US7291877B2
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Integrated circuit arrangement with capacitor
Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
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Filing: 2003-10-10
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Granted: 2007-11-06
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Expires: 2023-10-10
Abstract
Abstract An integrated circuit arrangement contains an insulating region, which is part of a planar insulating layer, and a capacitor which contains: near and far electrode regions near and remote from the insulating region and a dielectric region. The capacitor and an active component are on the same side of the insulating layer, and the near electrode region and an active region of the component are planar and parallel to the insulating layer. The near electrode region is monocrystalline and contains multiple webs. Alternately, a FET is present in which: a channel region is the active region, the FET contains a web with opposing control electrodes connected by a connecting region that is isolated from the channel region by a thick insulating region. The thick insulating region is thicker than control electrode insulation regions. The control electrodes contain the same material as the far electrode region.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralf Brederlow
- 👤 Jessica Hartwich
- 👤 Christian Pacha
- 👤 Wolfgang Rösner
- 👤 Thomas Schulz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 18:01
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10D30/62; H10B; H10B12/00; H10B12/01; H10B12/02; H10B12/03; H10B12/05; H10B12/053; H10B12/056; H10B12/30; H10B12/34; H10B12/36; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/692; H10D30/01; H10D30/021; H10D30/024; H10D84/00; H10D84/80; H10D84/811; H10D84/813; H10D86/00; H10D86/01; H10D86/011; H10D86/201; H10D86/215; H10D86/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
An integrated circuit arrangement, having an electrically insulating region, and having at least one sequence of regions which forms a capacitor and which contains, in the order specified: an electrode region near the insulating region, a dielectric region, and an electrode region remote from the insulating region, the insulating region being part of an insulating layer arranged in a plane, the capacitor and at least one active component of the integrated circuit arrangement being arranged on the same side of the insulating layer, and the electrode region near the insulating region and an active region of the component being arranged in a plane which lies parallel to the plane in which the insulating layer is arranged, wherein at least one field-effect transistor is present in which: a channel region is the active region, the field-effect transistor contains at least one web, a plurality of control electrodes is arranged at mutually opposite sides of the web, a connecting region electrically connects the control electrodes, the connecting region is isolated from the channel region by a thick insulating region, the thick insulating region has an insulating thickness which is greater than a thickness of control electrode insulation regions, and the control electrodes contain the same material as the electrode region remote from the insulating region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
An integrated circuit arrangement, having an electrically insulating region, and having at least one sequence of regions which forms a capacitor and which contains, in the order specified: an electrode region near the insulating region, a dielectric region, and an electrode region remote from the insulating region, the insulating region being part of an insulating layer arranged in a plane, the capacitor and at least one active component of the integrated circuit arrangement being arranged on the same side of the insulating layer, and the electrode region near the insulating region and an active region of the component being arranged in a plane which lies parallel to the plane in which the insulating layer is arranged, wherein at least one field-effect transistor is present in which: a channel region is the active region, the field-effect transistor contains at least one web, a plurality of control electrodes is arranged at mutually opposite sides of the web, a connecting region electrically connects the control electrodes, the connecting region is isolated from the channel region by a thick insulating region, the thick insulating region has an insulating thickness which is greater than a thickness of control electrode insulation regions, and the control electrodes contain the same material as the electrode region remote from the insulating region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
105 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the electrode region near the insulating region is a monocrystalline region, at least one of the electrode region near the insulating region or the active region has a thickness of less than one hundred nanometers, the active region is a monocrystalline region, the insulating layer adjoins, at one side, a carrier substrate, the insulating layer adjoins the electrode region near the insulating region at an opposing side, boundary areas lie completely in two mutually parallel planes, the insulating layer comprises an electrically insulating material, or the active component is a transistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the dielectric region comprises silicon dioxide, the dielectric region comprises a material having a dielectric constant of greater than four, the electrode region remote from the insulating region comprises silicon, the electrode region remote from the insulating region contains a low-impedance material, or the electrode region remote from the insulating region adjoins a region containing metal-semiconductor compounds.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the dielectric region and the electrode region remote from the insulating region are arranged at at least two side areas of the electrode region near the insulating region, or the electrode region near the insulating region contains a multiplicity of webs whose web height is larger than a web width.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
95 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one field-effect transistor further contains at least one of: a control electrode that contains material of the same dopant concentration as the electrode region remote from the insulating region, a control electrode insulation region that contains at least one of the same material or a material having the same thickness as that of the dielectric region, or a control electrode insulation region that contains at least one of a different material or a material having a different thickness than the dielectric region.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one of: at least one control electrode adjoins a region containing metal-semiconductor compounds, or the connecting region at least one of: comprises the same material or has the same doping level as the electrode region remote from the insulating region.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one of: one terminal region or both terminal regions of the field-effect transistor adjoin the insulating layer, at least one terminal region of the field-effect transistor adjoins a region containing a metal-semiconductor compound, or the terminal regions of the field-effect transistor have a larger thickness than the active region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
84 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one of: spacers are arranged on both sides of the control electrodes, which comprise a different material than the electrode layer, a spacer is arranged at at least one side of the electrode region remote from the insulating region, which comprises a different material than the electrode layer, or a spacer arranged at a control electrode and a spacer arranged at the electrode region remote from the insulating region touch one another.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
82 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one of: a terminal region of the field-effect transistor and the electrode region of the capacitor which is near the insulating region adjoin one another and have an electrically conductive connection at a boundary, the terminal region of the field-effect transistor which adjoins the electrode region does not adjoin a region containing a metal-semiconductor compound, or another terminal region of the field-effect transistor adjoins a region containing a metal-semiconductor compound.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
123 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a side of the electrode region near the insulating region which adjoins the terminal region is longer than a side of the electrode region near the insulating region which lies transversely with respect to the side which adjoins the terminal region, the transistor has a transistor width which is a multiple of a minimum feature size, or the side of the electrode region near the insulating region which lies transversely with respect to that side of the electrode region near the insulating region which adjoins the terminal region is longer than the side adjoining the terminal region, the transistor has a transistor width which is less than three times the minimum feature size.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the circuit arrangement contains at least one processor, the capacitor and the active component form a memory cell, or the memory cell contains either a capacitor and only one transistor or a capacitor and more than one transistor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
72 words
The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the dielectric region comprises silicon dioxide, the dielectric region comprises a material having a dielectric constant of greater than four, the electrode region remote from the insulating region comprises a metal, the electrode region remote from the insulating region contains a low-impedance material, or the electrode region remote from the insulating region adjoins a region containing metal-semiconductor compounds.
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