Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a gate structure on the fin-shaped structure and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure, and a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the ILD layer and the fin-shaped structure. Preferably, the SDB structure includes a bottom portion and a top portion on the bottom portion, in which the top portion and the bottom portion include different widths.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a substrate having a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) region and a capacitor region, forming a first mesa isolation on the HEMT region and a second mesa isolation on the capacitor region, forming a HEMT on the first mesa isolation, and then forming a capacitor on the second mesa isolation.

Abstract: Provided are a flash memory and a manufacturing method thereof. The flash memory includes a floating gate disposed in a substrate, a first, a second and a third dielectric layers, a source region, a drain region, an erase gate on the second dielectric layer, and a select gate. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the floating gate and the substrate. The second dielectric layer covers the exposed surface of the floating gate. The source region is disposed in the substrate at one side of the floating gate and in contact with the first dielectric layer. The drain region is disposed in the substrate at another side of the floating gate and separated from the first dielectric layer. The select gate is disposed on the substrate between the floating gate and the drain region. The third dielectric layer is disposed between the select gate and the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first wafer having a deep trench capacitor and a second wafer bonded to the first wafer, in which the second wafer includes a first active device on a first silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and a first metal interconnection connected to the first active device and the deep trench capacitor. The first wafer further includes the deep trench capacitor disposed in a substrate, a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer on the deep trench capacitor, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the first ILD layer, and a second metal interconnection in the first ILD layer and the first IMD layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a first barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a first hard mask on the first barrier layer; removing the first hard mask and the first barrier layer to form a recess; forming a second barrier layer in the recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer on the second barrier layer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A semiconductor channel layer is formed on the substrate. A semiconductor barrier layer is formed on the semiconductor channel layer. An etching process is performed to expose a portion of the semiconductor channel layer. A dielectric layer is formed to cover the semiconductor barrier layer and the exposed semiconductor channel layer. A first electrode is formed after forming the dielectric layer, where the first electrode includes a body portion and a vertical extension portion, the body portion is electrically connected to the semiconductor barrier layer, and a bottom surface of the vertical extension portion is lower than a top surface of the semiconductor channel layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate, forming an etch stop layer on the MTJ stack, forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the etch stop layer, and then patterning the first SOT layer, the etch stop layer, and the MTJ stack to form a MTJ.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a contact hole in the first IMD layer; forming a bottom electrode layer in the contact hole; forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on the bottom electrode layer; and removing the MTJ stack and the bottom electrode layer to form a MTJ on a bottom electrode. Preferably, the bottom electrode protrudes above a top surface of the first IMD layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate; forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the MTJ stack; forming a first hard mask on the first SOT layer; and using a second hard mask to pattern the first hard mask, the first SOT layer, and the MTJ stack to form a MTJ.

Abstract: A layout pattern for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first active region, a second active region, and a word line connecting region between the first active region and the second active region, a first gate pattern extending along a first direction from the first active region to the second active region, a second gate pattern extending along the first direction from the first active region to the second active region, a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) between the first gate pattern and the second pattern and within the word line connecting region, and a second MTJ between the first gate pattern and the second gate pattern in the first active region. Preferably, top surfaces of the first MTJ and the second MTJ are coplanar.

Abstract: A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a first barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a first hard mask on the first barrier layer; removing the first hard mask and the first barrier layer to form a recess; forming a second barrier layer in the recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer on the second barrier layer.

Abstract: A silicon on insulator (SOI) device includes a wafer and a trap-rich layer. The wafer includes a top silicon layer disposed on a buried oxide layer. The trap-rich layer having nano-dots and an oxide layer are stacked on a high resistivity substrate sequentially, wherein the oxide layer is bonded with the buried oxide layer. Or, a silicon on insulator (SOI) device includes a wafer and a high resistivity substrate. The wafer includes a top silicon layer disposed on a buried oxide layer. The high resistivity substrate is bonded with the buried oxide layer, wherein a positive fixed charge layer is induced at a surface of the buried oxide layer contacting the high resistivity substrate, and a doped negative charge layer is right next to the positive fixed charge layer. The present invention also provides a method of forming said silicon on insulator (SOI) device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a single diffusion break (SDB) structure dividing a fin-shaped structure into a first portion and a second portion, an isolation structure on the SDB structure, a first spacer adjacent to the isolation structure, a metal gate adjacent to the isolation structure, a shallow trench isolation (STI around the fin-shaped structure, and a second isolation structure on the STI. Preferably, a top surface of the first spacer is lower than a top surface of the isolation structure and a bottom surface of the first spacer is lower than a bottom surface of the metal gate.

Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a substrate having a transistor forming region thereon; an insulating layer on the substrate; a first graphene layer on the insulating layer within the transistor forming region; an etch stop layer on the first graphene layer within the transistor forming region; a first inter-layer dielectric layer on the etch stop layer; a gate trench recessed into the first inter-layer dielectric layer and the etch stop layer within the transistor forming region; a second graphene layer on interior surface of the gate trench; a gate dielectric layer on the second graphene layer and on the first inter-layer dielectric layer; and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer within the gate trench.

Abstract: A QFN package includes a copper lead frame. The copper lead frame includes a die paddle. A die is fixed on the die pad. A coolant passage is disposed within the die paddle. An inlet passage connects to one end of the coolant passage. An outlet passage connects to another end of the coolant passage. A mold compound encapsulates the copper lead frame and the die.

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes an aluminum pad layer on a dielectric stack, a passivation layer covering the aluminum pad layer, and an aluminum shield layer including aluminum routing patterns disposed directly above an embedded memory area and embedded in the dielectric stack. The aluminum shield layer is electrically connected to the uppermost copper layer through a plurality of tungsten vias. The plurality of tungsten vias is embedded in the dielectric stack.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate and a metal interconnection in the first IMD layer, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) and a top electrode on the metal interconnection, forming a spacer adjacent to the MTJ and the top electrode, forming a second IMD layer around the spacer, forming a cap layer on the top electrode, the spacer, and the second IMD layer, and then patterning the cap layer to form a protective cap on the top electrode and the spacer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the MTJ region and a first metal interconnection on the MTJ. Preferably, a top view of the MTJ includes a circle and a top view of the first metal interconnection includes an ellipse overlapping the circle.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor channel layer, a semiconductor barrier layer, a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a dielectric layer. The semiconductor channel layer is disposed on the substrate, and the semiconductor barrier layer is disposed on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the semiconductor barrier layer. The first electrode is disposed at one side of the gate electrode. The first electrode includes a body portion and a vertical extension portion. The body portion is electrically connected to the semiconductor barrier layer, and the bottom surface of the vertical extension portion is lower than the top surface of the semiconductor channel layer. The dielectric layer is disposed between the vertical extension portion and the semiconductor channel layer.

Abstract: A method of forming patterns on a substrate by double nanoimprint processes includes providing a first replicate mold and a second replicate mold. The first replicate mold includes numerous first patterns. The second replicate mold includes at least one second pattern. The second pattern corresponds to at least one of the first patterns. Later, a first substrate is provided. A first polymeric compound layer is coated on the first substrate. Next, the first patterns are nanoimprinted into the first polymeric compound layer. Subsequently, the first substrate is etched by taking the first polymeric compound layer as a mask. After that, a second polymeric compound layer is coated on the first substrate. Later, the second pattern is nanoimprinted into the second polymeric compound layer. Finally, the first substrate is etched by taking the second polymeric compound layer as a mask.