Abstract: A method for producing an apparatus, an apparatus and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a carrier, depositing an amorphous ALD layer on the carrier using an ALD method and recrystallizing the amorphous ALD layer into a crystalline layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the substrate. A trench structure extends into the semiconductor body from a first surface and includes a gate electrode and at least one field electrode arranged between the gate electrode and a bottom side of the trench structure. A body region adjoins the trench structure and laterally extends from a transistor cell area into an edge termination area. A pn junction is between the body region and semiconductor layer. A doping concentration of at least one of the body region and semiconductor layer is lowered at a lateral end of the pn junction in the edge termination area compared to a doping concentration of the at least one of the body region and semiconductor layer at the pn junction in the transistor cell area.

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and apparatus having a number of charge trap structures, where each charge trap structure includes a dielectric barrier between a gate and a blocking dielectric region, the blocking dielectric region located on a charge trap region of the charge trap structure. At least a portion of the gate can be separated by a void from a region which the charge trap structure is directly disposed. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating compound semiconductor device structures having polycrystalline CVD diamond. The method includes: providing a substrate that has a layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material; forming a bonding layer on a surface of the substrate, the bonding layer having a thickness of less than 25 nm and a thickness variation of no more than 15 nm; and growing a layer of polycrystalline diamond on the bonding layer using a chemical vapor deposition technique. The effective thermal boundary resistance at the interface between the layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material and the layer of polycrystalline CVD diamond material is less than 25 m2K/GW. The layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material has one or both of the following characteristics: a charge mobility of at least 1200 cm2V?1s?1; and a sheet resistance of no more than 700 ?/square.

Abstract: An optical device includes a substrate, a conductive layer formed over the substrate, an insulating layer formed over the conductive layer, a first optical element disposed over the conductive layer, and a sealing resin part configured to cover the first optical element. The conductive layer includes a first conductive section, a second conductive section spaced apart from the first conductive section, and a first conductive portion extending in a first direction from the first conductive section. The first conductive portion is spaced apart from the second conductive section in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the insulating layer includes a first insulating part formed over the first conductive portion, and the first insulating part includes a portion overlapping with the second conductive section in the first direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a gate electrode on a substrate of a semiconductor device, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, an active layer comprising an oxide including indium, zinc and gallium on the gate insulating film, and overlapping the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the active layer is formed from a zinc-rich target material, and an atomic % ratio of indium, zinc and gallium in the active layer is different from an atomic % ratio of the zinc-rich target material.

Abstract: A memory device may include a first conductive line, a second conductive line extending in a direction intersecting the first conductive line, such that the first conductive line and the second conductive line vertically overlap at a cross-point between the first conductive line and the second conductive line, and a memory cell pillar at the cross-point. The memory cell pillar may include a heating electrode layer and a resistive memory layer contacting the heating electrode layer. The resistive memory layer may include a wedge memory portion having a width that increases continuously in proportion with increasing distance from the heating electrode layer, and a body memory portion connected to the wedge memory portion such that the body memory portion and the wedge memory portion comprise an individual and continuous layer, the body memory portion having a greater width than the wedge memory portion.

Abstract: An on-chip metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor with enhanced capacitance is provided by forming the MIM capacitor along sidewall surfaces and a bottom surface of each trench of a plurality of trenches formed in a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) metallization stack to increase a surface area of the MIM capacitor.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device includes: forming pixels on a mother substrate including a display area and a non-display area; attaching a polarization film stretched in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction on the mother substrate having the pixels thereon; and cutting at least a portion of the polarization film along a third direction, wherein the third direction forms an acute angle with the first direction toward an outside of the polarization film.

Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pattern forming method includes forming a resist pattern on a substrate, forming a first silicone resin layer so as to bury the resist pattern on the substrate, pressing a film on the surface of the first silicone resin layer to adhere the film thereto, curing the first silicone resin layer after the adhesion of the film, peeling the film from the first silicone resin layer before or after the curing of the first silicone resin layer, and removing the resist pattern after the peeling of the film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a source region disposed in a substrate and having a first conductivity type, a drain region disposed in the substrate and having the first conductivity type, a first drift region having the first conductivity type and extending in a channel length direction between the source and drain regions, a second drift region having a second conductivity type and extending parallel to the first drift region, a field plate region disposed in an upper portion of the second drift region, an auxiliary electrode disposed in an upper portion of the field plate region, and a gate electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected with the auxiliary electrode. Such devices can reduce the specific on-resistance while also reducing electric field concentrations at the edge portions of the gate electrode, and the breakdown voltage of the device can therefore be significantly improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a first semiconductor chip in which a through-electrode is provided; a second semiconductor chip connected to a top surface of the first semiconductor chip; a first connection bump attached to a bottom surface of the first semiconductor chip and including a first pillar structure and a first solder layer; and a second connection bump located between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, and including a second pillar structure and a second solder layer.

Abstract: Methods of forming semiconductor device structures include forming trenches in an array region and in a buried digit line end region, forming a metal material in the trenches, filling the trenches with a mask material, removing the mask material in the trenches to expose a portion of the metal material, and removing the exposed portion of the metal material. A plurality of conductive contacts is formed in direct contact with the metal material in the buried digit line end region. Methods of forming a buried digit line contact include forming conductive contacts physically contacting metal material in trenches in a buried digit line end region. Vertical memory devices and apparatuses include metallic connections disposed between a buried digit line and a conductive contact in a buried digit line end region.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate arranged with a plurality of pixels on a first surface, the plurality of pixels having a display element including a transistor, and a first wiring connected to the transistor, a through electrode arranged in a first contact hole reaching the first wiring from a second surface facing the first surface of the first substrate, a second wiring connected with the through electrode, a first insulation film arranged covering the second wiring on the second surface of the first substrate, and a terminal connected with a second wiring via a second contact hole arranged in the first insulation film.

Abstract: A circuit substrate includes: a base material; and a capacitor layer. The capacitor layer includes a first metal layer that is provided on the base material, a dielectric layer that is provided on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer that is provided on the dielectric layer. The first metal layer includes a first electrode region which is provided on the base material and is exposed from the dielectric layer and to which a first terminal of a capacitor element for supplying current to a circuit part through the capacitor layer is connected. The second metal layer includes a second electrode region in which the second metal layer is exposed and to which a second terminal of the capacitor element is connected.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure is disclosed. A substrate having a first area and a second area is provided, wherein a first surface of the first area is lower than a second surface of the second area. A first insulating layer, a first gate, a first dielectric layer and a first dummy gate are sequentially formed on the first surface of the first area. A second dielectric layer and a second dummy gate are formed on the second surface of the second area. An inter-layer dielectric layer is formed around the first gate, the first dummy gate and the second dummy gate. The first dummy gate and the second dummy gate are removed, so as to form a first trench and a second trench in the inter-layer dielectric layer. A second gate and a third gate are filled respectively in the first trench and the second trench.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, a reference terminal, and a signal terminal. A first protection device is coupled between the signal terminal and the power supply terminal, the first protection device including a first MOS transistor. A second protection device is coupled between the signal terminal and the reference terminal, the second protection device including a second MOS transistor. Gates of the MOS transistors are directly or indirectly coupled to the reference terminal. Substrates of the MOS transistors are coupled to the reference terminal via a common resistor.

Abstract: An electronic component includes: a first substrate that comprises a first substrate surface; a second substrate that is arranged on the first substrate; and a connecting member that connects the first substrate and a peripheral edge portion of the second substrate. The second substrate is fixed to the first substrate by the connecting member.

Abstract: An integrated sensing module includes: an image sensing chip including photo sensing units arranged in a two-dimensional array; a micro-hole layer disposed on the image sensing chip and having one or multiple micro holes corresponding to the photo sensing units, wherein the photo sensing units sense an optical image of an object through the one or multiple micro holes; and a transparent cover or a transparent cover assembly disposed over the micro-hole layer. An integrated sensing assembly using the integrated sensing module is also provided.