Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080265372 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The bottom side of an N type silicon substrate is connected to a power supply terminal, a second P type epitaxial layer is formed on all sides of the N type silicon substrate, and a device forming portion is provided on the second P type epitaxial layer. A first P type epitaxial layer and an interlayer insulating film are provided on the device forming portion and an N well and a P well are formed on the top surface of the first P type epitaxial layer. The second P type epitaxial layer is connected to a ground terminal via the first P type epitaxial layer, the P well, a p | 10-30-2008 |
20090014835 | Semiconductor device including MIM element and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer which is provided above a semiconductor substrate and includes a first insulating film and a wiring buried in the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided above the first wiring layer, a third insulating film provided on the second insulating film, and a capacitor element provided on the third insulating film. The wiring includes an upper surface having a protruding portion. The capacitor element includes a lower electrode provided on the third insulating film, a capacitor insulating film provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the capacitor insulating film. | 01-15-2009 |
20090218652 | DEVICE COMPRISING ELECTRODE PAD - A pad structure | 09-03-2009 |
20100025816 | Semiconductor device - A width of a region where each of the N wells is in contact with the buried P well is not more than 2 μm. A ground voltage and a power supply voltage are applied to the P well and the N well, respectively. A decoupling capacitor is formed between the N well and the buried P well. | 02-04-2010 |
20100140677 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device of the present invention has a first contact and a second contact which are located over a device isolation film so as to be opposed with each other, and have a length in the horizontal direction larger than the height; a first electro-conductive pattern located on the first contact and is formed in at least a single interconnect layer; a second electro-conductive pattern located on the second contact so as to be opposed with the first electro-conductive pattern; and an interconnect formed in an upper interconnect layer which is located above the first electro-conductive pattern and the second electro-conductive pattern, so as to be located in a region above the first electro-conductive pattern and the second electro-conductive pattern. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144063 | Seminconductor device - The present invention provides a signal transmitting/receiving method comprising: disposing a ferromagnetic film between a semiconductor device having an inductor and an external device which includes an external inductor provided in a position corresponding to the inductor of the semiconductor device; disposing the inductor and the external inductor so as to face each other via the ferromagnetic film therebetween; and in a state in which the inductor and the external inductor face each other, transmitting and receiving the signals between the inductor and the external inductor by electromagnetic induction. | 06-10-2010 |
20100148307 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered wiring construction formed over the semiconductor device, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor arrangement established in the multi-layered wiring construction. The MIM capacitor arrangement includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrode structures, which are arranged in order in parallel with each other at regular intervals. The first, second, fifth and sixth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a first capacitor, and the third and fourth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a second capacitor. | 06-17-2010 |
20100164053 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor wafer in which semiconductor chip forming regions and a scribe region located between the semiconductor chip forming regions are formed, a plurality of semiconductor chip circuit portions provided over the semiconductor wafer, a plurality of first conductive layers, provided in each of the semiconductor chip forming regions, which is electrically connected to each of the circuit portions, and a first connecting portion that electrically connects the first conductive layers to each other across a portion of the scribe region. An external power supply or grounding pad is connected to any one of the first conductive layer and the first connecting portion. The semiconductor device includes a communication portion, connected to the circuit portion, which performs communication with the outside by capacitive coupling or inductive coupling. | 07-01-2010 |
20100200924 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a plurality of divided elements which are formed over a substrate, each of which containing a film having a predetermined pattern with the long-axis direction and the short-axis direction definable therein, and are arranged in a distributed manner in the same layer in the in-plane direction of the substrate, wherein the plurality of divided elements are arranged so that every adjacent divided element in a first direction has the long-axis direction thereof aligned differently from those of the neighbors, or, so that every adjacent divided element in the first direction is shifted in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction, by an amount smaller than the length of the divided element in the second direction. | 08-12-2010 |
20100230782 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first semiconductor chip includes a first inductor and a second inductor, and a second semiconductor chip includes a third inductor and a fourth inductor. The first inductor is connected to a first receiving circuit of the first semiconductor chip, and the second inductor is connected to a second transmitting circuit of the second semiconductor chip through a first bonding wire. The third inductor is connected to a second receiving circuit of the second semiconductor chip, and the fourth inductor is connected to a first transmitting circuit of the first semiconductor chip through a second bonding wire. | 09-16-2010 |
20100270642 | Semiconductor device - A first inductor is connected to a transmission circuit. A second inductor is connected to a reception circuit, and is inductively coupled to the first inductor. At least part of the first inductor is formed with a first bonding wire. The first bonding wire has two ends connected to a first connecting terminal and a third connecting terminal. At least part of the second inductor is formed with a second bonding wire. The second bonding wire has two ends connected to a second connecting terminal and a fourth connecting terminal. | 10-28-2010 |
20100314727 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device having a digital region and an analog region embedded therein has an annular seal ring which surrounds the outer circumference of the digital region and the analog region in a plan view; a guard ring which is provided in the area surrounded by the seal ring, between the digital region and the analog region, so as to isolate the analog region from the digital region, and so as to be electrically connected to the seal ring; and an electrode pad which is electrically connected to the guard ring in the vicinity of the guard ring. | 12-16-2010 |
20110084399 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device with a transistor region has a first conductor pattern formed within a multilayer interconnect structure positioned under a signal line and above the transistor region. The first conductor pattern is coupled to ground or a power supply and overlaps the transistor region. The signal line overlaps the first conductor pattern. | 04-14-2011 |
20110175196 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The bottom side of an N type silicon substrate is connected to a power supply terminal, a second P type epitaxial layer is formed on all sides of the N type silicon substrate, and a device forming portion is provided on the second P type epitaxial layer. A first P type epitaxial layer and an interlayer insulating film are provided on the device forming portion and an N well and a P well are formed on the top surface of the first P type epitaxial layer. The second P type epitaxial layer is connected to a ground terminal via the first P type epitaxial layer, the P well, a p | 07-21-2011 |
20110204359 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, an inductor on the insulator layer, and a film including a ferromagnetic particle on the inductor. | 08-25-2011 |
20110254130 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered wiring construction formed over the semiconductor device, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor arrangement established in the multi-layered wiring construction. The MIM capacitor arrangement includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrode structures, which are arranged in order in parallel with each other at regular intervals. The first, second, fifth and sixth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a first capacitor, and the third and fourth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a second capacitor. | 10-20-2011 |
20120015495 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING MIM ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating film above a semiconductor substrate, forming a wiring to be buried in the first insulating film, forming a protruding portion in an upper surface of the wiring, forming a second insulating film above the first insulating film and the wiring including the protruding portion, planarizing a surface of the second insulating film, forming a third insulating film on the second insulating film whose surface is planarized, forming a lower electrode on the third insulating film, forming a capacitor insulating film on the lower electrode, and forming an upper electrode on the capacitor insulating film. | 01-19-2012 |
20130093096 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device with a transistor region has a first conductor pattern formed within a multilayer interconnect structure positioned under a signal line and above the transistor region. The first conductor pattern is coupled to ground or a power supply and overlaps the transistor region. The signal line overlaps the first conductor pattern. | 04-18-2013 |
20140061934 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device with a transistor region has a first conductor pattern formed within a multilayer interconnect structure positioned under a signal line and above the transistor region. The first conductor pattern is coupled to ground or a power supply and overlaps the transistor region. The signal line overlaps the first conductor pattern. | 03-06-2014 |