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Juntao Li

Kangguo Cheng

Peng Xu

Choonghyun Lee

Ruilong Xie

Zhenxing Bi

Geng Wang

Shogo Mochizuki

Chanro Park

Chih-Chao Yang

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Hong He

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Veeraraghavan S Basker

Takashi Ando

Joseph Ervin

Chen Zhang

Julien Frougier

Yunpeng Yin

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Chun-chen Yeh

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John Gerard Gaudiello

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Sebastian Naczas

Sung Dae Suk

Takaaki Tsunoda

A stacked phase change memory structure having a cross-point architecture is provided. The stacked phase change memory structure includes at least two phase change material element-containing structures stacked one atop the other. Each phase change material element-containing structure of the plurality of phase change material element-containing structures has a cross-point architecture and includes, from bottom to top, at least one bottom electrode, a phase change material element, and a top electrode.

Stacked cross-point phase change memory

A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a planar top surface. At least a first gate cut stressor within a first gate cut region separates a first transistor region from a second transistor region. The first gate cut stressor is directly upon the planar top surface and applies a first tensile force perpendicular to a channel of the first transistor region and perpendicular to a channel of the second transistor region. The tensile force may improve hole and/or electron mobility within a transistor in the first transistor region and within a transistor in the second transistor region. The gate cut stressor may include a lower material within the gate cut region and an upper material upon the lower material. Alternatively, the gate cut stressor may include a liner material that lines the gate cut region and an inner material upon the liner material.

Stressed material within gate cut region

A method including forming a plurality of nanosheet layers on a substrate and forming a plurality of first sacrificial layers on the substrate, wherein the plurality of nanosheet layers and the plurality of first sacrificial layers are arranged in alternating layers, where the plurality of first sacrificial layers is comprised of a first material. Selectively removing the plurality of first sacrificial layers and forming a plurality of second sacrificial layers where the plurality of first sacrificial layers were removed, where the plurality of second sacrificial layers is comprised of a second material, where the first material and the second material are different. Recessing the plurality of second sacrificial layers at an even rate.

Method to release nano sheet after nano sheet fin recess

Semiconductor devices, and methods of forming the same, include forming a stack of channel layers, including an upper device region and a lower device region. The upper device region is separated from the lower device region by a dielectric spacer layer. A first work function metal layer is formed on the channel layers in the lower device region. A height of the first work function metal layer does not rise above the dielectric spacer layer. A second work function metal layer is formed on the channel layers in the upper device region.

Work function metal patterning for nanosheet CFETs

A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a structure having at least a first nanosheet stack for a first device, a second nanosheet stack for a second device and disposed over the first nanosheet stack, a disposable gate structure, and a gate spacer. The disposable gate structure and sacrificial layers of the first and second nanosheet stacks are removed thereby forming a plurality of cavities. A conformal gate dielectric layer is formed in the plurality cavities and surrounding at least portions of the first and second nanosheet stacks. A first conformal work function layer is formed in contact with the gate dielectric layer. Portions of the first conformal work function layer are removed without using a mask from at least the second nanosheet stack. A second conformal work function layer is formed on exposed portions of the gate dielectric layer.

Vertical stacked nanosheet CMOS transistors with different work function metals

The density of deuterium or hydrogen within phase change material (PCM) of a PCM memory cell reduces the active defects in the amorphous phase of the PCM by passivating dangling bonds, which results in the PCM becoming easier to nucleate during the SET process of the PCM memory cell. Resultingly, the addition of deuterium or hydrogen within the PCM relatively increases the SET programming voltage window of the PCM memory cell compared with a similar PCM cell without.

Phase change material including deuterium

Inner and outer spacers for nanosheet transistors are formed using techniques that improve junction uniformity. One nanosheet transistor device includes outer spacers and an interlevel dielectric layer liner made from the same material. A second nanosheet transistor device includes outer spacers, inner spacers and an interlevel dielectric layer liner that are all made from the same material.

Nanosheet transistor

Embodiments of present invention provide a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a dynamic random-access-memory (DRAM), and the DRAM includes a vertical transistor and a nanosheet transistor, the vertical transistor being stacked on top of the nanosheet transistor, where a bottom source/drain of the vertical transistor is directly above and connected to a gate of the nanosheet transistor through a conductive via. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also provided.

Scaled 2T DRAM

Interconnect structures containing metal oxide embedded diffusion barriers and methods of forming the same. Interconnect structures may include an Mlevel including an Mmetal in an Mdielectric, an Mlevel above the Mlevel including an Mmetal in an Mdielectric, an embedded diffusion barrier adjacent to the Mdielectric; and a seed alloy region adjacent to the Mmetal separating the Mmetal from the Mmetal. The embedded diffusion barrier may include a barrier-forming material such as manganese, aluminum, titanium, or some combination thereof. The seed alloy region may include a seed material such as cobalt, ruthenium, or some combination thereof.

Self-forming embedded diffusion barriers

A method of fabricating a static random-access memory (SRAM) device includes forming a sacrificial material and replacing the sacrificial material with a metal to form a cross-couple contact on a metal gate stack. A portion of the metal gate stack directly contacts each of a sidewall and an endwall of the cross-couple contact.

Replacement gate cross-couple for static random-access memory scaling

A structure including a bottom electrode on a substrate, a first side electrode vertically aligned above the bottom electrode, a set of alternating layers of insulator layers and conductive layers horizontally adjacent to the first side electrode, and a resistance switching material layer, the resistance switching material layer horizontally adjacent to a first side of the set of alternating layers. A method including forming a structure, the structure including alternating layers of insulator layers and conductive layers on a substrate, the substrate including a bottom electrode, removing a vertically aligned portion of the alternating layers forming a first trench, forming a first side electrode adjacent to the alternating layers in a portion of the first trench, removing another vertically aligned portion of the alternating layers forming a second trench, and forming a resistance switching material layer in the second trench.

Memory cell with comb-shaped electrodes

Embodiments of present invention provide a phase change memory (PCM) device. The PCM device includes a first PCM cell with the first PCM cell including an L-shaped phase change element, the L-shaped phase change element having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion on top of the horizontal portion; a selector underneath the horizontal portion of the L-shaped phase change element; a top electrode in contact with a top surface of the vertical portion of the L-shaped phase change element; and a bottom electrode in contact with the selector; and a second PCM cell. A method of manufacturing the PCM device is also provided.

Vertical phase change memory device

A mushroom memory cell may be formed by depositing a second dielectric layer on top of a first dielectric layer and a heater, depositing a hard mask on top of the second dielectric layer, performing a directional reactive-ion etching to remove an exposed portion of the second dielectric layer, performing a lateral etching to remove a portion of the second dielectric layer under the hard mask, performing directional deposition of a phase change material (PCM) over the heater, depositing a covering dielectric over the PCM, performing a second directional etching to expose a top surface of the PCM, and depositing a top electrode on the surface of the PCM.

Dome-shaped phase change memory mushroom cell

Semiconductor devices and methods for forming the semiconductor devices are described. An example semiconductor structure can include a substrate including a first electrode. The example semiconductor structure can further include a heater element directly contacting the first electrode in the substrate. The example semiconductor structure a phase change cell directly on the heater element. The sidewalls of the phase change cell can be encapsulated with a spacer. The example semiconductor structure a second electrode directly on the phase change cell and the spacer.

Phase change memory with encapsulated phase change element

A resistive RAM module comprises a source electrode and an intermediate electrode that is formed on the source electrode. The intermediate electrode has a closed-curve profile. The resistive RAM module also comprises a memristor element that is deposited on the intermediate electrode. The resistive RAM module also comprises a sink electrode that is in contact with the memristor element. The intermediate electrode is electrically between the source electrode and the memristor element and the memristor element is electrically between the intermediate electrode and the sink electrode.

ReRAM module with intermediate electrode

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