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    • 32. 再颁专利
    • Zero-power programmable memory cell
    • 零功率可编程存储单元
    • USRE40311E1
    • 2008-05-13
    • US11206282
    • 2005-08-17
    • Sunil D. MehtaFabiano Fontana
    • Sunil D. MehtaFabiano Fontana
    • G11C16/04
    • G11C16/045G11C16/0441
    • A zero-power electrically erasable and programmable memory cell is implemented in CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology. A P-channel sense transistor has a source coupled to a first voltage generator, and an N-channel sense transistor has a source coupled to a second voltage generator. The drains of the P-channel and N-channel sense transistors are coupled together to form an output of the memory cell, and the gates of the P-channel and N-channel sense transistor are coupled together to form a floating gate of the memory cell. In an example embodiment of the present invention, each of the first and second voltage generators are variable voltage generators that apply a positive voltage at the respective source of each of the P-channel and N-channel sense transistors during the erase operation and/or that apply a ground or negative voltage at the respective source of each of the P-channel and N-channel sense transistors during the program operation. In another embodiment of the present invention, a magnitude of the respective threshold voltage of each of the P-channel and N-channel sense transistors is higher than a magnitude of a threshold voltage of standard process P-channel and N-channel transistors. With such a higher threshold voltage, the P-channel and N-channel sense transistors do not erroneously turn on to dissipate power during the read operation, to ensure that the memory cell is a zero-power memory cell.
    • 在CMOS(互补金属氧化物半导体)技术中实现零功率电可擦除和可编程存储器单元。 P沟道感测晶体管具有耦合到第一电压发生器的源极,并且N沟道感测晶体管具有耦合到第二电压发生器的源极。 P沟道和N沟道感测晶体管的漏极耦合在一起以形成存储单元的输出,并且P沟道和N沟道读出晶体管的栅极耦合在一起以形成存储器的浮置栅极 细胞。 在本发明的示例性实施例中,第一和第二电压发生器中的每一个是在擦除操作期间在每个P沟道和N沟道读出晶体管的各个源处施加正电压的可变电压发生器和/或 其在编程操作期间在每个P沟道和N沟道感测晶体管的相应源处施加接地或负电压。 在本发明的另一个实施例中,每个P沟道和N沟道检测晶体管的相应阈值电压的大小都高于标准工艺P沟道和N沟道晶体管的阈值电压的幅度。 利用这种较高的阈值电压,P信道和N沟道检测晶体管在读取操作期间不会错误地导通以耗散功率,以确保存储器单元是零功率存储单元。
    • 33. 发明授权
    • Voltage limited EEPROM device and process for fabricating the device
    • 电压限制EEPROM器件和制造器件的工艺
    • US06846714B1
    • 2005-01-25
    • US10263507
    • 2002-10-03
    • Sunil D. MehtaKerry Ilgenstein
    • Sunil D. MehtaKerry Ilgenstein
    • G11C16/30H01L21/336H01L21/8247H01L27/105H01L27/115
    • H01L27/105G11C16/30H01L27/115H01L27/11521H01L27/11558Y10S438/981
    • An EEPROM device having voltage limiting charge pumping circuitry includes charge pumping circuitry that limits the voltage supplied to the high voltage transistors to levels below the breakdown field of the tunnel oxide layer. The EEPROM device includes a substrate having a programming region, a tunnel region, a sensing region, and a low voltage region. A first oxide layer having a first thickness overlies the tunnel region and the sensing region. A second oxide layer having a second thickness overlies the low voltage region. The first oxide thickness is greater than the second oxide thickness. A charge pumping circuit is coupled to the programming region and to the tunnel region. The charge pumping circuit impresses a voltage level across the first oxide layer that is below the field breakdown voltage of first oxide layer. A process for fabricating the device is also provided.
    • 具有电压限制电荷泵浦电路的EEPROM器件包括电荷泵浦电路,其将提供给高压晶体管的电压限制在低于隧道氧化物层的击穿场的水平。 EEPROM器件包括具有编程区域,隧道区域,感测区域和低电压区域的衬底。 具有第一厚度的第一氧化物层覆盖隧道区域和感测区域。 具有第二厚度的第二氧化物层覆盖在低电压区域上。 第一氧化物厚度大于第二氧化物厚度。 电荷泵浦电路耦合到编程区域和隧道区域。 电荷泵浦电路使第一氧化物层的电压电平低于第一氧化物层的场击穿电压。 还提供了一种用于制造该装置的工艺。
    • 36. 发明授权
    • Process for manufacturing shallow trenches filled with dielectric material having low mechanical stress
    • 用于制造具有低机械应力的电介质材料的浅沟槽的制造方法
    • US06297128B1
    • 2001-10-02
    • US09240560
    • 1999-01-29
    • Hyeon-Seag KimSunil D. Mehta
    • Hyeon-Seag KimSunil D. Mehta
    • H01L2176
    • H01L21/76224
    • This invention provides methods for reducing the mechanical stresses within dielectric layers filling the gaps in shallow trench isolation (STI) regions on semiconductor wafers. The methods include the sequential deposition of alternating layers of dielectric materials having tensile stress and compressive stress, respectively. The invention also provides methods for adjusting the residual stress in a dielectric film by controlling the relative thicknesses of the alternating layers of dielectric material to provide bilayers having minimal overall stress. Additionally, the invention provides semiconductor devices having the reduced stress dielectric materials within the shallow isolation trenches of the semiconductor wafer. The reduction in stress within and between trenches decreases defects in the shallow isolation materials and thereby decreases source-drain and trench—trench short circuiting. The improved electrical and mechanical properties of the shallow trench filling materials makes practical the manufacture of more reliable, smaller semiconductor devices.
    • 本发明提供了减少填充半导体晶片上的浅沟槽隔离(STI)区域中的间隙的电介质层内的机械应力的方法。 这些方法包括分别具有拉伸应力和压缩应力的交替层的介电材料的顺序沉积。 本发明还提供了通过控制介电材料的交替层的相对厚度以提供具有最小总应力的双层来调节电介质膜中的残余应力的方法。 此外,本发明提供了在半导体晶片的浅隔离沟槽内具有减小的应力介电材料的半导体器件。 沟槽内和沟槽之间的应力减小降低了浅隔离材料的缺陷,从而减少了源极 - 漏极和沟槽沟槽短路。 浅沟槽填充材料的改进的电气和机械性能使得制造更可靠,更小的半导体器件成为可能。
    • 37. 发明授权
    • High integrity borderless vias with protective sidewall spacer
    • 高完整性无边界通孔与保护性侧壁间隔
    • US06232223B1
    • 2001-05-15
    • US09406835
    • 1999-09-28
    • Khanh Q. TranSunil D. Mehta
    • Khanh Q. TranSunil D. Mehta
    • H01L214763
    • H01L23/5226H01L2924/0002H01L2924/00
    • High integrity borderless vias are formed with a protective sidewall spacer on the exposed side surface of the underlying metal feature before depositing a barrier layer. Embodiments include depositing a dielectric capping layer on a metal feature having an ARC, e.g., TiN, etching to form a through-hole stopping on the capping layer, and then etching the exposed capping layer to form the protective sidewall spacer. Other embodiments include depositing a hard inorganic mask layer on the upper surface of the metal feature before depositing the capping layer, forming the through-hole, and sequentially etching the exposed capping layer to form the protective sidewall spacer and then the inorganic hard mask layer. Further embodiments include metal features without an ARC and retaining the inorganic mask layer on the upper surface of the metal feature.
    • 高度完整的无边界通孔在沉积阻挡层之前在底层金属特征的暴露的侧表面上形成有保护性侧壁间隔物。 实施例包括在具有ARC的金属特征(例如TiN)上沉积介电覆盖层,以蚀刻以形成在封盖层上停止的通孔,然后蚀刻暴露的封盖层以形成保护性侧壁间隔物。 其他实施方案包括在沉积覆盖层之前在金属特征的上表面上沉积硬无机掩模层,形成通孔,并且依次蚀刻暴露的覆盖层以形成保护性侧壁间隔物,然后形成无机硬掩模层。 另外的实施例包括没有ARC并且将无机掩模层保持在金属特征的上表面上的金属特征。
    • 40. 发明授权
    • High integrity borderless vias with protective sidewall spacer
    • 高完整性无边界通孔与保护性侧壁间隔
    • US5982035A
    • 1999-11-09
    • US94726
    • 1998-06-15
    • Khanh Q. TranSunil D. Mehta
    • Khanh Q. TranSunil D. Mehta
    • H01L23/522H01L23/48
    • H01L23/5226H01L2924/0002
    • High integrity borderless vias are formed with a protective sidewall spacer on the exposed side surface of the underlying metal feature before depositing a barrier layer. Embodiments include depositing a dielectric capping layer on a metal feature having an ARC, e.g., TiN, etching to form a through-hole stopping on the capping layer, and then etching the exposed capping layer to form the protective sidewall spacer. Other embodiments include depositing a hard inorganic mask layer on the upper surface of the metal feature before depositing the capping layer, forming the through-hole, and sequentially etching the exposed capping layer to form the protective sidewall spacer and then the inorganic hard mask layer. Further embodiments include metal features without an ARC and retaining the inorganic mask layer on the upper surface of the metal feature.
    • 高度完整的无边界通孔在沉积阻挡层之前在底层金属特征的暴露的侧表面上形成有保护性侧壁间隔物。 实施例包括在具有ARC的金属特征(例如TiN)上沉积介电覆盖层,以蚀刻以形成在封盖层上停止的通孔,然后蚀刻暴露的封盖层以形成保护性侧壁间隔物。 其他实施方案包括在沉积覆盖层之前在金属特征的上表面上沉积硬无机掩模层,形成通孔,并且依次蚀刻暴露的覆盖层以形成保护性侧壁间隔物,然后形成无机硬掩模层。 另外的实施例包括没有ARC并且将无机掩模层保持在金属特征的上表面上的金属特征。