Transistor TRIZ Cases

A simultaneous fabrication method for SOI and bulk transistors uses epitaxial growth and selective etching to form differentiated gate insulators.

Ozone gas treatment cleans silicon oxide layers to form high-k gate dielectrics, reducing gate leakage current by up to 63.88%.

Segmented via holes reduce segment differences between the passivation layer and pixel electrode, preventing dark spot defects.

Segmented isolation structures with varying heights prevent short circuits between adjacent transistors while managing manufacturing complexity.

Dual bottom spacer blocks substrate epitaxy to eliminate parasitic transistors under nanosheet devices.

Angled fin alignment in stacked transistors shares gate structures, improving data storage efficiency without increasing device complexity.

LC resonance circuit with dual resonant frequencies stabilizes switching frequency and reduces component count in FET driving circuits.

Extended halftone photomask portions prevent over-etching of the source and drain electrode metal layer and IGZO, maintaining sufficient thickness.

Staging zone transitions reduces the trade-off between conduction and switching losses in power semiconductors.

A semiconductor node contact shifts one end closer to a gate structure to optimize spacing margins.

A semiconductor transistor manufacturing method uses pre-cleaning to remove metal oxide layers before resist dissolution.

Laser annealing forms backside field stop layers at low temperatures, preventing aluminum electrode damage during IGBT manufacturing.

A semiconductor device separates memory arrays and peripheral circuits onto distinct substrates bonded vertically.

Silicon carbide ground plane in SOI MISFETs maintains impurity concentration during annealing.

CMP forms source and drain electrodes on oxide semiconductor transistors, resolving dry etching damage that degrades electric characteristics.

Stacked n-type and p-type nanosheets with a shared internal gate configuration achieve complementary capacitance matching in negative capacitance field effect transistors.

Fluorine plasma treatment on amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide reduces specific resistance while maintaining uniformity across large substrates.

Sidewall implantation increases etch resistivity at the isolation trench interface, preventing contact failures during dense memory cell fabrication.

Positioning the gate electrode strictly over the active region eliminates threshold voltage non-uniformity caused by step differences between layers.

Segmented epitaxial fin structures bridge bulk substrates and thin films to improve carrier mobility while maintaining precise fin height control.

Sacrificial layer guides epitaxial growth of source and drain regions on nanosheet stacks for compact semiconductor structures.

Segmented gate runners with RC delay circuits suppress voltage and current vibrations during switching, simplifying driving circuits.

Silicon oxide insulating film protects oxide semiconductor layer during heat treatment to maintain amorphous structure.

Upward protruding portions of a multi-channel active pattern increase source/drain volume to improve current control and reduce short channel effects.

Stacking gate and source drain electrodes vertically reduces the transistor area from 40 μm to under 12 μm, boosting aperture ratio.

A vertically stacked complementary-FET device uses segmented gate electrodes to provide independent control for each transistor type.

A semiconductor driver circuit segments level shift and buffer stages to match transistor materials with voltage requirements.

Vertical fin field effect transistors reduce leakage current by stacking gate electrodes around a vertical fin structure.

An intermediate III-V semiconductor layer reduces parasitic contact resistance in MOS source-drain structures.

Integrating a pull-down FET with the power device on one die removes drive path parasitic impedance, preventing unintended turn-on from noise.

A gate control layer deposited at source-drain interfaces separates heavily doped regions to increase effective electrical gate length.

Fluorinated silicon oxide and aluminum oxide films suppress oxygen defect diffusion and parasitic capacitance to control leakage current.

Selective etching creates distinct gate dielectric thicknesses for field effect transistors, ensuring uniform source-drain junction depths.

Depositing a TiN barrier layer at 0.3 to 0.8 angstrom per second prevents whisker defects and rough interfaces on poly-silicon gates.

A semiconductor layout structure integrates a Zener diode with lateral and vertical bipolar junction transistors to enhance current clamping performance.

Diffusing metal through the channel converts amorphous material into a crystalline structure, improving charge carrier mobility.

A self-aligned isolation structure defines the capacitor contact position without separate lithography alignment steps.

Curved beam structures induce tensile or compressive stress in the channel, boosting carrier mobility without thick strained films that limit scaling.

A semiconductor device uses a fin remnant with field insulation layers to mitigate short channel effects.

A dummy region with isolated pixels improves transistor uniformity, reducing electrical and optical crosstalk in image sensors.

A power semiconductor device integrates a segmented barrier layer to increase parasitic capacitance and mitigate electric field intensity during static exposure.

Segmented guard rings with composite conductive layers prevent noise transmission and moisture ingress between insulating interlayer groups.

A nonvolatile memory gate structure uses a tungsten nitride layer to reduce interface resistance.

Removing the silicon handle substrate after processing reduces total electronic system weight while maintaining structural support during device fabrication.

A transistor display panel uses oxide semiconductors and specific connection members to enhance output saturation characteristics.

A low temperature poly-silicon array substrate structure uses self-aligned source and drain electrodes to reduce the mask count from ten to seven.

A substrate impurity barrier interface between silicon layers blocks diffusion during annealing, preventing semiconductor degradation.

A concave gate line cross-section redistributes mechanical stress to maintain reliability during fine pitch patterning.

Protective germanium layer inhibits lateral diffusion in recessed silicon regions to maintain uniform fin pitch.

A mesh-type isolation structure defines openings for storage node contact plugs in dynamic random access memory devices.

A semiconductor device uses vertically protruding active patterns and selective epitaxial growth to form source/drain structures.

A hybrid enhancement-mode electronic component integrates a high-voltage depletion-mode transistor with a low-voltage enhancement-mode device.

Converting dummy fins via gas cluster ion beam prevents unwanted merging and increases circuit density.

A MOSFET rectifier bridge uses comparators to selectively turn on transistors, reducing power dissipation during AC-to-DC conversion.

Elongated bit line contact plugs reduce electrical short probability by increasing distance from storage node contacts.

Tellurium-based edge doping creates metallic regions on semiconducting channels to lower contact resistance and enable transistor scaling.

Third epitaxial layer bridges first and second fins to reduce parasitic capacitance and contact resistance in FinFET devices.

A thin film transistor fabrication method forms source and drain patterns using a single patterning process to protect metal layers.

Fabricating an inductor and MIM capacitor together reduces process steps by using the inductor core as the capacitor's bottom electrode.

A metal gate patterning-first process structures nanosheet channels with precise work function metals.

Anti-eclipse circuitry clamps pixel output voltage during reset sampling to maintain accurate correlated double sampling.

A pixel structure uses a shared contact pattern layer to electrically connect drain electrodes and pixel electrodes.

Stripe-shaped diffusion layers in drift regions reduce impact ionization and leakage current while maintaining breakdown voltage.

A NAND flash memory select transistor forms a unitary gate by depositing a control gate layer directly onto a substrate-level select gate dielectric.

A lateral bipolar transistor uses vertical isolation films to block direct current flow between emitter and base regions.

Planar gate structures in sense cells stabilize carrier density, mitigating trench depth variations that distort resistance and current detection precision.

A zero-edge flexible electronic device uses wavy metal interconnects to electrically couple spatially separate active sections on a deformable substrate.

Asymmetric electrode resistance minimizes threshold voltage variations across cross-point arrays, ensuring uniform operating characteristics.

SiGe epitaxial growth and recrystallization impose lattice strain on the silicon channel, overcoming substitutional carbon limits in SiC.

Local channel doping in a multi-threshold voltage field effect transistor reduces impurity scattering and junction leakage currents.

A backside irradiation CMOS imaging element incorporates a reflective film and thickened interlayer film to enhance infrared light reflection.

Dual-resist etching improves resist surface planarity, addressing non-planar patterns and low oxidation resistance at the 28 nm technology node.

Thermal annealing reflows material to form a cavity, reducing defects while improving integration density.

Segmented avalanche photodiode pixel cells reduce size while maintaining photon counting accuracy.

An organic filler extracts photoactive compounds from a photopatternable dielectric, eliminating interfacial charge trapping and current leakage in transistors.

Silicon nitride and oxide film stacks block water, oxygen, and hydrogen permeation to stabilize oxide thin film transistor threshold voltage.

Implementing a vertical boron gradient reduces reverse recovery charge and power loss in lateral diffused MOS devices.

Angled RESURF layers distribute electric fields evenly, boosting breakdown voltage while reducing on-resistance in lateral power MOSFETs.

A CMOS fabrication method implants deep Nwells through the gate stack to form source and drain extensions without additional masking levels.

Elevated shallow trench isolation top surface reduces row hammer electronic interference and capacitor leakage in buried gate DRAM.

Segmented silicon controlled rectifiers clamp drain-gate coupling voltage to prevent gate oxide breakdown while maintaining device breakdown voltage.

A resist layer creates selective ion implantation through controlled shadowing effects.

Segmenting horizontal address lines into lightly-doped and low-resistivity regions reduces leakage current while maintaining high storage capacity.

Silicon germanium and silicon carbon alloys embedded in transistor regions improve charge carrier mobility while reducing process complexity.

A gas sensitive field effect transistor uses a floating gate structure to modulate channel conductivity for sensing applications.

A vertical stacked thin film transistor capacitor structure increases capacitance density using overlapping electrodes on insulated layers.

A heavily doped transparent conducting oxide interlayer bridges the oxide semiconductor and source drain electrodes to enhance electrical conductivity.

A display device structure merges multiple wiring substrates into a single integrated unit with stacked layers connected via holes.

Selective doping creates the common electrode within the semiconductor layer, reducing mask count and process complexity for FFS displays.

A landing plug lowers storage node contact resistance in semiconductor devices.

An aluminum nitride buffer layer mediates lattice mismatch during selective gallium nitride regrowth on silicon, improving material crystallinity.

A parasitic leakage barrier layer suppresses current flow in germanium active layers, resolving lattice mismatch and leakage trade-offs.

Regular buffer grooves template laser annealing to fix uneven grain sizes and irregular arrangements in display substrates.

Segmented pixel arrays isolate dark current charges to enable accurate frame subtraction, resolving image accuracy degradation in low light conditions.

A thin film transistor with a gate-overlap lightly doped drain structure and nanocrystalline silicon gate electrode.

Segmented trench gate electrodes with insulating films isolate IGBT and diode regions, preventing snapback and enabling normal bipolar operation.

A vertically stacked nonvolatile memory device uses alternating semiconductor and isolation layers to increase integration density.

A bootstrap compensation circuit supplies current from a floating power supply to charge the bootstrap capacitor in power semiconductor devices.

Printing rolls transfer predetermined patterns onto substrates, eliminating exposure and developing processes that increase manufacturing costs.