United Microelectronics Corp.

Huan-Chi Ma

Chien-Wen Yu

Ti-Bin Chen

Shao-Ping Chen

Chih-Chiang Wu

Tsai-Yu Wen

Ching-I Li

Shi-You Liu

Ya-Yin Hsiao

Yu-Chun Liu

Nien-Ting Ho

Yi-An Shih

Shih-Min Chou

Hui-Hsin Hsu

Po-Wei Wang

Cheng-Guo Chen

Ta-Kang Lo

Kuo-Chin Hung

Kuo-Yu Liao

Kuan-Ting Lu

Wei-Da Lin

Yi-Chuan Chen

Jian-Li Lin

A MOS capacitor includes a substrate having a capacitor forming region thereon, an ion well having a first conductivity type in the substrate, a counter doping region having a second conductivity type in the ion well within the capacitor forming region, a capacitor dielectric layer on the ion well within the capacitor forming region, a gate electrode on the capacitor dielectric layer, a source doping region having the second conductivity type on a first side of the gate electrode within the capacitor forming region, and a drain doping region having the second conductivity type on a second side of the gate electrode within the capacitor forming region.

MOS capacitor and fabrication method thereof

A semiconductor device includes a sense amplifier, a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) connected to the sense amplifier at a first distance, a second MTJ connected to the sense amplifier at a second distance, and a third MTJ connected to the sense amplifier at a third distance. Preferably, the first distance is less than the second distance, the second distance is less than the third distance, a critical dimension of the first MTJ is less than a critical dimension of the second MTJ, and the critical dimension of the second MTJ is less than a critical dimension of the third MTJ.

Semiconductor device comprising magnetic tunneling junctions with different distances/widths in a magnetoresistive random access memory

A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate, and the gate structure includes a titanium nitride barrier layer a titanium aluminide layer, and a middle layer. The titanium aluminide layer is disposed on the titanium nitride barrier layer, and the middle layer is disposed between the titanium aluminide layer and the titanium nitride barrier layer. The middle layer is directly connected with the titanium aluminide layer and the titanium nitride barrier layer, and the middle layer includes titanium and nitrogen. A concentration of nitrogen in the middle layer is gradually decreased in a vertical direction towards an interface between the middle layer and the titanium aluminide layer.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Semiconductor device comprising magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs) in a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM)

A method for fabricating p-type field effect transistor (FET) includes the steps of first providing a substrate, forming a pad layer on the substrate, forming a well in the substrate, performing an ion implantation process to implant germanium ions into the substrate to form a channel region, and then conducting an anneal process to divide the channel region into a top portion and a bottom portion. After removing the pad layer, a gate structure is formed on the substrate and a lightly doped drain (LDD) is formed adjacent to two sides of the gate structure.

P-type field effect transistor and method for fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate, and the gate structure includes a titanium nitride barrier layer and a titanium aluminide layer. The titanium aluminide layer is disposed on the titanium nitride barrier layer, and a thickness of the titanium aluminide layer ranges from twice a thickness of the titanium nitride barrier layer to three times the thickness of the titanium nitride barrier layer.

A p-type field effect transistor (pFET) includes a gate structure on a substrate, a channel region in the substrate directly under the gate structure, and a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the gate structure. Preferably, the channel region includes a top portion and a bottom portion, in which a concentration of germanium in the bottom portion is lower than a concentration of germanium in the top portion and a depth of the top portion is equal to a depth of the bottom portion.

P-type field effect transistor having channel region with top portion and bottom portion

A method for forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. A p-type field-effect transistor (p-FET) is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and completely covers the p-FET. At least an opening is formed in the dielectric layer and exposes a source/drain region of the p-FET. A conductive material is then formed filling the opening, wherein the conductive material comprises a first stress; specifically, a tensile stress between 400 and 800 MPa.

Semiconductor device and method of forming the same

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