Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hisato Oyamatsu

Hajime Nagano

Shinichi Nitta

Tsutomu Sato

Ichiro Mizushima

Takashi Yamada

Osamu Fujii

Kunihiro Kasai

Kenji Honda

Shinya Kobayashi

Takeshi Shibata

Shinji Miyano

Kenji Noma

Yoshihiro Minami

Masahiro Inohara

Masahiko Matsumoto

Takeo Nakayama

Yoshimasa Kawase

Yasuhiro Fukaura

Masayuki Murota

According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array area on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell array area including magnetoresistive elements, each of the magnetoresistive elements having a reference layer with an invariable magnetization, a storage layer with a variable magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer therebetween, a magnetic field generating area which generates a first magnetic field cancelling a second magnetic field applying from the reference layer to the storage layer, and which is separated from the magnetoresistive elements, and a closed magnetic path area functioning as a closed magnetic path of the first magnetic field, and surrounding the memory cell array area and the magnetic field generating area.

Magnetic memory device

A measuring device measures a gate length of a plurality of gate electrodes formed on a wafer. A calculation device calculates data of an ion implantation dosage for making uniform a threshold voltage in a wafer surface on the basis of distribution of the gate length in a wafer surface measured by the measuring device. The ion implantation device implants ions into the wafer on the basis of the data of the ion implantation dosage calculated by the calculation device.

Manufacturing system for semiconductor device capable of controlling variation in electrical property of element in wafer surface and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element-isolating region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a real element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof, and a dummy element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof. The ratio of the sum of pattern areas of the real element region and dummy element region occupied in a 1 &#x3bc;m-square range of interest including the element region is 25% or more.

Semiconductor device having metal silicide layer on source/drain region and gate electrode and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first diffusion region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the first diffusion region, and a channel formed in the first diffusion region to receive a cooling fluid.

Semiconductor device having channel with cooling fluid and manufacturing method thereof

Cooling semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device substrate includes forming a mask layer pattern on a semiconductor layer insulated from a surface of a semiconductor substrate by an electrically insulating layer, etching the semiconductor layer according to the pattern of the mask layer to form a trench leading to the insulating layer, etching a protective layer on the semiconductor substrate having a thickness less than the thickness of the insulating layer to form a sidewall protective film which covers a side surface of the trench, etching the insulating layer from a bottom surface of the trench to the semiconductor substrate; and growing a single-crystalline layer from the surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed as a result of etching the insulating layer.

Semiconductor device substrate including a single-crystalline layer and method of manufacturing semiconductor device substrate

A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes selectively removing portions of a buried oxide layer and first semiconductor layer in an SOI substrate having the first semiconductor layer formed above a semiconductor substrate with the buried oxide layer disposed therebetween and exposing part of the semiconductor substrate, removing an exposed region of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, and burying a second semiconductor region in the region from which part of the semiconductor substrate has been removed in the depth direction.

Semiconductor device using partial SOI substrate and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device substrate is disclosed, which comprises forming a mask layer patterned on a semiconductor layer insulated from a surface of a semiconductor substrate by an electrically insulating layer, etching the semiconductor layer according to the pattern of the mask layer to form a trench leading to the insulating layer, etching a protective layer deposited thinner on the semiconductor substrate than the thickness of the insulating layer to form a sidewall protective film which covers a side surface of the trench, etching the insulating layer from a bottom surface of the trench to the semiconductor substrate; and growing a single-crystalline layer from the surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed as a result of etching the insulating layer.

Semiconductor device comprising multiple layers with trenches formed on a semiconductor substrate

A semiconductor chip includes a base substrate, a bulk device region having a bulk growth layer on a part of the base substrate, an SOI device region having a buried insulator on the base substrate and a silicon layer on the buried insulator, and a boundary layer located at the boundary between the bulk device region and the SOI device region. The bulk device region has a first device-fabrication surface in which a bulk device is positioned on the bulk growth layer. The SOI device region has a second device-fabrication surface in which an SOI device is positioned on the silicon layer. The first and second device-fabrication surfaces are positioned at a substantially uniform level.

Semiconductor chip which combines bulk and SOI regions and separates same with plural isolation regions

A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed above a first region of a supporting substrate with a buried oxide layer disposed therebetween and a second semiconductor layer formed on a second region of the supporting substrate. An interface between the supporting substrate and the second semiconductor layer is placed in substantially the same depth position as the undersurface of the buried oxide layer or in a position deeper than the buried oxide layer.

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, including forming a first insulation film, a first semiconductor layer, and a second insulation film in sequence in first to third regions of a semiconductor substrate, removing the first insulation film, the first semiconductor layer, and the second insulation film in the first region and the second insulation film in the third region, selectively forming a second semiconductor layer in the first region of the semiconductor substrate and on the first semiconductor layer in the third region, removing the second insulation film, polishing the second semiconductor layer in the third region using the second insulation film in the second region as a stopper after the second semiconductor layer is formed, and forming semiconductor elements on the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer after the second insulation film is removed.

Semiconductor device having patterned SOI structure and method for fabricating the same

A semiconductor chip comprises a base substrate, a bulk device region having a bulk growth layer on a part of the base substrate, an SOI device region having a buried insulator on the base substrate and a silicon layer on the buried insulator, and a boundary layer located at the boundary between the bulk device region and the SOI device region. The bulk device region has a first device-fabrication surface in which a bulk device is positioned on the bulk growth layer. The SOI device region has a second device-fabrication surface in which an SOI device is positioned on the silicon layer. The first and second device-fabrication surfaces are positioned at a substantially uniform level.

Semiconductor chip having multiple functional blocks integrated in a single chip and method for fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor layers and first and second MOS transistors. The first semiconductor layer is provided on and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor layer is provided near the first semiconductor layer and formed above the semiconductor substrate via one of an insulating film and a cavity. The first and second MOS transistors are respectively provided on the first and second semiconductor layers, and each has a gate electrode arranged parallel to a boundary between the first and second semiconductor layers.

Semiconductor device having one of patterned SOI and SON structure

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, including forming a first insulation film, a first semiconductor layer, and a second insulation film in sequence in first to third regions of a semiconductor substrate; removing the first insulation film, the first semiconductor layer, and the second insulation film in the first region and the second insulation film in the third region; selectively forming a second semiconductor layer in the first region of the semiconductor substrate and on the first semiconductor layer in the third region; and removing the second insulation film.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hisato Oyamatsu