Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080283910 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit and method of forming an integrated circuit is disclosed. One embodiment includes a FinFET of a first type having a first gate electrode and a FinFET of a second type having a second gate electrode. The first gate electrode is formed in a gate groove that is defined in a semiconductor substrate and a bottom side of a portion of the second gate electrode is disposed above a main surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 11-20-2008 |
20090029108 | Barrier Layers for Conductive Features - Barrier layers for conductive features and methods of formation thereof are disclosed. A first barrier material is deposited on top surfaces of an insulating material, and a second barrier material is deposited on sidewalls of the insulating material, wherein the second barrier material is different than the first barrier material. The first barrier material induces grain growth of a subsequently deposited conductive material at a first rate, and the second barrier material induces grain growth of the conductive material at a second rate, wherein the second rate is slower than the first rate. | 01-29-2009 |
20090101975 | Integrated Circuit Arrangement Comprising a Field Effect Transistor, Especially a Tunnel Field Effect Transistor - An explanation is given of, inter alia, tunnel field effect transistors having a thicker gate dielectric (GD | 04-23-2009 |
20090179262 | Floating Body Memory Cell with a Non-Overlapping Gate Electrode - An integrated circuit includes a memory cell with a transistor. The transistor includes first and second doped portions, and a third portion disposed between the first and second doped portions. The first and the second doped portions and the third portion are disposed in a semiconductor substrate. The transistor further includes a gate electrode adjacent to the third portion, the gate electrode being insulated from the third portion. The gate electrode does not overlap at least one of the first and second doped portions, and a line connecting the first and the second portions extends substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. | 07-16-2009 |
20090269914 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A DIELECTRIC ON A COPPER-CONTAINING METALLIZATION AND CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - Process for forming a dielectric. The process may include forming the dielectric on a metallization and capacitor arrangement. The process allows the direct application of a dielectric layer to a copper-containing metallization. Accordingly, two process gases may be excited with different plasma powers per unit substrate area, or one process gas may be excited with a plasma and another process gas may not be excited. | 10-29-2009 |
20100025826 | Field Effect Transistors with Channels Oriented to Different Crystal Planes - An integrated circuit includes a first field effect transistor of a first carrier type and a second field effect transistor of a second, different carrier type. In a conductive state, a first channel of the first field effect transistor is oriented to one of a first set of equivalent crystal planes of a semiconductor substrate and a second channel of the second field effect transistor is oriented to at least one of a second, different set of equivalent crystal planes. The first set of equivalent crystal planes is parallel to a main surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second set of equivalent crystal planes is perpendicular to the main surface. | 02-04-2010 |
20110012208 | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH LOCAL SOURCE/DRAIN INSULATION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF PRODUCTION - A method for fabricating a field-effect transistor with local source/drain insulation. The method includes forming and patterning a gate stack with a gate layer and a gate dielectric on a semiconductor substrate; forming source and drain depressions at the gate stack in the semiconductor substrate; forming a depression insulation layer at least in a bottom region of the source and drain depressions; and filling the at least partially insulated source and drain depressions with a filling layer for realizing source and drain regions. | 01-20-2011 |
20140124827 | Integrated Circuit Arrangement Comprising a Field Effect Transistor, Especially a Tunnel Field Effect Transistor - Integrated circuit arrangement comprising a field effect transistor, especially a tunnel field effect transistor. An explanation is given of, inter alia, tunnel field effect transistors having a thicker gate dielectric in comparison with other transistors on the same integrated circuit arrangement. As an alternative or in addition, said tunnel field effect transistors have gate regions at mutually remote sides of a channel forming region or an interface between the connection regions of the tunnel field effect transistor. | 05-08-2014 |