IP Library Granted Patent US 8,575,701
Granted Patent B1
US 8,575,701 · App. 12/685,413 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Semiconductor device where logic region and DRAM are formed on same substrate

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Patent No.
US 8,575,701
App. No.
12/685,413
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor device having a DRAM region and a logic region embedded therein, includes: a substrate having the DRAM region and the logic region respectively formed thereon; a first transistor formed in the DRAM region, and having a first gate insulating film, and a second transistor formed in the logic region, and having a second gate insulating film, wherein equivalent oxide thickness T 1 of the first gate insulating film of the first transistor is not larger than equivalent oxide thickness T 2 of the second gate insulating film of the second transistor, the second transistor formed in the logic region has a pocket region which contains an impurity ion having a conductivity type different from that of an impurity ion composing the source/drain regions, while the first transistor formed in the DRAM region has no pocket region.

Claims (52)

1. A semiconductor device having a DRAM region and a logic region embedded therein, comprising:

a substrate having said DRAM region and said logic region respectively formed thereon;

a first transistor formed in said DRAM region, and having a first gate insulating film; and

a second transistor formed in said logic region, and having a second gate insulating film,

wherein equivalent oxide thickness T 1 of said first gate insulating film of said first transistor is not larger than equivalent oxide thickness T 2 of said second gate insulating film of said second transistor,

said second transistor formed in said logic region has, at each end of the source/drain regions thereof, a pocket region which contains an impurity ion having a conductivity type different from a conductivity type of an impurity ion composing said source/drain regions, said first transistor formed in said DRAM region has no pocket region formed at each end of the source/drain regions thereof, and

at least a part of said pocket region is located in surficial portions of said substrate between the source/drain regions.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said first transistor is configured to be applied with a negative bias voltage in the standby period.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein said second transistor is configured to be applied with zero voltage in the standby period.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said source/drain regions of said second transistor formed in said logic region, and said source/drain regions of said first transistor formed in said DRAM region have silicide layers respectively formed in the surficial portions thereof.

5. A semiconductor device having a DRAM region and a logic region embedded therein, comprising:

a substrate having said DRAM region and said logic region respectively formed thereon;

a first transistor formed in said DRAM region, and having a first gate insulating film; and

a second transistor formed in said logic region, and having a second gate insulating film,

wherein equivalent oxide thickness T 1 of said first gate insulating film of said first transistor is smaller than 2.2 nm,

said second transistor formed in said logic region has, at each end of the source/drain regions thereof, a pocket region which contains an impurity ion having a conductivity type different from a conductivity type of an impurity ion composing said source/drain regions,

said first transistor formed in said DRAM region has no pocket region formed at each end of the source/drain regions thereof, and

at least a part of said pocket region is located in surficial portions of said substrate between the source/drain regions.

6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein said first transistor is configured to be applied with a negative bias voltage in the standby period.

7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 6 ,

wherein said second transistor is configured to be applied with zero voltage in the standby period.

8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein said source/drain regions of said second transistor formed in said logic region, and said source/drain regions of said first transistor formed in said DRAM region have silicide layers respectively formed in the surficial portions thereof.

9. A semiconductor device having a DRAM region and a logic region embedded therein, comprising:

a substrate having said DRAM region and said logic region respectively formed thereon;

a first transistor formed in said DRAM region, and having a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode;

a second transistor formed in said logic region, and having a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode; and

a negative bias generating circuit applying a negative bias voltage to said first gate electrode,

wherein equivalent oxide thickness T 1 of said first gate insulating film of said first transistor is thinner than equivalent oxide thickness T 2 of said second gate insulating film of said second transistor,

said negative bias generating circuit applies a negative bias voltage to said first gate electrode in the standby period, and

a dose of impurity ion implanted into a channel region in said DRAM region is lower than a dose of impurity ion implanted into a channel region in said logic region.

10. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9 ,

wherein said second transistor is configured to be applied with zero voltage in the standby period.

11. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9 ,

wherein said source/drain regions of said second transistor formed in said logic region, and said source/drain regions of said first transistor formed in said DRAM region have silicide layers respectively formed in the surficial portions thereof.

12. A semiconductor device having a DRAM region and a logic region embedded therein, comprising:

a substrate having said DRAM region and said logic region respectively formed thereon;

a first transistor formed in said DRAM region, and having a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode;

a second transistor formed in said logic region, and having a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode; and

a negative bias generating circuit applying a negative bias voltage to said first gate electrode,

wherein equivalent oxide thickness T 1 of said first gate insulating film of said first transistor is smaller than 2.2 nm,

said negative bias generating circuit applies a negative bias voltage to said first gate electrode in the standby period,

the equivalent oxide thickness T 1 of said first gate insulating film of said first transistor is thinner than the equivalent oxide thickness T 2 of said second gate insulating film of said second transistor, and

a dose of impurity ion implanted into a channel region in said DRAM region is lower than a dose of impurity ion implanted into a channel region in said logic region.

13. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 ,

wherein said second transistor is configured to be applied with zero voltage in the standby period.

14. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 ,

wherein said source/drain regions of said second transistor formed in said logic region, and said source/drain regions of said first transistor formed in said DRAM region have silicide layers respectively formed in the surficial portions thereof.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025194/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: INOUE, KEN
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023771/0013 →