Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, a via, a line, and a capping layer. The substrate includes at least one conductive layer, in which a top surface of the at least one conductive layer has a first portion and a second portion. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and the first portion of the top surface of the at least one conductive layer. The via is disposed in the dielectric layer on the second portion of the top surface of the at least one conductive layer. The line is disposed on the via and a portion of the dielectric layer. The capping layer is disposed on a top surface of the line and peripherally encloses a side surface of the line, in which the capping layer has an etch selectivity with respect to the line.

Abstract: A chip includes a dielectric layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, a first semiconductor layer overlying and bonded to the top surface of the dielectric layer, and a first Metal Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor of a first conductivity type. The first MOS transistor includes a first gate dielectric overlying and contacting the first semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode overlying the first gate dielectric. A second semiconductor layer is underlying and bonded to the bottom surface of the dielectric layer. A second MOS transistor of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type includes a second gate dielectric underlying and contacting the second semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode underlying the second gate dielectric.

Abstract: A MEMS pressure sensor packaged with a molding compound. The MEMS pressure sensor features a lead frame, a MEMS semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, multiple pluralities of bonding wires, and a molding compound. The MEMS semiconductor die has an internal chamber, a sensing component, and apertures. The MEMS semiconductor die and the apertures are exposed to an ambient atmosphere. A method is desired to form a MEMS pressure sensor package that reduces defects caused by mold flashing and die cracking. Fabrication of the MEMS pressure sensor package comprises placing a lead frame on a lead frame tape; placing a MEMS semiconductor die adjacent to the lead frame and on the lead frame tape with the apertures facing the tape and being sealed thereby; attaching a second semiconductor die to the MEMS semiconductor die; attaching pluralities of bonding wires to form electrical connections between the MEMS semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and the lead frame; and forming a molding compound.

Abstract: A semiconductor device structure for sensing an incident light includes a substrate, a wiring structure, and at least one passivation layer. The substrate has a device. The at least one passivation layer is disposed above the wiring structure. The at least one passivation layer includes a plurality of microstructures, and each of the microstructures has a cross-section in a shape of a triangle, trapezoid or arc. The wiring structure is disposed below the at least one passivation layer. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device structure is also provided.

Abstract: A fabricating method of a semiconductive element includes providing a substrate, wherein an amorphous silicon layer covers the substrate. Then, a titanium nitride layer is provided to cover and contact the amorphous silicon layer. Later, a titanium layer is formed to cover the titanium nitride layer. Finally, a thermal process is performed to transform the titanium nitride layer into a nitrogen-containing titanium silicide layer.

Abstract: A fan-out semiconductor package module includes a core member having first and second through-holes. A semiconductor chip is in the first through-hole and has an active surface with a connection pad and an inactive surface opposing the active surface. Another passive component is in the second through-hole. An first encapsulant covers at least portions of the core member and the passive component, and fills at least a portion of the second through-hole. A reinforcing member is on the first encapsulant. A second encapsulant covers at least a portion of the semiconductor chip, and fills at least a portion of the first through-hole. A connection member is on the core member, the active surface of the semiconductor chip, and the passive component, and includes a redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pad and the passive component.

Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor power device includes trenched gates each having a stick-up gate segment extended above a top surface of the semiconductor substrate surrounded by sidewall spacers. The semiconductor power device further includes slots opened aligned with the sidewall spacers substantially parallel to the trenched gates. The stick-up gate segment further includes a cap composed of an insulation material surrounded by the sidewall spacers. A layer of barrier metal covers a top surface of the cap and over the sidewall spacers and extends above a top surface of the slots. The slots are filled with a gate material same as the gate segment for functioning as additional gate electrodes for providing a depletion layer extends toward the trenched gates whereby a drift region between the slots and the trenched gate is fully depleted at a gate-to-drain voltage Vgs=0 volt.

Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The MEMS structure includes a sacrificial layer, a lower dielectric film, an upper dielectric film, a plurality of through holes and a protective film. The sacrificial layer comprises an opening. The lower dielectric film is on the sacrificial layer. The upper dielectric film is on the lower dielectric film. The plurality of through holes passes through the lower dielectric film and the upper dielectric film. The protective film covers side walls of the upper dielectric film and the lower dielectric film and a film interface between the lower dielectric film and the upper dielectric film.

Abstract: A trench power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The trench power semiconductor device includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer disposed on the substrate, and a gate structure. The epitaxial layer has at least one trench formed therein, and the gate structure is disposed in the trench. A gate structure includes a lower doped region and an upper doped region disposed above the lower doped region to form a PN junction. The concentration of the impurity decreases along a direction from a peripheral portion of the upper doped region toward a central portion of the upper doped region.

Abstract: The present application discloses an organic light-emitting display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic light-emitting display device. The organic light-emitting display panel comprises a substrate, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, an organic light-emitting functional layer formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and comprising a plurality of first optical adjustment units, a plurality of second optical adjustment units and at least one light emitting layer covering a display area of the organic light-emitting display panel, and a pixel definition layer partitioning the organic light-emitting functional layer to form a pixel array comprising a first color pixel, a second color pixel and a third color pixel in an array arrangement.

Abstract: A stacked semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip having a first active surface over which first bonding pads including peripheral bonding pads and central bonding pads are arranged, a first encapsulation member, two second semiconductor chips having second active surfaces over which second bonding pads are arranged at one side peripheries and disposed to be separated from each other such that the second active surfaces face the first active surface and the second bonding pads overlap with the peripheral bonding pads, first coupling members interposed between the peripheral bonding pads and the second bonding pads, a second encapsulation member formed over second side surfaces of the second semiconductor chips including a region between the second semiconductor chips, and a mold via formed through a portion of the second encapsulation member in the region between the second semiconductor chips and coupled with the central bonding pads.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer having a first plane and a second plane, a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region and a third semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, the first semiconductor region interposed between the third semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, a first well region of a first conductivity type, a second well region of a first conductivity type separated from the first well region, a first contact region of a first conductivity type, a second contact region of a first conductivity type, a gate electrode provided on the first semiconductor region between the first well region and the second well region, a source electrode having a first region in contact with the first contact region and a second region in contact with the second contact region, and a drain electrode.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a transfer gate including a gate buried portion extending into a semiconductor substrate from a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion parts that are disposed in the semiconductor substrate on a side of the gate buried portion and vertically overlap each other, and a plurality of floating diffusion parts that are apart from and vertically overlap each other in the semiconductor substrate on other side of the gate buried portion, wherein at least one of the floating diffusion parts is positioned at a height of at least one of corresponding photoelectric conversion parts.

Abstract: Stress generation free thru-silicon-via structures with improved performance and reliability and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a first conductive diffusion barrier liner on an insulator layer within a thru-silicon-via of a wafer material. The method further includes forming a stress absorption layer on the first conductive diffusion barrier. The method further includes forming a second conductive diffusion barrier on the stress absorption layer. The method further includes forming a copper plate on the second conductive diffusion barrier.

Abstract: In an example, a memory array may include a memory cell around at least a portion of a semiconductor. The memory cell may include a gate, a first dielectric stack to store a charge between a first portion of the gate and the semiconductor, and a second dielectric stack to store a charge between a second portion of the gate and the semiconductor, the second dielectric stack separate from the first dielectric stack.

Abstract: A transparent display substrate, a transparent display device, and a method of manufacturing a transparent display device, the substrate including a base substrate including a pixel area and a transmission area; a pixel circuit on the pixel area of the base substrate; an insulation layer covering the pixel circuit on the base substrate; a pixel electrode selectively disposed on the pixel area of the base substrate, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the pixel circuit at least partially through the insulation layer; and a transmitting layer structure selectively disposed on the transmission area of the base substrate, the transmitting layer structure including at least an inorganic material, the inorganic material consisting essentially of silicon oxynitride.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor in a semiconductor substrate having a main surface. The transistor includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a drift zone, a gate electrode, and a gate dielectric adjacent to the gate electrode. The gate electrode is disposed adjacent to at least two sides of the channel region. The channel region and the drift zone are disposed along a first direction parallel to the main surface between the source region and the drain region. The gate dielectric has a thickness that varies at different positions of the gate electrode.

Abstract: A package includes a conductor base plate having a element fixed to an upper surface thereof, a side wall provided on the conductor base plate to surround the element, the side wall having a conductor portion electrically connected to the conductor base plate, a dielectric cap disposed on the side wall, a front-side metal film provided on an outer surface of the dielectric cap, a first back-side metal film provided on an inner surface of the dielectric cap such that a center of the first back-side metal film approximately coincides with a center of a surface of the dielectric cap which faces the conductor base plate, and a plurality of vias passing through the dielectric cap to achieve electrical connection between the front-side metal film and the first back-side metal film and between the front-side metal film and the conductor portion oldie side wall.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a plurality of solder balls on a surface the semiconductor device, and a retaining body associated with a first solder ball of the plurality of solder balls, separating the first solder ball from at least a second solder ball of the plurality of solder balls. The retaining body includes a conductive portion and an insulating portion configured to cover the conductive portion. Also, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including acts of forming a plurality of retaining bodies on a surface of a wiring substrate, each retaining body comprising a conductive portion and an insulating portion covering the conductive portion, each retaining body forming an opening section, and forming a solder ball in the opening section formed by each of the retaining bodies.

Abstract: A method of fabrication of an integrated circuit is provided, including: providing a substrate including a first active layer and a first metallic level of interconnection arranged on top of the active layer and including first lines of interconnection separated by a first filling of sacrificial material; forming a superposition of an insulator layer and second lines of interconnection; providing access to the first filling through the insulator layer; filling the provided access with a second filling of sacrificial material; forming a second active layer on top of the second metallic level of interconnection; providing access to the second filling through the second active layer; and removing the first and the second fillings by a chemical etching through the provided access to the second filling.