductive liner is formed there between. A first air gap fills the space between the two adjacent stacked strips and under one of the conductive lines, which is positioned on top of said two adjacent stacked strips, whereas a second air gap is between the two adjacent conductive lines. The material of the conductive liner is different from that of the conductive lines. The distance between the two adjacent stacked strips is below 200 nm, and the aspect ratio of the stacked strip is at least 1. | 09-18-2014 |