IP Library Granted Patent US 8,797,791
Granted Patent B2
US 8,797,791 · App. 13/865,279 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Semiconductor integrated circuit device with reduced leakage current

Inventors: Kenichi Osada (Kawasaki, JP); Koichiro Ishibashi (Warabi, JP); Yoshikazu Saitoh (Hamura, JP); Akio Nishida (Tachikawa, JP); Masaru Nakamichi (Hitachinaka, JP); Naoki Kitai (Fussa, JP)
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
H01L21/823475H01L21/82385H01L27/088H03K19/0016G11C11/412H01L27/092H01L27/1116H01L27/1052H01L21/823493H01L27/105H01L21/823814H01L27/1104H01L27/11
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Patent No.
US 8,797,791
App. No.
13/865,279
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The gate tunnel leakage current is increased in the up-to-date process, so that it is necessary to reduce the gate tunnel leakage current in the LSI which is driven by a battery for use in a cellular phone and which needs to be in a standby mode at a low leakage current. In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, the ground source electrode lines of logic and memory circuits are kept at a ground potential in an active mode, and are kept at a voltage higher than the ground potential in an unselected standby mode. The gate tunnel leakage current can be reduced without destroying data.

Claims (11)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a plurality of static type memory cells each having a first P-channel MOS transistor, a second P-channel MOS transistor, a first N-channel MOS transistor and a second N-channel MOS transistor, a drain of the first P-channel MOS transistor, a drain of the first N-channel MOS transistor, a gate of the second P-channel MOS transistor and a gate of the second N-channel MOS transistor being connected to each other, and a drain of the second P-channel MOS transistor, a drain of the second N-channel MOS transistor, a gate of the first P-channel MOS transistor and a gate of the first N-channel MOS transistor being connected to each other;

a power line connected to sources of the first and second P-channel MOS transistors of the plurality of static type memory cells;

a source line connected to sources of the first and second N-channel MOS transistors of the plurality of static type memory cells; and

a power voltage control circuit that controls a voltage level of the source line, the power voltage control circuit having a third N-channel MOS transistor,

wherein, in a drain region of the first N-channel MOS transistor, a contact region thereof includes arsenic and an extension region thereof includes phosphorus,

wherein, in a drain region of the second N-channel MOS transistor, a contact region thereof includes arsenic and an extension region thereof includes phosphorus, and

wherein, in a drain region of the third N-channel MOS transistor, each of a contact region and an extension region thereof includes arsenic.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an input/output circuit having a fourth N-channel MOS transistor,

wherein, in a drain region of the fourth N-channel MOS transistor, each of a contact region and an extension region thereof includes arsenic.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030240 FRAME 0589. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Jun 26, 2013
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030695/0500 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2013
From: OSADA, KENICHI; ISHIBASHI, KOICHIRO; SAITOH, YOSHIKAZU; NISHIDA, AKIO; NAKAMICHI, MASARU; KITAI, NAOKI
To: HITACHI, LTD.; HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030240/0586 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2013
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 030240/0589 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 18, 2013
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030240/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2013
From: HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030240/0737 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2001-168945 · Jun 5, 2001 · national
JP 2002-017840 · Jan 28, 2002 · national
Continuity (10)
Continuation 13528025 · Jun 20, 2012
Continuation 13352142 · Jan 17, 2012
Continuation 13067177 · May 13, 2011
Continuation 12457917 · Jun 25, 2009
Continuation 12078992 · Apr 9, 2008
Continuation 11452275 · Jun 14, 2006
Continuation 11288287 · Nov 29, 2005
Continuation 11104488 · Apr 13, 2005
Continuation 10158903 · Jun 3, 2002
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