Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

Victor Kairys

Yakov Roizin

Ruth Shima-Edelstein

Erez Sarig

David Zfira

Carmel Sahar

An electrostatically controlled sensor includes a GaN/AlGaN heterostructure having a 2DEG channel in the GaN layer. Source and drain contacts are electrically coupled to the 2DEG channel through the AlGaN layer. A gate dielectric is formed over the AlGaN layer, and gate electrodes are formed over the gate dielectric, wherein each gate electrode extends substantially entirely between the source and drain contacts, wherein the gate electrodes are separated by one or more gaps (which also extend substantially entirely between the source and drain contacts). Each of the one or more gaps defines a corresponding sensing area between the gate electrodes for receiving an external influence. A bias voltage is applied to the gate electrodes, such that regions of the 2DEG channel below the gate electrodes are completely depleted, and regions of the 2DEG channel below the one or more gaps in the direction from source to drain are partially depleted.

Electrostatically controlled gallium nitride based sensor and method of operating same

A UV sensor includes a GaN stack including a low-resistance GaN layer formed over a nucleation layer, and a high-resistance GaN layer formed over the low-resistance GaN layer, wherein a 2DEG conductive channel exists at the upper surface of the high-resistance GaN layer. An AlGaN layer is formed over the upper surface of the high-resistance GaN layer. A source contact and a drain contact extend through the AlGaN layer and contact the upper surface of the high-resistance GaN layer (and are thereby electrically coupled to the 2DEG channel). A drain depletion region extends entirely from the upper surface of the high-resistance GaN layer to the low-resistance GaN layer under the drain contact. An electrical current between the source and drain contacts is a function of UV light received by the GaN stack. An electrode is connected to the low-resistance GaN layer to allow for electrical refresh of the UV sensor.

Gallium nitride based ultra-violet sensor with intrinsic amplification and method of operating same

A single-poly electrically erasable/programmable CMOS logic memory cell for mobile applications includes a CMOS inverter that share a single polysilicon floating gate, and an enhanced control capacitor including a control gate capacitor and an optional isolated P-well (IPW) capacitor formed below the control gate capacitor. The control gate capacitor includes a polysilicon control gate that is interdigitated with the floating gate and serves as a capacitor plate to induce Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) injection or Band-to-Band Tunneling (BBT) to both program and erase the floating gate. The IPW capacitor is provided in the otherwise unused space below the control gate capacitor by a IPW that is separated from the control/floating gates by a dielectric layer and is electrically connected to the control gate. Both F-N injection and BBT program/erase are performed at 5V or less.

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Victor Kairys