Semiconductor device

• US 7,781,758 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2005
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Abe, Hiroko, Arai, Yasuyuki, Watanabe, Yasuko, Iwaki, Yuji, Yamazaki, Shunpei, Moriya, Yoshitaka, Yukawa, Mikio
• Primary Examiner(s): Parker; Kenneth A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho; Anthony
• Application Number:
  US11/587,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20080048180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,776 Days
• Field of Search: 257/40
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 10/00 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 13/0014 comprising cells based on organic memory material
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 13/04 using optical elements ; using other beam accessed elements, e.g. electron or ion beam
• CPC Class Codes: H10B 20/00 Read-only memory [ROM] devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10B 69/00 Erasable-and-programmable ROM [EPROM] devices not provided for in groups H10B41/00 - H10B63/00, e.g. ultraviolet erasable-and-programmable ROM [UVEPROM] devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/23 Schottky diodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/611 Charge transfer complexes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/631 Amine compounds having at least two aryl rest on at least one amine-nitrogen atom, e.g. triphenylamine

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device in which data can be written except when manufacturing the semiconductor device and that counterfeits can be prevented. Moreover, it is another object of the invention to provide an inexpensive semiconductor device including a memory having a simple structure. The semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor formed over a single crystal semiconductor substrate, a first conductive layer formed over the field effect transistor, an organic compound layer formed over the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed over the organic compound layer, and a memory element includes the first conductive layer, the organic compound, and the second conductive layer. According to the above structure, a semiconductor device which can conduct non-contact transmission/reception of data can be provided by possessing an antenna.

Claims

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a field effect transistor having a channel region formed in a single crystal semiconductor substrate;

a memory circuit provided above the field effect transistor, wherein the memory circuit includes an organic memory element comprising;

a first conductive layer electrically connected to the field effect transistor,

an insulating layer provided so as to cover an edge portion of the first conductive layer,

an organic compound layer provided over the first conductive layer and the insulating layer, and

a second conductive layer provided over the organic compound layer; and

a third conductive layer serving as an antenna,

wherein the third conductive layer serving as the antenna and the first conductive layer are provided in a same layer.

6. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein the second conductive layer has a light transmitting property.

7. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein resistance of the organic memory element changes irreversibly by writing processing that voltage is applied.

8. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein a distance between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer of the organic memory element changes when data is written to the memory element.

9. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein the organic compound layer is formed from an electron transporting material or a hole transporting material.

10. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein conductivity of the organic compound layer is 10⁻

15 S/cm or more to 10<sup>−

3</sup> S/cm or less.

11. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein a film thickness of the organic compound layer is 5 nm to 60 nm.

12. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein the organic compound layer includes a material in which electric resistance changes before and after irradiating the organic compound layer with light.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,

wherein conductivity of the organic compound layer changes before and after irradiating the organic compound layer with laser light.

14. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein said semiconductor device further comprises one or a plurality of circuits selected from the group consisting of a power supply circuit, a clock generator circuit, a data demodulator/modulator circuit, and an interface circuit is included.

15. The semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3 and 4,

wherein the organic compound layer comprises a conjugated polymer doped with a compound which generates acid by absorbing light.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 15,

wherein the compound which generates acid comprises at least one of aryl sulfonium salt, aryl iodonium salt, o-nitrobenzyl tosylate, aryl sulfonic acid p-nitrobenzyl ester, sulfonyl acetophenones, and Fe-arene complex PF₆ salt.

2. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor each having a channel region formed in a single crystal semiconductor substrate;

a memory circuit provided above the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor, wherein the memory circuit includes an organic memory element comprising;

a first conductive layer electrically connected to the first field effect transistor,

an insulating layer provided so as to cover an edge portion of the first conductive layer,

an organic compound layer provided over the first conductive layer and the insulating layer, and

a second conductive layer provided over the organic compound layer; and

a third conductive layer serving as an antenna, which is provided above the memory circuit,

wherein the third conductive layer serving as the antenna is electrically connected to the second field effect transistor.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 or claim 4,

wherein the third conductive layer serving as the antenna is electrically connected to the field effect transistor through a conductive particle.

3. A semiconductor device comprising:

a field effect transistor having a channel region formed in a single crystal semiconductor substrate;

a memory circuit provided above the field effect transistor, wherein the memory circuit includes an organic memory element comprising;

a first conductive layer electrically connected to the field effect transistor,

an insulating layer provided so as to cover an edge portion of the first conductive layer,

an organic compound layer provided so as to cover the first conductive layer which is not covered with the insulating layer and an edge portion of the insulating layer, and

a second conductive layer provided so as to cover the organic compound layer and the insulating layer which is not covered with the organic compound layer; and

a third conductive layer serving as an antenna,

wherein the third conductive layer serving as the antenna and the first conductive layer are provided in a same layer.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor each having a channel region formed in a single crystal semiconductor substrate;

a memory circuit provided above the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor, wherein the memory circuit includes an organic memory element comprising;

a first conductive layer electrically connected to the first field effect transistor, an insulating layer provided so as to cover an edge portion of the first conductive layer;

an organic compound layer provided so as to cover the first conductive layer which is not covered with the insulating layer and an edge portion of the insulating layer; and

a second conductive layer provided so as to cover the organic compound layer and the insulating layer which is not covered with the organic compound layer; and

a third conductive layer serving as an antenna, which is provided above the memory circuit,

wherein the third conductive layer serving as the antenna is electrically connected to the second field effect transistor.