Abstract: The invention relates to transparent therapeutic systems (TTS) which contain the active substance nicotine and which further contain at least one acid amide group as a lateral functional group. The TTS can be transparent and for discreet use. The invention also relates to methods for producing these TTS, said TTS being produced by methods using said polymers and being charged with active substance by way of a printing method.

Abstract: A sealing ring, including at least one sealing element having a first permeation coefficient, and at least one permeation barrier of a thermoplastic material having a second permeation coefficient, wherein the at least one sealing element and the at least one permeation barrier form a unit, and wherein the first permeation coefficient is higher than the second permeation coefficient.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device, a power semiconductor module and a power semiconductor device processing method are provided. The power semiconductor device includes a first load terminal structure, a second load terminal structure, and a semiconductor structure electrically coupled to each load terminal structure and configured to carry a load current. The first load terminal structure includes a conductive layer in contact with the semiconductor structure, a bonding block configured to be contacted by at least one bond wire and to receive at least a part of the load current from the at least one bond wire and/or the conductive layer, a support block having a hardness greater than the hardness of the conductive layer and the bonding block. The bonding block is mounted on the conductive layer via the support block, and a zone is arranged within the conductive layer and/or the bonding block, the zone exhibiting nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical contact and a method of forming a chip package are provided. The methods may include arranging a metal contact structure including a non-noble metal and electrically contacting the chip, arranging a packaging material, and a protective layer including or essentially consisting of a portion formed at an interface between a portion of the metal contact structure and the packaging material, wherein the protective layer may include a noble metal, wherein the portion of the protective layer may include a plurality of regions free from the noble metal, and wherein the regions free from the noble metal may provide an interface between the packaging material and the non-noble metal of the metal contact structure.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of forming an electrical contact is provided. The method may include depositing, by atomic layer deposition, a passivation layer over at least a region of a metal surface, wherein the passivation layer may include aluminum oxide, and electrically contacting the region of the metal surface with a metal contact structure, wherein the metal contact structure may include copper.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor devices includes a metal structure electrically connected to a silicon carbide semiconductor body and a metal adhesion and barrier structure between the metal structure and the silicon carbide semiconductor body. The metal adhesion and barrier structure includes a layer comprising titanium and tungsten.

Abstract: A power semiconductor transistor includes an electrically conductive contact structure including a plurality of contacts. A first one of the contacts is electrically connected to both a first load terminal and a first zone of a doped semiconductor structure. A second one of the contacts is electrically coupled to one of the first load terminal and a control electrode. The second contact laterally overlaps with both a second zone of the doped semiconductor structure, and a gap is formed between two adjacent field plates. The second zone of the doped semiconductor structure terminates in a section laterally overlapping with the gap.

Abstract: A vertical power semiconductor component includes a semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip having a top main surface and a bottom main surface. Each of said top main surface and said bottom main surface is in a heat exchanging relationship with a top metallization layer and a bottom metallization each of which serving as a heat sink. Each of said top metallization layer and said bottom metallization layer have a layer thickness of at least 15 ?m and have a specific heat capacity per volume that is at least a factor of 1.3 higher than the specific heat capacity per volume of the semiconductor chip. Each of said top metallization layer and said bottom metallization layer serving as a heat sink contacts the respective main surface via a respective diffusion barrier layer.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor devices includes a metal structure electrically connected to a silicon carbide semiconductor body and a metal adhesion and barrier structure between the metal structure and the silicon carbide semiconductor body. The metal adhesion and barrier structure includes a layer comprising titanium and tungsten.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip package is provided. The chip package may include a chip, a metal contact structure including a non-noble metal and electrically contacting the chip, a packaging material, and a protective layer including or essentially consisting of a portion formed at an interface between a portion of the metal contact structure and the packaging material, wherein the protective layer may include a noble metal, wherein the portion of the protective layer may include a plurality of regions free from the noble metal, and wherein the regions free from the noble metal may provide an interface between the packaging material and the non-noble metal of the metal contact structure.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor devices includes a metal structure electrically connected to a semiconductor body and a metal adhesion and barrier structure between the metal structure and the semiconductor body. The metal adhesion and barrier structure includes a first layer having titanium and tungsten, and a second layer having titanium, tungsten, and nitrogen on the first layer having titanium and tungsten.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip package is provided. The chip package may include a chip, a metal contact structure including a non-noble metal and electrically contacting the chip, a packaging material, and a protective layer including or essentially consisting of a portion formed at an interface between a portion of the metal contact structure and the packaging material, wherein the protective layer may include a noble metal, wherein the portion of the protective layer may include a plurality of regions free from the noble metal, and wherein the regions free from the noble metal may provide an interface between the packaging material and the non-noble metal of the metal contact structure.

Abstract: Epitaxy troughs are formed in a semiconductor substrate, wherein a matrix section of the semiconductor substrate laterally separates the epitaxy troughs and comprises a first semiconductor material. Crystalline epitaxy regions of a second semiconductor material are formed in the epitaxy troughs, wherein the second semiconductor material differs from the first semiconductor material in at least one of porosity, impurity content or defect density. From the epitaxy regions at least main body portions of semiconductor bodies of the semiconductor devices are formed.

Abstract: A power semiconductor transistor includes an electrically conductive contact structure including a plurality of contacts. A first one of the contacts is electrically connected to both a first load terminal and a first zone of a doped semiconductor structure. A second one of the contacts is electrically coupled to one of the first load terminal and a control electrode. The second contact laterally overlaps with both a second zone of the doped semiconductor structure, and a gap is formed between two adjacent field plates. The second zone of the doped semiconductor structure terminates in a section laterally overlapping with the gap.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device, a power semiconductor module and a power semiconductor device processing method are provided. The power semiconductor device includes a first load terminal structure, a second load terminal structure, and a semiconductor structure electrically coupled to each load terminal structure and configured to carry a load current. The first load terminal structure includes a conductive layer in contact with the semiconductor structure, a bonding block configured to be contacted by at least one bond wire and to receive at least a part of the load current from the at least one bond wire and/or the conductive layer, a support block having a hardness greater than the hardness of the conductive layer and the bonding block. The bonding block is mounted on the conductive layer via the support block, and a zone is arranged within the conductive layer and/or the bonding block, the zone exhibiting nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device, a power semiconductor module and a power semiconductor device processing method are provided. The power semiconductor device includes a first load terminal structure, a second load terminal structure, and a semiconductor structure electrically coupled to each load terminal structure and configured to carry a load current. The first load terminal structure includes a conductive layer in contact with the semiconductor structure, a bonding block configured to be contacted by at least one bond wire and to receive at least a part of the load current from the at least one bond wire and/or the conductive layer, a support block having a hardness greater than the hardness of the conductive layer and the bonding block. The bonding block is mounted on the conductive layer via the support block, and a zone is arranged within the conductive layer and/or the bonding block, the zone exhibiting nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: Epitaxy troughs are formed in a semiconductor substrate, wherein a matrix section of the semiconductor substrate laterally separates the epitaxy troughs and comprises a first semiconductor material. Crystalline epitaxy regions of a second semiconductor material are formed in the epitaxy troughs, wherein the second semiconductor material differs from the first semiconductor material in at least one of porosity, impurity content or defect density. From the epitaxy regions at least main body portions of semiconductor bodies of the semiconductor devices are formed.

Abstract: A vertical power semiconductor component includes a semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip having a top main surface and a bottom main surface. Each of said top main surface and said bottom main surface is in a heat exchanging relationship with a top metallization layer and a bottom metallization each of which serving as a heat sink. Each of said top metallization layer and said bottom metallization layer have a layer thickness of at least 15 ?m and have a specific heat capacity per volume that is at least a factor of 1.3 higher than the specific heat capacity per volume of the semiconductor chip. Each of said top metallization layer and said bottom metallization layer serving as a heat sink contacts the respective main surface via a respective diffusion barrier layer.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip package is provided. The chip package may include a chip, a metal contact structure including a non-noble metal and electrically contacting the chip, a packaging material, and a protective layer including or essentially consisting of a portion formed at an interface between a portion of the metal contact structure and the packaging material, wherein the protective layer may include a noble metal, wherein the portion of the protective layer may include a plurality of regions free from the noble metal, and wherein the regions free from the noble metal may provide an interface between the packaging material and the non-noble metal of the metal contact structure.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor devices includes a metal structure electrically connected to a semiconductor body and a metal adhesion and barrier structure between the metal structure and the semiconductor body. The metal adhesion and barrier structure includes a first layer having titanium and tungsten, and a second layer having titanium, tungsten, and nitrogen on the first layer having titanium and tungsten.