IP Library Granted Patent US 7,352,046
Granted Patent B2
US 7,352,046 · App. 11/199,293 · Granted Apr 1, 2008

Semiconductor integrated circuit device

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Patent No.
US 7,352,046
App. No.
11/199,293
Granted
Apr 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a first MOS transistor having an insulating film, a first source, a first gate electrode, and a nitride film overlapping the first gate electrode from the first source through the insulating film. A second MOS transistor has a second source and a second gate electrode but does not have a nitride film overlapping the second gate electrode from the second source.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising:

a first MOS transistor having an insulating film, a first source, a first non-floating gate electrode, and a nitride film overlapping the first non-floating gate electrode from the first source through the insulating film for controlling a threshold voltage of the first MOS transistor by inhibiting hydrogen diffusion in an overlap region of the first non-floating gate electrode and the first source; and

a second MOS transistor having a second source and a second non-floating gate electrode and without a nitride film overlapping the second non-floating gate electrode from the second source.

2. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ; wherein a ratio of an amount in which the nitride film overlaps the first non-floating gate electrode to a channel width of the first MOS transistor has a value between 0 and 1.

3. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ; wherein an overlap amount of the nitride film with respect to the first non-floating gate electrode is equal to or greater than 0.2 μm.

4. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ; wherein an overlap amount of the nitride film with respect to the first source is equal to or greater than 0.2 μm.

5. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ; wherein the nitride film has a thickness equal to or greater than 50 nm.

6. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: a first MOS transistor having a first source, a first non-floating gate electrode, and a nitride film overlapping the first source and the first non-floating gate electrode for controlling a threshold voltage of the first MOS transistor by inhibiting hydrogen diffusion in an overlap region of the first non-floating gate electrode and the first source; and a second MOS transistor having a second source and a second non-floating gate electrode.

7. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 6 ; wherein a ratio of an amount in which the nitride film overlaps the first non-floating gate electrode to a channel width of the first MOS transistor has a value between 0 and 1.

8. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 6 ; wherein an overlap amount of the nitride film with respect to the first non-floating gate electrode is equal to or greater than 0.2 μm.

9. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 6 ; wherein an overlap amount of the nitride film with respect to the first source is equal to or greater than 0.2 μm.

10. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 6 ; wherein the nitride film has a thickness equal to or greater than 50 nm.

11. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 6 ; wherein the second MOS transistor does not have a nitride film overlapping the second source and the second non-floating gate electrode.

12. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 11 ; wherein a ratio of an amount in which the nitride film overlaps the first non-floating gate electrode to a channel width of the first MOS transistor has a value between 0 and 1.

13. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 11 ; wherein an overlap amount of the nitride film with respect to the first non-floating gate electrode is equal to or greater than 0.2 μm.

14. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 11 ; wherein an overlap amount of the nitride film with respect to the first source is equal to or greater than 0.2 μm.

15. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 11 ; wherein the nitride film has a thickness equal to or greater than 50 nm.

16. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: a first MOS transistor having a first source, a first non-floating gate electrode, and a plurality of nitride films overlapping the first source and the first non-floating gate electrode for controlling a threshold voltage of the first MOS transistor by inhibiting hydrogen diffusion in an overlap region of the first non-floating gate electrode and the first source; and a second MOS transistor having a second source and a second non-floating gate electrode.

17. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 16 ; wherein the second MOS transistor does not have a nitride film overlapping the second source and the second non-floating gate electrode.

18. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 17 ; wherein the nitride films are separate and independent from one another.

19. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 17 ; wherein the nitride films extend in a length direction of the first non-floating gate electrode.

20. A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 17 ; wherein each of the nitride films has a thickness equal to or greater than 50 nm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038058/0892 →