US2015053775A1PendingUtilityA1
Integrated circuit and manufacturing method thereof
Est. expiryApr 21, 2026(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Hee Bok Kang
G06K 19/073G06K 19/0723G11C 11/22H10B 53/30H10B 53/00H10B 53/40
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Abstract
An integrated circuit and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A chip size can be reduced by forming a memory device in which a ferroelectric capacitor region is laminated on a DRAM. The integrated circuit includes a cell array region having a capacitor, a peripheral circuit region, and a ferroelectric capacitor region being formed on an upper layer of the cell array region and the peripheral circuit region, and having a ferroelectric capacitor device.
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24 . An integrated circuit, comprising:
an analog block for receiving a radio frequency signal and outputting an operation command signal; a digital block for generating and outputting an address and an operation control signal according to the operation command signal from the analog block and outputting a response signal corresponding to the operation command signal to the analog block; and a memory block for receiving the operation control signal, generating an internal signal, and reading/writing data on a nonvolatile ferroelectric capacitor device according to the internal signal, wherein a ferroelectric capacitance unit having a ferroelectric capacitor device is formed on an upper layer of a peripheral circuit region.
25 . The integrated circuit according to claim 24 , wherein the ferroelectric capacitance unit is shared by the peripheral circuit region.
26 . The integrated circuit according to claim 24 , wherein metal lines allocated to the ferroelectric capacitance unit are disconnected from the ferroelectric capacitor device when the ferroelectric capacitor device is not used.
27 . The integrated circuit according to claim 24 , wherein the peripheral circuit region is a CMOS circuit region comprising of active and passive devices including a CMOS.
28 . The integrated circuit according to claim 27 , wherein the ferroelectric capacitance unit is formed using a lamination process at the upper layer of the CMOS circuit region.
29 . An integrated circuit, comprising:
an analog block for receiving a radio frequency signal, and outputting an operation command signal; a digital block for generating and outputting an address and an operation control signal according to the operation command signal from the analog block, and outputting a corresponding response signal to the analog block; and a memory block for receiving the operation control signal, generating an internal adjustment signal, and reading/writing data on a nonvolatile ferroelectric capacitor device according to the internal adjustment signal, wherein a ferroelectric capacitance unit having a ferroelectric capacitor device is formed on an upper layer of the analog block.
30 . The integrated circuit according to claim 29 , wherein the ferroelectric capacitance unit is shared by the analog block.
31 . The integrated circuit according to claim 30 , wherein the analog block is a CMOS region comprising of active and passive devices including a CMOS.
32 . The integrated circuit according to claim 29 , wherein metal lines allocated to the ferroelectric capacitance unit are disconnected from the ferroelectric capacitor device when the ferroelectric capacitor device is not used.
33 . The integrated circuit according to claim 29 , wherein the ferroelectric capacitance unit is formed using a lamination process.
34 . An integrated circuit, comprising:
an analog block for receiving a radio frequency signal, and outputting an operation command signal; a digital block for generating and outputting an address and an operation control signal according to the operation command signal from the analog block, and outputting a corresponding response signal to the analog block; and a memory block for receiving the operation control signal, generating an internal adjustment signal, and reading/writing data on a nonvolatile ferroelectric capacitor device according to the internal adjustment signal, wherein a ferroelectric capacitance unit having a ferroelectric capacitor device is formed on an upper layer of the digital block.
35 . The integrated circuit according to claim 34 , wherein the ferroelectric capacitance unit is shared by the digital block.
36 . The integrated circuit according to claim 34 , wherein metal lines allocated to the ferroelectric capacitance unit are disconnected from the ferroelectric capacitor device when the ferroelectric capacitor device is not used.
37 . The integrated circuit according to claim 34 , wherein the digital block is a CMOS region comprising of active and manual devices including a CMOS.
38 . The integrated circuit according to claim 34 , wherein the ferroelectric capacitance unit is formed using a lamination process.
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