Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090052250 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor memory device has a plurality of word line provided on a semiconductor region, extending in a row direction, a plurality of bit lines provided in the semiconductor region, extending in a column direction, and a plurality of memory elements provided at intersections between the plurality of word lines and the plurality of bit lines. Each word line provides a first gate electrode in the corresponding memory element. A lower portion of a side surface of each word line in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the word line is perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor region. An upper portion of the side surface is inclined so that a width thereof becomes smaller toward a top thereof. | 02-26-2009 |
20090057767 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a protected device formed on a semiconductor substrate, a first protection transistor formed in a second well of a second conductivity type, and a second protection transistor formed in a first well of a first conductivity type. A fourth source/drain diffusion layer of the second protection transistor is in contact with a second diffusion layer, and a third source/drain diffusion layer is in contact with a second source/drain diffusion layer of the first protection transistor in the second well. A first source/drain diffusion layer of the first protection transistor is in contact with a first diffusion layer, which is in contact with a protected device electrode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090189214 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The semiconductor device includes: a plurality of bit lines formed in stripes in a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, each of the bit lines being a diffusion layer of an impurity of a second conductivity type; a plurality of gate insulation films s formed on regions of the semiconductor substrate between the bit lines; a plurality of word lines formed on the semiconductor substrate via the gate insulating films, the word lines extending in a direction intersecting with the bit lines; and a plurality of bit line isolation diffusion layers formed in regions of the semiconductor substrate between the word lines, each of the bit line isolation diffusion layers being a diffusion layer of an impurity of the first conductivity type. The bit line isolation diffusion layer includes a diffusion suppressor for suppressing diffusion of an impurity. | 07-30-2009 |
20090256232 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The semiconductor device includes: memory cells each having a first multilayer electrode including a first lower electrode made of a first conductive film and a first upper electrode made of a second conductive film formed one on the other with a first interface film therebetween; and a diode having a diode electrode made of the second conductive film and a second interface film as a silicon oxide film formed at the interface between the diode electrode and a substrate. The first interface film has a thickness with which electrical connection between the lower electrode and the upper electrode is maintained, and the second interface film has a thickness with which epitaxial growth between the substrate and the diode electrode is inhibited. | 10-15-2009 |
20110021013 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The semiconductor device includes: memory cells each having a first multilayer electrode including a first lower electrode made of a first conductive film and a first upper electrode made of a second conductive film formed one on the other with a first interface film therebetween; and a diode having a diode electrode made of the second conductive film and a second interface film as a silicon oxide film formed at the interface between the diode electrode and a substrate. The first interface film has a thickness with which electrical connection between the lower electrode and the upper electrode is maintained, and the second interface film has a thickness with which epitaxial growth between the substrate and the diode electrode is inhibited. | 01-27-2011 |
20110084277 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor memory device has a plurality of word line provided on a semiconductor region, extending in a row direction, a plurality of bit lines provided in the semiconductor region, extending in a column direction, and a plurality of memory elements provided at intersections between the plurality of word lines and the plurality of bit lines. Each word line provides a first gate electrode in the corresponding memory element. A lower portion of a side surface of each word line in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the word line is perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor region. An upper portion of the side surface is inclined so that a width thereof becomes smaller toward a top thereof. | 04-14-2011 |
20150076484 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a pixel unit formed on the semiconductor substrate; and a peripheral circuit unit formed on the semiconductor substrate, at a periphery of the pixel unit, in which the pixel unit includes: a photoelectric conversion film which converts incident light into charges; and a floating diffusion which holds the charges, the peripheral circuit unit includes a transistor including a gate electrode and two source and drain diffusion regions, and the two source and drain diffusion regions have a higher impurity concentration than an impurity concentration of the floating diffusion. | 03-19-2015 |
20150076500 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Each imaging pixel provided in a solid-state imaging device includes a charge accumulation part which is a diffusion region formed in a substrate, a gate electrode formed lateral to the charge accumulation part on the substrate, an insulating film formed on the charge accumulation part, and a contact plug connected to the charge accumulation part so as to penetrate the insulating film and made of semiconductor. The contact plug is, at a lower part thereof, embedded in the insulating film, and is, at an upper part thereof, exposed through the insulating film. Silicide is formed on the upper part of the contact plug, and the charge accumulation part and the gate electrode are covered by the insulating film. | 03-19-2015 |