978 results about "Chalcogenide" patented technology

A memory cell incorporating a chalcogenide element and a method of making same is disclosed. In the method, a doped silicon substrate is provided with two or more polysilicon plugs to form an array of diode memory cells. A layer of silicon nitride is disposed over the plugs. Using a poly-spacer process, small pores are formed in the silicon nitride to expose a portion of the polysilicon plugs. A chalcogenide material is disposed in the pores by depositing a layer of chalcogenide material on the silicon nitride layer and planarizing the chalcogenide layer to the silicon nitride layer using CMP. A layer of TiN is next deposited over the plugs, followed by a metallization layer. The TiN and metallization layers are then masked and etched to define memory cell areas.

A non-volatile memory cell is constructed from a chalcogenide alloy structure and an associated electrode side wall. The electrode is manufactured with a predetermined thickness and juxtaposed against a side wall of the chalcogenide alloy structure, wherein at least one of the side walls is substantially perpendicular to a planar surface of the substrate. The thickness of the electrode is used to control the size of the active region created within the chalcogenide alloy structure. Additional memory cells can be created along rows and columns to form a memory matrix. The individual memory cells are accessed through address lines and address circuitry created during the formation of the memory cells. A computer can thus read and write data to particular non-volatile memory cells within the memory matrix.

A system and a method for passivating a surface of a semiconductor. The method includes providing the surface of the semiconductor to a reaction chamber of a reactor, exposing the surface of the semiconductor to a gas-phase metal containing precursor in the reaction chamber and exposing the surface of the semiconductor to a gas-phase chalcogenide containing precursor. The methods also include passivating the surface of the semiconductor using the gas-phase metal containing precursor and the gas-phase chalcogenide containing precursor to form a passivated surface. The system for passivating a surface of a semiconductor may include a reactor, a metal containing precursor source fluidly coupled to the reactor, and a chalcogenide containing precursor source fluidly couple to the reactor, wherein the metal containing precursor source provides a gas-phase metal containing precursor to a reaction chamber of the reactor, and wherein the chalcogenide containing precursor source provides a gas-phase chalcogenide containing precursor to a reaction chamber of the reactor.

A method of depositing a film of a metal chalcogenide. The first of these methods includes the steps of: contacting at least one metal chalcogenide, a hydrazine compound and optionally, an elemental chalcogen, to produce a solution of a hydrazinium-based precursor of the metal chalcogenide; applying the solution of the hydrazinium-based precursor of the metal chalcogenide onto a substrate to produce a film of the precursor; and thereafter annealing the film of the precursor to remove excess hydrazine and hydrazinium chalcogenide salts to produce a metal chalcogenide film on the substrate. The second of these methods includes the steps of: contacting: at least one metal chalcogenide and a salt of an amine compound to produce an ammonium-based precursor of the metal chalcogenide; contacting the ammonium-based precursor of the metal chalcogenide and a hydrazine compound, and optionally, an elemental chalcogen, to produce a solution of a hydrazinium-based precursor of the metal chalcogenide in the hydrazine compound; applying the solution of the hydrazinium-based precursor onto a substrate to produce a film; and thereafter, annealing to produce a metal chalcogenide film. Also provided is a thin-film field-effect transistor device using the metal chalcogenides as the channel layer.