Infineon Technologies Ag

Infineon Technologies Austria Ag

Jakob Kriz

Achim Gratz

Klaus Goller

Josef Willer

Armin Tilke

Christoph Ludwig

Bernhard Weidgans

Georg Georgakos

Werner Robl

Michael Nelhiebel

Herbert Palm

Martin Seck

Mayk Roehrich

Sven Lanzerstorfer

Norbert Urbansky

Rainer Pelzer

Elard Stein Von Kamienski

Olaf Heitzsch

Christoph Kutter

Jens Bachmann

Peter Wawer

Kai Huckels

Heiko Assmann

Woong-Jae Chung

Bernd Föste

Andreas Liebelt

Johannes Zechner

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a power device formed in the semiconductor substrate; a metal bilayer formed over the semiconductor substrate, the metal bilayer including a discontinuous metal layer formed on and in contact with a continuous base metal layer; and one or more contact pads formed in the metal bilayer or in a metallization layer above the metal bilayer. The discontinuous metal layer includes a plurality of metal blocks which are laterally spaced apart from one another and which form a heat sink structure over the power device. The continuous base metal layer is configured to laterally spread heat energy from the power device to the plurality of metal blocks. Methods of producing the semiconductor device are also described.

Semiconductor device power metallization layer with stress-relieving heat sink structure

Embodiments relate to a method for making a semiconductor structure, the method comprising: forming a seed layer in direct contact with a dielectric material; forming a masking layer over the seed layer; patterning the masking layer to expose the seed layer; forming a fill layer over the exposed seed layer; and causing the seed layer to react with the dielectric layer to form a barrier layer between the fill layer and the dielectric layer.

Semiconductor structure and method for making same

An integrated circuit arrangement containing a via is disclosed. The via has an upper section having greatly inclined sidewalls. A lower section of the via has approximately vertical sidewalls. In one embodiment, a liner layer is used as a hard mask in the production of the via and defines the position of the sections of the via.

Integrated circuit arrangement including vias having two sections, and method for producing the same

A method for fabricating a capacitor arrangement which includes at least three electrodes is described. The capacitor arrangement is fabricated using a number of lithography methods that is smaller than the number of electrodes. A capacitor arrangement extending over more than two or more interlayers between metallization layers has a high capacitance per unit area and can be fabricated in a simple way is also described. The circuit arrangement has a high capacitance per unit area and can be fabricated in a simple way. An electrode layer is first patterned using a dry-etching process and residues of the electrode layer are removed using a wet-chemical process, making it possible to fabricate capacitors with excellent electrical properties.

Capacitor assemblies

A via structure is disclosed for use in a multi-layered semiconductor device, for forming electrical contacts between prescribed layers of the vertically aligned structures. The via structures include a plurality of adjacent frame shaped hole structures which extend between the prescribed layers of the device, and which are filled with metal to form frame shaped vias. The width of each of the sides of the frame is chosen to be equal to an integer multiple of half of the minimum pitch of the semiconductor processing, with the distance between adjacent frame shaped via structures being approximately equal to an integer multiple of half of the minimum pitch of the semiconductor processing.

Power-via structure for integration in advanced logic/smart-power technologies

In the inventive method for manufacturing a bipolar transistor having a polysilicon emitter, a collector region of a first conductivity type and, adjoining thereto, a basis region of a second conductivity type will be generated at first. At least one layer of an insulating material will now be applied, wherein the at least one layer is patterned such that at least one section of the basis region is exposed. Next, a layer of a polycrystalline semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, which is heavily doped with doping atoms, will be generated such that the exposed section is essentially covered. Now, a second layer of a highly conductive material on the layer of the polycrystalline semiconductor material will be generated in order to form an emitter double layer with the same. Thereupon, at least part of the doping atoms of the first conductivity type of the heavily doped polycrystalline semiconductor layer is caused to get into the basis region to generate an emitter region of the first conductivity type.

Method for manufacturing a bipolar transistor having a polysilicon emitter

Each memory cell is a memory transistor which is provided on a top side of a semiconductor body and has a gate electrode which is arranged in a trench located between a source region and a drain region that are formed in the semiconductor material. The gate electrode is separated from the semiconductor material by a dielectric material. At least between the source region and the gate electrode and between the drain region and the gate electrode, there is an oxide-nitride-oxide layer sequence. The layer sequence is provided for the purpose of trapping charge carriers at the source and the drain.

Memory cell, memory cell configuration and fabrication method

A nonvolatile NOR semiconductor memory device and a method for programming the memory device are described. The memory device has a multiplicity of one-transistor memory cells disposed in a matrix form being driven both via word lines and via bit lines. In this case, each one-transistor memory cell has both a source line and a drain line, as a result of which selective driving of the respective drain and source regions is obtained. In this way, a leakage current in the semiconductor memory device can be optimally reduced with minimal space requirement.

Nonvolatile nor semiconductor memory device and method for programming the memory device

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Weinboehla, Germany

Jakob Kriz