United Semiconductor (xiamen) Co., Ltd.

Chin-Chun Huang

Wen Yi Tan

Hailong Gu

Jinjian Ouyang

You-Di Jhang

Guang Yang

Linshan Yuan

Bin Guo

Yun-Pin Teng

Xiang Bo Kong

Dejin Kong

Jiawei Lyu

Long Wang

Wei-Chun Chang

Rong He

Zhi Xiang Qiu

Zijun Sun

Yuchun Guo

Hui Feng Chen

Penghui Lu

Shuzhi Zou

A resistive memory device includes a stacked structure and a copper via conductor structure. The stacked structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance layer. The second electrode is disposed above the first electrode in a vertical direction, and the variable resistance layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in the vertical direction. The copper via conductor structure is disposed under the stacked structure. The first electrode includes a tantalum nitride layer directly connected with the copper via conductor structure.

Resistive memory device

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. A substrate having thereon at least one metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor is provided. A stress memorization technique (SMT) process is performed. The SMT process includes steps of depositing an SMT film covering the at least one MOS transistor on the substrate, and subjecting the SMT film to a thermal process. A lithographic process and an etching process are performed to form a patterned SMT film. A silicide layer is formed on the MOS transistor. The patterned SMT film acts as a salicide block layer when forming the silicide layer.

Method for making semiconductor device using a stress memorization technique

A semiconductor device includes a patterned metal layer on a substrate, via conductors on the patterned metal layer, first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) patterns embedded in the patterned metal layer, and a second IMD pattern surrounding the patterned metal layer. Preferably, the first IMD patterns are between and without overlapping the via conductors in a top view.

Semiconductor device having inter-metal dielectric patterns and method for fabricating the same

A testkey structure for semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of first dummy gate structures disposed on the substrate and arranged around the gate structure. A bottom surface of the gate structure is lower than bottom surfaces of the first dummy gate structures. A top surface of the gate structure is flush with top surfaces of the first dummy gate structures.

Testkey structure for semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a resistor disposed on a second etching stop layer in the resistor forming region. A fourth interlayer dielectric layer covers the resistor and the second etch stop layer. A first via is located in the fourth interlayer dielectric layer and is electrically connected to a terminal of the resistor. By forming the resistor in BEOL process, the problem of the contact stop depth difference that affects the process window and causes the reduced yield can be improved.

Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof

The invention provides a semiconductor testkey pattern, the semiconductor testkey pattern includes a high density device region and a plurality of resistor pairs surrounding the high density device region, wherein each resistor pair includes two mutually symmetrical resistor patterns.

Semiconductor testkey pattern and test method thereof

A radiofrequency device includes a semiconductor substrate, an inductor structure, a shielding structure, and a mask pattern. The semiconductor substrate includes a first region and a second region. The inductor structure is disposed on the first region of the semiconductor substrate. The shielding structure is disposed on the first region of the semiconductor substrate and located between the inductor structure and the semiconductor substrate in a vertical direction. The mask pattern is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. A first portion of the mask pattern is disposed on the shielding structure and directly contacts the shielding structure, and a top surface of the shielding structure is completely covered by the first portion of the mask pattern.

Radiofrequency device

A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, patterning the first IMD layer to form first IMD patterns on the substrate, a trench surrounding the first IMD patterns, and a second IMD pattern surrounding the trench, forming a metal layer in the trench to surround the first IMD patterns, forming a second IMD layer on the first IMD patterns, the metal layer, and the second IMD pattern, and forming via conductors in the second IMD layer. Preferably, the via conductors not overlapping the first IMD patterns.

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, including a high-voltage device region and a low-voltage device region, includes the steps of: providing a substrate, wherein a bottom mask layer and a top mask layer are sequentially disposed thereon; forming a doped region in the substrate based on a first layout pattern; patterning the substrate based on a second layout pattern to form at least two trenches in the substrate respectively in the high-voltage device region and the low-voltage device region; and patterning the top mask layer in the high-voltage device region based on a third layout pattern to form a patterned top mask layer and expose the bottom mask layer from the patterned top mask layer, wherein the third layout pattern is generated by comparing the first layout pattern and the second layout pattern and executing a Boolean operation.

Method of fabricating semiconductor device

An RRAM structure includes a substrate. An RRAM is embedded in the substrate. The RRAM includes a bottom electrode, a metal oxide layer and a top electrode. A first doped region is embedded in the substrate and surrounds the bottom electrode. A transistor is disposed on the substrate and at one side of the RRAM. The transistor includes a gate structure on the substrate. A source is disposed in the substrate and at one side of the gate structure. A drain is disposed in the substrate and at another side of the gate structure. The first doped region contacts the drain.

RRAM structure and method of fabricating the same

An integrated circuit includes: a substrate having a resistive random-access memory area and a resistor area; a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer sequentially disposed on the substrate; a patterned stacked structure having a bottom conductive layer, an insulating layer and a top conductive layer stacked from bottom to top sandwiched by the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; a first metal plug and a second metal plug disposed in the second dielectric layer and contacting the top conductive layer and the bottom conductive layer of the resistive random-access memory area respectively, thereby constituting a resistive random-access memory cell; and, a third metal plug and a fourth metal plug disposed in the second dielectric layer and contacting the bottom conductive layer or the top conductive layer of the resistor area, thereby constituting a resistor cell. A method of forming said integrated circuit is also provided.

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Chin-Chun Huang