IP Library Granted Patent US 7,208,788
Granted Patent B2
US 7,208,788 · App. 10/995,134 · Granted Apr 24, 2007

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,208,788
App. No.
10/995,134
Granted
Apr 24, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof in which the peripheral length of an aperture and the mechanical strength of cylinders in a cell can be increased without changing the occupation rate of patterns in the cell. By forming a slit in the middle of each mask pattern so as not to expose parts of wafer, the aperture of the wafer becomes nearly cocoon-shaped with a constriction in the middle. Thereby, the peripheral length of the aperture can be increased without changing the occupation rate of the mask patterns in a cell. Further, the shape of the bottom of the aperture also becomes nearly cocoon-shaped with a constriction in the middle, and therefore it is possible to increase the mechanical strength of cylinders.

Claims (4)

1. A deep sub-half micron semiconductor device comprising cylinder type capacitors in a concave shape on a wafer, wherein each of the capacitors has a separate aperture, and wherein each of the apertures on the wafer is constricted in the middle in nearly a cocoon shape.

2. A deep sub-half micron semiconductor device comprising cylinder type capacitors in a concave shape on a wafer, wherein each aperture on the wafer is constricted in the middle, wherein there are a plurality of constrictions in the middle of the aperture.

3. The semiconductor device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cylinder type capacitors are part of a DRAM device.

4. The semiconductor device claimed in claim 2 , wherein the cylinder type capacitors are part of a DRAM device.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046867/0248 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032900/0568 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2004
From: HIROSHIMA, MASAHITO; NISHIDA, TAKASHI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 016028/0771 →