Hitachi, Ltd.

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Isamu Kuramoto

Koichiro Ishibashi

Shuji Ikeda

Toshiaki Yamanaka

Satoshi Meguro

Naotaka Hashimoto

Atsuyoshi Koike

Nobuyuki Moriwaki

Katsuro Sasaki

Soichiro Hashiba

Yutaka Kobayashi

Atsushi Hiraishi

Seigou Yukutake

Shigeru Takahashi

Herein disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a SRAM having its memory cell composed of transfer MISFETs to be controlled through word lines and drive MISFETs. The gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and the gate electrodes of the transfer MISFETs of the memory cell, and the word lines are individually formed of different conductive layers. The drive MISFETs and the transfer MISFETs are individually arranged to cross each other in the gate length direction. The word lines are extended in the gate length direction of the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and caused to cross the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs partially. The two transfer MISFETs of the memory cell have their individual gate electrodes connected with two respective word lines spaced from each other and extended in an identical direction. The region defined by the two word lines is arranged therein with the two drive MISFETs and the source lines. The source line is formed of a conductive layer identical to that of the word line. The individual data lines of the complementary data line are formed of an identical conductive layer which is different from that of the word line and the source line. The identical conductive layer between the word line and source line and the complementary data line is formed with two word lines: a main word line extended in the first direction identical to that of the word line and source line and used by adopting the divided word line system: and a sub-word line used by adopting the double word line system.

SRAM having load transistor formed above driver transistor

Semiconductor integrated circuit device and process for fabricating the

Herein disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising an SRAM having its memory cell composed of transfer MISFETs to be controlled through word lines and drive MISFETs, and a method of forming this device. The gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and of the transfer MISFETs of the memory cell, and the word lines, are individually formed of different conductive layers. The two transfer MISFETs of the memory cell have their individual gate electrodes connected with two respective word lines spaced from each other and extended in an identical direction. The source line is formed of a conductive layer identical to that of the word line. An oxidation resisting film is formed on the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs so as to reduce stress caused by oxidization of edge portions of these gate electrodes, and to reduce a resulting leakage current. A thickness of an oxide film formed on gate electrodes of the transfer MISFETs and word lines is thicker than an oxide film formed on gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs, so that data line pads can be formed in self-alignment with the oxide film and side wall spacers on the gate electrodes of the transfer MISFETs.

Process for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device

A method is provided for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device which includes a capacitor element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric film formed between said first electrode and said second electrode. In particular, the method includes the step of forming at least one of the first electrode and second electrode with a polycrystalline silicon film which is deposited over a semiconductor substrate by a CVD method and which is doped with an impurity during said deposition to decrease the resistance of the polycrystalline silicon film. The capacitor element formed by this method is particularly useful for memory cells of static random access memory devices.

Herein disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a SRAM having its memory cell composed of transfer MISFETs to be controlled through word lines and drive MISFETs. The gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and the gate electrodes of the transfer MISFETs of the memory cell, and the word lines are individually formed of different conductive layers. The drive MISFETs and the transfer MISFETs are individually arranged to cross each other in the gate length direction. The word lines are extended in the gate length direction of the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and caused to cross the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs partially. The two transfer MISFETs of the memory cell have their individual gate electrodes connected-with two respective word lines spaced from each other and extended in an identical direction. The region defined by the two word lines is arranged therein with the two drive MISFETs and the source lines.

Herein disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a SRAM having its memory cell composed of transfer MISFETs to be controlled through word lines and drive MISFETs. The gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and the gate electrodes of the transfer MISFETs of the memory cell, and the word lines are individually formed of different conductive layers. The drive MISFETs and the transfer MISFETs are individually arranged to cross each other in the gate length direction. The word lines are extended in the gate length direction of the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs and caused to cross the gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs partially.

A MOSFET Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell has a symmetrical construction, with a pair of word lines. The word lines are in second level polysilicon, so that they may overlap the driving transistor gates which are in first level polysilicon.

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Higashiyamato, Japan

Isamu Kuramoto