This invention relates to capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells, to integrated circuitry comprising an array of capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells, and to methods of forming lines of capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells.
Semiconductor memories, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAMs), are widely used in computer systems for storing data. A DRAM cell typically includes an access field effect transistor (FET) and a storage capacitor. The access FET allows the transfer of data charges to and from the storage capacitor during reading and writing operations. Data charges on the storage capacitor are periodically refreshed during a refresh operation.
Capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells have also been developed. One type of such cell utilizes a floating body effect of a semiconductor-on-insulator transistor, for example as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,969,662. Such memory cell might comprise a partially depleted or a fully depleted silicon-on-insulator transistor (or transistor formed in bulk substrate material) having a channel which is disposed adjacent to the body and separated therefrom by a gate dielectric. The body region of the transistor is electrically floating in view of insulation or a non-conductive region disposed beneath the body region. The state of the memory cell is determined by the concentration of charge within the body region of the semiconductor-on-insulator transistor.
While the invention was motivated in addressing the above identified issues, it is in no way so limited. The invention is only limited by the accompanying claims as literally worded, without interpretative or other limiting reference to the specification, and in accordance with the doctrine of equivalents.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the following accompanying drawings.
This disclosure of the invention is submitted in furtherance of the constitutional purposes of the U.S. Patent Laws “to promote the progress of science and useful arts” (Article 1, Section 8).
The discussion proceeds initially with exemplary methods of forming a line of capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells. Aspects of the invention also include capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells, and integrated circuitry comprising an array of capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells, independent of the method of manufacture.
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Substrate 10 is formed to comprise exemplary lines 14, 16 of spaced islands 20 of semiconductive material 18. Lines 14, 16 are shown as being essentially straight linear, although curved, jagged, angled or other shaped lines are of course contemplated. An exemplary preferred semiconductive material 18 is monocrystalline silicon, for example fabricated of exemplary bulk semiconductor substrate material 12. By way of example only, an exemplary manner of forming depicted islands 20 is by existing or yet-to-be developed trench and refill techniques of forming insulative material 22 laterally about islands 20. An exemplary preferred material includes one or a combination of silicon dioxide and/or silicon nitride. Insulative material 22 elevationally beneath islands 20 can be fabricated, for example, by ion implanting oxygen atoms into bulk substrate material 12 to a peak implant depth immediately beneath islands 20, and forming silicon dioxide therefrom. Alternately by way of example only and although less preferred, insulative material 22 might be deposited, island openings 20 etched therein, and which are subsequently filled with a semiconductive material, for example monocrystalline and/or polycrystalline silicon. Further alternately, of course, one or more techniques could be utilized whereby laterally opposing trenches are made into semiconductor substrate 12, followed by laterally undercut etching beneath islands 20, and wherein the undercut volume is subsequently filled with one or more insulative materials. Regardless, in one exemplary implementation insulative material 22 can be considered as received laterally about and beneath respective islands 20, and contacting semiconductive material 18 of such islands. The discussion proceeds for ease of description relative to a method of forming a line of capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells relative to line 14 of spaced islands 20 of semiconductive material 18.
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A conductive layer 38 has been formed over and spaced from word line 24, for example spaced therefrom by insulative/dielectric materials 30 and 36. Exemplary preferred materials for layer 38 include titanium nitride, polysilicon (p-type or n-type), aluminum, and cobalt silicide, with an exemplary preferred thickness range for layer 38 being from 50 Angstroms to 500 Angstroms.
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In one aspect, the invention contemplates a capacitorless one transistor DRAM cell independent of the method of manufacture, and independent of whether a plurality of such DRAM cells are fabricated, although fabricating a plurality of such is preferred and would be typical. Such a DRAM cell comprises a pair of spaced source/drain regions received within semiconductive material. The above-described regions 60, 62 and formed within exemplary islands 20 of semiconductive material 18 are but exemplary constructions. An electrically floating body region is disposed between the source/drain regions within the semiconductive material. Further by way of example only, the exemplary cell is depicted as not being fully depleted, with semiconductive material directly beneath source/drain regions 60, 62 also comprising electrically floating body region/material.
A first gate is spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to the body region between the source/drain regions. That portion of word line 24 received over an individual island 20 is but one exemplary such first gate. A pair of opposing conductively interconnected second gates is spaced from and received laterally outward of the first gate. The second gates are spaced from and capacitively coupled to the body region laterally outward of the first gate and between the pair of source/drain regions. By way of example only, second gates 44, 46 constitute an exemplary pair of such second gates. In one depicted and preferred implementation, second gates 44, 46 are conductively interconnected to one another by conductive material (i.e., a conductive material region 70) extending elevationally over first gate 24 between pair of second gates 44, 46. Pair of second gates 44, 46 might be conductively interconnected by another manner, for example and by way of example only by a separate conductive layer formed over initially isolated second gates 44, 46. In such instance, such conductive layer might be the same or different from that of material or materials from which gates 44, 46 are made. Further of course, gates 44 and 46 do not need to be of the same composition, but are preferably.
In one preferred implementation, a capacitorless one transistor DRAM cell comprises a substrate comprising an island of semiconductive material. Insulative material is received laterally about and beneath the island and contacts semiconductive material of the island. A pair of spaced source/drain regions is received within the island semiconductive material. An electrically floating body region is disposed between the source/drain regions within the island semiconductive material. A first gate is spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to the island body region between the island's source/drain regions. A pair of conductive second gates is spaced from and received laterally outward of the first gates, with the second gates being spaced from and capacitively coupled to the body region laterally outward of the first gate and between the pair of source/drain regions. Such might be encompassed in any of the above-described methods and structures.
People of skill in the art will appreciate and develop various operational voltages for writing, reading, refreshing, and/or holding data within the above-depicted exemplary DRAM cell, and in integrated circuitry comprising an array of such DRAM cells. By way of example only, the below chart depicts exemplary operating voltages, where Vi is the first gate voltage, Vcs (conductive spacers) are voltages for the pair of second gates, Vt is the threshold voltage, VS is the source voltage, and VD is the drain voltage. Further by way of example only where conductive surrounding semiconductive material 80 in the
Exemplary techniques and construction for the operation of capacitorless one transistor DRAM cells are disclosed, by way of example, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,969,662; U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2005/0017240 and 2005/0063224; Kuo et al., “A Capacitorless Double-Gate DRAM Gate Cell Design For High Density Applications”, IEDM, IEEE 2002, pp. 843-846 and Yoshida et al., “A Capacitorless 1 T-DRAM Technology Using Gate-Induced Drain-Leakage (GIDL) Current For Low-Power And High-Speed Embedded Memory”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2006, pp. 692-697. The disclosures of U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,714,786; 6,005,273; 6,090,693; and 7,005,710 are herein incorporated by reference.
In compliance with the statute, the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural and methodical features. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the specific features shown and described, since the means herein disclosed comprise preferred forms of putting the invention into effect. The invention is, therefore, claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the proper scope of the appended claims appropriately interpreted in accordance with the doctrine of equivalents.
This patent resulted from a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/488,384, filed Jul. 17, 2006, entitled “Capacitorless One Transistor DRAM Cell, Integrated Circuitry Comprising an Array of Capacitorless One Transistor DRAM Cells, and Method of Forming Lines of Capacitorless One Transistor DRAM Cells”, naming Fernano Gonzalez as inventor, and the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
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