Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a word line, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first bit line and a second bit line. The word line is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first capacitor extends along a second direction different from the first direction and is located at a first level. The second capacitor extends along the second direction and is located at a second level different from the first level. The first bit line is electrically connected to the first capacitor and the word line. The second bit line is electrically connected to the second capacitor and the word line.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle, the mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle prepared by the method, and use of the mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle for reducing adipogenesis and treating osteoarthritis. The mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle of the present disclosure achieves the effect of reducing adipogenesis and treating osteoarthritis through various efficacy experiments.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a word line, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first bit line and a second bit line. The word line is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first capacitor extends along a second direction different from the first direction and is located at a first level. The second capacitor extends along the second direction and is located at a second level different from the first level. The first bit line is electrically connected to the first capacitor and the word line. The second bit line is electrically connected to the second capacitor and the word line.

Abstract: A test strip detecting system includes a test strip, a test strip detecting carrier and a mobile communication apparatus. The test strip detecting carrier includes a container structure, positioning markers and colorimetric calibrating blocks, and the colorimetric calibrating blocks are embedded inside the positioning markers. The test strip is placed in the container structure and reacts with a specimen to generate color blocks. The mobile communication apparatus controls an image capture unit to capture an original image of the test strip placed in the test strip detecting carrier; detects the positioning markers in the original image to obtain a plurality of coordinates of the positioning markers; performs image coordinate calibration according to the plurality of coordinates to generate a calibrated image; and performs a colorimetric calibration for the color blocks and the colorimetric calibrating blocks according to the calibrated image so as to generate a test result.

Abstract: A laser inspection system is provided. A laser source emits a laser with a first spectrum and the laser is transmitted by a first optical fiber. A gain optical fiber doped with special ions is connected to the first optical fiber, and a light detector is provided around the gain optical fiber. When the laser with the first spectrum passes through the gain optical fiber, the gain optical fiber absorbs part of the energy level of the laser with the first spectrum, so that the laser with the first spectrum is converted to generate light with a second spectrum based on the frequency conversion phenomenon. The light detector detects the intensity of the light with the second spectrum, so that the power of the laser source can be obtained.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer, a channel layer, an insulating layer, a first source/drain electrode and a second source/drain electrode, a second dielectric layer, and a stop segment. The gate electrode is located within a first dielectric layer that overlies a substrate. The gate dielectric layer is located over the gate electrode. The channel layer is located on the gate dielectric layer. The insulating layer is located over the channel layer. The first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode are located in the insulating layer, and connected to the channel layer. The second dielectric layer is beside one of the first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode. The stop segment is embedded in the second dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method of a circuit signal enhancement of a circuit board comprises the following steps: forming a first substrate body with a first signal transmission circuit layer and a second substrate body with a second signal transmission circuit layer; forming a first signal enhancement circuit layer and a second signal enhancement circuit layer on the first substrate body and the second substrate body; forming a third substrate body with a third signal transmission circuit layer and a fourth substrate body with a fourth signal transmission circuit layer on the carrier; separating the third substrate body and the fourth substrate body from the carrier; combining the first signal transmission circuit layer and the third signal transmission circuit layer through the first signal enhancement circuit layer; and combining the second signal transmission circuit layer and the fourth signal transmission circuit layer through the second signal enhancement circuit layer.

Abstract: A wafer transporting method includes following operations. A plurality of wafers are received in a semiconductor container attached to a mobile vehicle. An air processing system is coupled to a wall of the semiconductor container. The air processing system includes an inlet valve, an outlet valve, a pump between the inlet valve and the outlet valve, and a desiccant coupled to the pump. The semiconductor container is moved. The pump of the air processing system is turned on to extract air from inside the semiconductor container into the air processing system through the inlet valve. Humidity of the air is reduced when the air passes through the desiccant of the air processing system. The air is returned back to the semiconductor container through the outlet valve.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In some embodiments isolation regions are formed by modifying a dielectric material of a dielectric layer such that a first portion of the dielectric layer is more readily removed by an etching process than a second portion of the dielectric layer. The modifying of the dielectric material facilitates subsequent processing steps that allow for the tuning of a profile of the isolation regions to a desired geometry based on the different material properties of the modified dielectric material.

Abstract: A transistor includes an insulating layer, a source region, a drain region, a channel layer, a ferroelectric layer, and a gate electrode. The source region and the drain region are respectively disposed on and in physical contact with two opposite sidewalls of the insulating layer. A thickness of the source region, a thickness of the drain region, and a thickness of the insulating layer are substantially the same. The channel layer is disposed on the insulating layer, the source region, and the drain region. The ferroelectric layer is disposed over the channel layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the ferroelectric layer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a control gate layout to improve an etch process window for word lines. In some embodiments, an integrated chip comprises a memory array, an erase gate, a word line, and a control gate. The memory array comprises a plurality of cells in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The erase gate and the word line are elongated in parallel along a row of the memory array. The control gate is elongated along the row and is between and borders the erase gate and the word line. Further, the control gate has a pad region protruding towards the erase gate and the word line. Because the pad region protrudes towards the erase gate and the word line, a width of the pad region is spread between word-line and erase-gate sides of the control gate.

Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a heat dissipation substrate including a first conductive through-via embedded therein; a sensor die disposed on the heat dissipation substrate; an insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulating the sensor die; a second conductive through-via penetrating through the insulating encapsulant; and a first redistribution structure and a second redistribution structure disposed on opposite sides of the heat dissipation substrate. The second conductive through-via is in contact with the first conductive through-via. The sensor die is located between the second redistribution structure and the heat dissipation substrate. The second redistribution structure has a window allowing a sensing region of the sensor die receiving light. The first redistribution structure is electrically connected to the sensor die through the first conductive through-via, the second conductive through-via and the second redistribution structure.

Abstract: A package structure includes a thermal dissipation structure, a first encapsulant, a die, a through integrated fan-out via (TIV), a second encapsulant, and a redistribution layer (RDL) structure. The thermal dissipation structure includes a substrate and a first conductive pad disposed over the substrate. The first encapsulant laterally encapsulates the thermal dissipation structure. The die is disposed on the thermal dissipation structure. The TIV lands on the first conductive pad of the thermal dissipation structure and is laterally aside the die. The second encapsulant laterally encapsulates the die and the TIV. The RDL structure is disposed on the die and the second encapsulant.

Abstract: A memory device includes a multi-layer stack, a channel layer, a memory material layer and at least three conductive pillars. The multi-layer stack is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. The channel layer and memory material layer penetrate through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The at least three conductive pillars are surrounded by the channel layer and the memory material layer, wherein the at least three conductive pillars are electrically connected to conductive layers respectively. The at least three conductive pillars includes a first, a second and a third conductive pillars disposed between the first conductive pillar and the second conductive pillar. A third width of the third conductive pillar is smaller than a first width of the first conductive pillar and a second width of the second conductive pillar.

Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first diffusion barrier layer made of a dielectric material including a metal element, nitrogen, and oxygen and a first protection layer made of a dielectric material including silicon and oxygen and in direct contact with the top surface of the first diffusion barrier layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first thickening layer made of a dielectric material including the metal element and oxygen and in direct contact with the top surface of the first protection layer. A maximum metal content in the first thickening layer is greater than that in the first diffusion barrier layer. The semiconductor device structure further includes a conductive feature surrounded by and in direct contact with the first diffusion barrier layer, the first protection layer, and the first thickening layer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. A semiconductor wafer is provided. A plurality of first surface mount components and a plurality of second surface mount components are bonded onto the semiconductor wafer, wherein a first portion of each of the second surface mount components is overhanging a periphery of the semiconductor wafer. A first barrier structure is formed in between the second surface mount components and the semiconductor wafer. An underfill structure is formed under a second portion of each of the second surface mount components, wherein the first barrier structure blocks the spreading of the underfill structure from the second portion to the first portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a deposition equipment with a shielding mechanism, which includes a reaction chamber, a carrier, a cover ring and a shielding mechanism. The shielding mechanism includes a first bearing arm, a second bearing arm, a first shielding plate and a second shielding plate. The first and second shielding plates are respectively placed on the first and second bearing arms. There are corresponding alignment units between the lower surface of the first and second shielding plates and the upper surface the carrier, so that the first and second shielding plates can be aligned with the carrier. There is also a corresponding alignment unit between the upper surface of the first and second shielding plates and the lower surface the cover ring, so that the cover ring can be aligned with the first and second shielding plates to define a cleaning space in the reaction chamber.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting crosswalk locations. Crosswalk locations can be detected by determining at least two painted lines on a road surface, and then combining the at least two painted lines on the road surface into a grouping of related elements. The grouping of related elements can be classified into a crosswalk (or in some embodiments a type of crosswalk) based on attributes of the grouping of related elements, where the attributes of the grouping of the elements includes a distance between the at least two painted lines, and an orientation of the grouping of related elements on the road surface.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for detecting a pavement marking around an autonomous vehicle, comparing the detected pavement marking with a pavement marking present in a semantic data map, determining whether a change has occurred between the detected pavement marking and the pavement marking present in the semantic data map, and updating the semantic data map based on the determining of whether the change has occurred between the detected pavement marking and the pavement marking present in the semantic data map.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera device heating module. The module includes a set of soft electric heater; and a control circuit block configured to electrically connected with and control the set of soft electric heater and including a low-temperature heating switch unit including a low-temperature protecting circuit having a positive temperature coefficient and connected with the set of soft electric heater; an over-temperature turnoff switch unit including an over-temperature protecting circuit having a negative temperature coefficient and connected with the set of soft electric heater; and a microcontroller unit electrically connected with the low-temperature heating switch unit and the over-temperature turnoff switch unit.