Abstract: A method for processing a transparent workpiece includes generating a beam of radiation and forming a defect in or on an object. The beam is a quasi-non-diffracting beam and has a focal volume. Forming the defect includes directing the beam onto the object and positioning the focal volume partially or fully within the object. Generating the beam includes partially blocking the beam upstream of the focal volume to adjust an axial symmetry of the freeform energy distribution with respect to an optical axis of the beam using an adjustable blocking element and/or spatially modulating a phase of the beam upstream of the focal volume to adjust a geometry of the freeform energy distribution using a phase mask. The freeform energy distribution has energy sufficient to induce multi-photon absorption in a region of the object that is co-located with the focal volume. The induced multi-photon absorption produces the defect.

Abstract: A window substrate includes a glass substrate, a first bonding layer disposed on a first surface of the glass substrate, and a first stress relief layer disposed between the bonding layer and the glass substrate. The first bonding layer has a thickness greater than a thickness of the glass substrate.

Abstract: A transistor comprising a semiconductor substrate comprising a collector region extending from a main surface of the semiconductor substrate into a substrate material. The transistor comprising a base structure arranged at the collector region along a thickness direction parallel to a direction of a normal of the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, where an emitter structure arranged at the base structure is averted from the semiconductor substrate and along the thickness direction. The transistor comprising a doped electrode layer arranged at a lateral surface region of the base structure and along a lateral direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The doped electrode layer and the base structure form a monocrystalline connection.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor material with a photodiode disposed in the semiconductor material. The image sensor also includes a transfer gate electrically coupled to the photodiode to extract image charge from the photodiode in response to a transfer signal. A floating diffusion is electrically coupled to the transfer gate to receive the image charge from the photodiode. At least one isolation structure is disposed in the photodiode, and the at least one isolation structure extends from a surface of the semiconductor material into the photodiode.

Abstract: A semiconductor element of the electric circuit includes a semiconductor layer over a gate electrode. The semiconductor layer of the semiconductor element is formed of a layer including polycrystalline silicon which is obtained by crystallizing amorphous silicon by heat treatment or laser irradiation, over a substrate. The obtained layer including polycrystalline silicon is also used for a structure layer such as a movable electrode of a structure body. Therefore, the structure body and the electric circuit for controlling the structure body can be formed over one substrate. As a result, a micromachine can be miniaturized. Further, assembly and packaging are unnecessary, so that manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A method of forming a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a field plate. The method may include forming: a substrate having a selectively implanted collector (SIC) and a collector separated by a shallow trench isolation (STI), a field plate in the STI, the field plate extends below a top surface of the SIC, a base layer directly on the SIC, a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) structure above the SIC, the HBT includes an emitter, the emitter is directly on the base layer, a fourth dielectric layer covering the HBT structure, the field plate and the collector, and an emitter contact, a field plate contact and a collector contact extending through the fourth dielectric layer, the emitter contact is in electrical connection with the emitter, the field plate contact is in electrical connection with the field plate and the collector contact is in electrical connection with the collector.

Abstract: A method of forming a heavily-doped silicon layer on a more lightly-doped silicon substrate including the steps of depositing a heavily-doped amorphous silicon layer; depositing a silicon nitride layer; and heating the amorphous silicon layer to a temperature higher than or equal to the melting temperature of silicon.

Abstract: There is provided a method of processing a surface of a group III nitride crystal, that includes the steps of: polishing a surface of a group III nitride crystal with a polishing slurry containing abrasive grains; and thereafter polishing the surface of the group III nitride crystal with a polishing liquid at least once, and each step of polishing with the polishing liquid employs a basic polishing liquid or an acidic polishing liquid as the polishing liquid. The step of polishing with the basic or acidic polishing liquid allows removal of impurity such as abrasive grains remaining on the surface of the group III nitride crystal after it is polished with the slurry containing the abrasive grains.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The OLED display device includes a substrate having a thin film transistor region and a capacitor region, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a lower capacitor electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer in the capacitor region, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate, and an upper capacitor electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and facing the lower capacitor electrode, wherein regions of each of the buffer layer, the gate insulating layer, the interlayer insulating layer, the lower capacitor electrode, and the upper capacitor electrode have surfaces in which protrusions having the same shape as grain boundaries of the semiconductor layer are formed. The resultant capacitor has an increased surface area, and therefore, an increased capacitance.

Abstract: A polycrystalline silicon wafer produced based on a melting method and having an outer diameter of 450 mm or more, wherein a depth of scratches on the polycrystalline silicon wafer is 10 ?m or less. A polycrystalline silicon wafer produced based on a melting method and having an outer diameter of 450 mm or more, wherein a maximum number of scratches having a width of 40 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less and a depth of more than 10 ?m and 40 ?m or less formed on the polycrystalline silicon wafer is one or less per section when the overall polycrystalline silicon wafer is divided into 100 mm-square sections, and a depth of remaining scratches is 10 ?m or less. Provided is a large polycrystalline silicon wafer, particularly a silicon wafer having a wafer size in which the outer diameter is 450 mm or more, in which a small number of scratches are generated on the wafer surface and which has mechanical properties similar to those of a monocrystalline silicon wafer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a new generation of laser-crystallization approaches that can crystallize Si films for large displays at drastically increased effective crystallization rates. The particular scheme presented in this aspect of the disclosure is referred to as the advanced excimer-laser annealing (AELA) method, and it can be readily configured for manufacturing large OLED TVs using various available and proven technical components. As in ELA, it is mostly a partial-/near-complete-melting-regime-based crystallization approach that can, however, eventually achieve greater than one order of magnitude increase in the effective rate of crystallization than that of the conventional ELA technique utilizing the same laser source.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a method of manufacturing a crystalline silicon device and a semiconductor device in which formation of cracks in a substrate, a base protective film, and a crystalline silicon film can be suppressed. First, a layer including a semiconductor film is formed over a substrate, and is heated. A thermal expansion coefficient of the substrate is 6×10?7/° C. to 38×10?7/° C., preferably 6×10?7/° C. to 31.8×10?7/° C. Next, the layer including the semiconductor film is irradiated with a laser beam to crystallize the semiconductor film so as to form a crystalline semiconductor film. Total stress of the layer including the semiconductor film is ?500 N/m to +50 N/m, preferably ?150 N/m to 0 N/m after the heating step.

Abstract: At least first and second Si1-xGex (0?x?1) layers are formed on an insulating film. At least first and second material layers are formed correspondingly to the at least first and second Si1-xGex (0?x?1) layers. A lattice constant of the first Si1-xGex (0?x?1) layer is matched with a lattice constant of the first material layer. A lattice constant of the second Si1-xGex (0?x?1) layer is matched with a lattice constant of the second material layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon film includes: depositing a catalyst layer including nickel and depositing nickel nanoparticles on a substrate; exposing the catalyst layer and the nanoparticles to at least silane gas; and heat treating the substrate coated with the catalyst layer and the nanoparticles during at least part of the exposing to silane gas in growing a silicon based film on the substrate.

Abstract: The disclosed systems and method for non-periodic pulse sequential lateral solidification relate to processing a thin film. The method for processing a thin film, while advancing a thin film in a selected direction, includes irradiating a first region of the thin film with a first laser pulse and a second laser pulse and irradiating a second region of the thin film with a third laser pulse and a fourth laser pulse, wherein the time interval between the first laser pulse and the second laser pulse is less than half the time interval between the first laser pulse and the third laser pulse. In some embodiments, each pulse provides a shaped beam and has a fluence that is sufficient to melt the thin film throughout its thickness to form molten zones that laterally crystallize upon cooling. In some embodiments, the first and second regions are adjacent to each other. In some embodiments, the first and second regions are spaced a distance apart.

Abstract: A light emitting device package according to embodiments comprises: a package body; a lead frame on the package body; a light emitting device supported by the package body and electrically connected with the lead frame; a filling material surrounding the light emitting device; and a phosphor layer comprising phosphors on the filling material.

Abstract: A low temperature polysilicon film and a manufacturing method thereof, a thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. The manufacturing method of the low temperature polysilicon film includes crystallizing a nano-silicon thin film to form the low temperature polysilicon film.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of poly-silicon islands and a plurality of gates. The substrate has a display region, a gate driver region and a source driver region. Each poly-silicon island disposed on the substrate has a source region, a drain region and a channel region disposed therebetween. The poly-silicon islands include several first poly-silicon islands and several second poly-silicon islands. The first poly-silicon islands having main grain boundaries and sub grain boundaries are only disposed within the display region and the gate driver region. The main grain boundaries of the first poly-silicon islands are only disposed within the source regions and/or the drain regions. The second poly-silicon islands are disposed in the source driver region. Grain sizes of the first poly-silicon islands are substantially different from those of the second poly-silicon islands. Gates corresponding to the channel regions are disposed on the substrate.

Abstract: Systems including and methods for forming a backplane for an electronic display are presented. The backplane includes interlaced crystallized regions, and the interlaced crystallized regions include at least a left column of crystallized regions and a right column of crystallized regions. The left and right columns include rows of crystallized regions with gaps disposed between each of the rows. Furthermore, each crystallized region in the left column extends into a corresponding gap in the right column, and each crystallized region in the right column extends into a corresponding gap in the left column.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing array substrate with embedded photovoltaic cell includes: providing a substrate; forming a buffer layer on the substrate; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the buffer layer; converting the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer; forming a pattern on the polysilicon layer; forming a first photoresist pattern on the polysilicon layer and injecting N+ ions; forming a gate insulation layer on the polysilicon layer; forming a second photoresist pattern on the gate insulation layer and injecting N? ions; forming a third photoresist pattern on the gate insulation layer and injecting P+ ions; forming a metal layer on the gate insulation layer so as to form a gate terminal; forming a hydrogenated insulation layer on the metal layer; forming a first ditch in the first insulation layer; and forming a second metal layer on the first insulation layer.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor device includes a gate electrode formed above a substrate, a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode, a crystalline silicon thin film that is formed above the gate insulating film and has a channel region, an amorphous silicon thin film formed on the crystalline silicon thin film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are formed above the channel region, and the crystalline silicon thin film has a half-width of a Raman band corresponding to a phonon mode specific to the crystalline silicon thin film of 5.0 or more and less than 6.0 cm?1, and an average crystal grain size of about 50 nm or more and 300 nm or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a method to mitigate wafer warpage in advanced technology manufacturing processes due to crystallization of one or more amorphous layers with asymmetrical front-surface and back-surface layer thicknesses. After deposition of one or more layers of amorphous material on a front-surface and a back-surface of the wafer in a furnace tool, the front-surface layers are patterned which thins a front layer thickness. Downstream thermal processing performed at a temperature which exceeds a crystallization threshold of the amorphous material will result in asymmetric stress between the front and back surfaces due to the asymmetrical layer thicknesses. To mitigate this effect, the amount of warpage as a function of the difference in asymmetrical layer thickness may be determined such that a front-surface deposition tool may be utilized in conjunction with the furnace tool to reduce the difference in front-surface and back-surface layer thicknesses. Other methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: It is an object to reduce characteristic variation among transistors and reduce contact resistance between an oxide semiconductor layer and a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer, in a transistor where the oxide semiconductor layer is used as a channel layer. In a transistor where an oxide semiconductor is used as a channel layer, at least an amorphous structure is included in a region of an oxide semiconductor layer between a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer, where a channel is to be formed, and a crystal structure is included in a region of the oxide semiconductor layer which is electrically connected to an external portion such as the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer.

Abstract: A laser annealing method includes forming a nitrogen-doped layer on a semiconductor layer, the nitrogen-doped layer having a nitrogen concentration of at least 3×1020 atoms/cc, irradiating a first area of the nitrogen-doped layer in a low oxygen environment with a laser beam and irradiating a second area of the nitrogen-doped layer in a low oxygen environment with a laser beam, a part of the second area overlapping with the first area.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor device. The image sensor device includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. The image sensor also includes a radiation-detection device that is formed in the substrate. The radiation-detection device is operable to detect a radiation wave that enters the substrate through the back side. The image sensor further includes a recrystallized silicon layer. The recrystallized silicon layer is formed on the back side of the substrate. The recrystallized silicon layer has different photoluminescence intensity than the substrate.

Abstract: Crystallization of thin films using pulsed irradiation The method includes continuously irradiating a film having an x-axis and a y-axis, in a first scan in the x-direction of the film with a plurality of line beam laser pulses to form a first set of irradiated regions, translating the film a distance in the y-direction of the film, wherein the distance is less than the length of the line beam, and continuously irradiating the film in a second scan in the negative x-direction of the film with a sequence of line beam laser pulses to form a second set of irradiated regions, wherein each of the second set of irradiated regions overlaps with a portion of the first set of irradiated regions, and wherein each of the first and the second set of irradiated regions upon cooling forms one or more crystallized regions.

Abstract: A method of treating a sheet of semiconducting material comprises forming a sinterable first layer over each major surface of a sheet of semiconducting material, forming a second layer over each of the first layers to form a particle-coated semiconductor sheet, placing the particle-coated sheet between end members, heating the particle-coated sheet to a temperature effective to at least partially sinter the first layer and at least partially melt the semiconducting material, and cooling the particle-coated sheet to solidify the semiconducting material and form a treated sheet of semiconducting material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel silicon-based, single-stage solar cell which, instead of converting light in a bulk semiconductor material, generates electrical energy within a very thin quantum structure that is deposited. The layer sequence itself consists of a three-fold hetero structure as an absorber, which is embedded into the space charge region of a pn-junction and is based on quantummechanical effects. Therein, the layer is preferably deposited by a CVD or the like method. High efficiencies of above 30% were initially measured on small samples on silicon.

Abstract: A method for forming a polycrystalline film, a polycrystalline film formed by the method and a thin film transistor fabricated from the polycrystalline film are provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a thermal conductor layer on the substrate; etching the thermal conductor layer until the substrate is exposed to form a thermal conductor pattern; forming a seed layer on the thermal conductor layer and the substrate; etching the seed layer to form seed crystals on both sidewalls of the thermal conductor; forming an amorphous layer on the substrate, the thermal conductor layer and the seed crystals; etching the amorphous layer; and recrystallizing the amorphous layer to form a polycrystalline layer.

Abstract: A substrate including an NMOS transistor region and a PMOS transistor region is prepared. A silicon-germanium layer is formed on the PMOS transistor region. Nitrogen atoms are injected in an upper portion of the silicon-germanium layer. A first gate dielectric layer is formed on the NMOS transistor region and the PMOS transistor region. The nitrogen atoms are injected into the upper portion of the silicon-germanium layer before forming the first gate dielectric layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, wherein an amorphous semiconductor film comprising a microcrystal is annealed using a microwave, to crystallize the amorphous semiconductor film comprising the microcrystal using the microcrystal as a nucleus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device 100A that has first lightly doped drain regions 31A1 and 32A1 between a source region 34A1 and a channel region 33A1 of a first conductive-type driver circuit TFT 10A1 and/or between a drain region 35A1 and the channel region 33A1 of the first conductive-type driver circuit TFT 10A1, and second lightly doped drain regions 31C and 32C between a source region 34C and a channel region 33C of a first conductive-type pixel TFT 10C and/or between a drain region 35C and the channel region 33C of the first conductive-type pixel TFT 10C, in which the first lightly doped drain regions 31A1 and 32A1 have first conductive-type impurities n1 at a first impurity concentration C1, and the second lightly doped drain regions 31C and 32C have first conductive-type impurities n1 at the first impurity concentration C1 and second conductive-type impurities p2 at a second impurity concentration C2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing process of oxide insulating layer and flexible structure of LTPS-TFT display. The manufacturing process firstly provides a substrate, which is a soft material sheet; and then an a-Si layer is formed on the substrate, and oxygen ion implantation process of a certain depth is conducted onto the a-Si layer; finally, ELA process is conducted to transform a-Si layer into a Poly-Si layer and an oxide insulating layer; of which the oxide insulating layer is a silica insulating layer and located within the Poly-Si layer for subsequently producing LTPS-TFT; the structure comprises of a substrate, Poly-Si layer and oxide insulating layer within the Poly-Si layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon film includes: depositing a catalyst layer including nickel and depositing nickel nanoparticles on a substrate; exposing the catalyst layer and the nanoparticles to at least silane gas; and heat treating the substrate coated with the catalyst layer and the nanoparticles during at least part of the exposing to silane gas in growing a silicon based film on the substrate.

Abstract: Affords AlxGa1-xN crystal growth methods, as well as AlxGa1-xN crystal substrates, wherein bulk, low-dislocation-density crystals are obtained. The AlxGa1-xN crystal (0<x?1) growth method is a method of growing, by a vapor-phase technique, an AlxGa1-xN crystal (10), characterized by forming, in the growing of the crystal, at least one pit (10p) having a plurality of facets (12) on the major growth plane (11) of the AlxGa1-xN crystal (10), and growing the AlxGa1-xN crystal (10) with the at least one pit (10p) being present, to reduce dislocations in the AlxGa1-xN crystal (10).

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method for group III polarity growth on a sapphire substrate. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a laminate wherein a group III nitride single crystal layer is laminated on a sapphire substrate by an MOCVD method.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device may include a semiconductor substrate including an active region and a transistor in the active region. The transistor may include first and second spaced apart source/drain regions in the active region of the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. The semiconductor channel region may include a plurality of channel trenches therein between the first and second source/drain regions. A gate insulating layer may be provided on the channel region including sidewalls of the plurality of channel trenches, and a gate electrode may be provided on the gate insulating layer so that the gate insulating layer is between the gate electrode and the semiconductor channel region including the plurality of channel trenches. Related methods are also discussed.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor device. The image sensor device includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. The image sensor also includes a radiation-detection device that is formed in the substrate. The radiation-detection device is operable to detect a radiation wave that enters the substrate through the back side. The image sensor further includes a recrystallized silicon layer. The recrystalized silicon layer is formed on the back side of the substrate. The recrystalized silicon layer has different photoluminescence intensity than the substrate.

Abstract: A light emitting device package according to embodiments comprises: a package body; a lead frame on the package body; a light emitting device supported by the package body and electrically connected with the lead frame; a filling material surrounding the light emitting device; and a phosphor layer comprising phosphors on the filling material.

Abstract: Disclosed are a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film on the entire surface of a substrate without sacrificing the uniformity of crystallinity in a seam portion in a long-axis direction of laser light, the crystalline semiconductor thin film having good properties and high uniformity to an extent that the seam portion is not visually recognizable. During the irradiation of a linear beam, portions corresponding to the edges of the linear beam are shielded by a mask 10 which is disposed on the optical path of a laser light 2, and the mask 10 is operated so that the amount of shielding is periodically increased and decreased.

Abstract: A method for forming a polycrystalline film, a polycrystalline film formed by the method and a thin film transistor fabricated from the polycrystalline film are provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a thermal conductor layer on the substrate; etching the thermal conductor layer until the substrate is exposed to form a thermal conductor pattern; forming a seed layer on the thermal conductor layer and the substrate; etching the seed layer to form seed crystals on both sidewalls of the thermal conductor; forming an amorphous layer on the substrate, the thermal conductor layer and the seed crystals; etching the amorphous layer; and recrystallizing the amorphous layer to form a polycrystalline layer.

Abstract: At least three electrically conducting blocks are disposed within an isolating region; and at least two of them are mutually separated and capacitively coupled by a part of the isolating region. At least two of them, being semiconductor, have opposite types of conductivity or identical types of conductivity, but with different concentrations of dopants, and these are in mutual contact by one of their sides. The mutual arrangement of these blocks within the isolating region, their type of conductivity and their concentration of dopants form at least one electronic module. Some of the blocks define input and output blocks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for conversion of semiconductor layers, especially for conversion of amorphous to crystalline silicon layers, in which the conversion is effected by treating the semiconductor layer with a plasma which is generated by a plasma source equipped with a plasma nozzle (1). The present invention further relates to semiconductor layers produced by the process, to electronic and optoelectronic products comprising such semiconductor layers, and to a plasma source for performance of the process according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin film transistor and a thin film transistor includes a polycrystalline silicon layer formed by irradiating an amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam through an organic layer formed on the amorphous silicon layer and removing the organic layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor component includes a thinned semiconductor substrate having a back side and a circuit side containing integrated circuits and associated circuitry. The semiconductor component also includes at least one lasered feature on the back side configured to provide selected electrical or physical characteristics for the substrate. The lasered feature can cover the entire back side or only selected areas of the back side, and can be configured to change electrical properties, mechanical properties or gettering properties of the substrate.

Abstract: A thin film transistor includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a channel region, source and drain regions, and edge regions having a first impurity formed at edges of the source and drain regions, and optionally, in the channel region; a gate insulating layer insulating the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode insulated from the semiconductor layer by the gate insulating layer; and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: In one aspect, crystallization of multiple layers of amorphous materials is disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple layers of amorphous materials such as amorphous silicon, silicon carbide, and/or germanium are deposited using deposition methods such as PECVD or sputtering. A layer of metal such as aluminum is deposited on the surface of the deposited amorphous materials using sputtering or evaporation, and the structure is annealed in a hydrogen environment. The structure is contained on a semiconductor substrate, glass, a flexible metal/organic film, or other type of substrate.

Abstract: An integrated semiconductor substrate structure is disclosed. In one aspect, the structure includes a substrate, a GaN-heterostructure and a semiconductor substrate layer. The GaN heterostructure is present in a first device area for definition of GaN-based devices, and is covered at least partially with a protection layer. The semiconductor substrate layer is present in a second device area for definition of CMOS devices. At least one of the GaN heterostructure and the semiconductor substrate layer is provided in at least one trench in the substrate, so that the GaN heterostructure and the semiconductor substrate layer are laterally juxtaposed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include depositing a first amorphous film having a first impurity, depositing a third amorphous lower-layer film on the first amorphous film, forming microcrystals on the third amorphous lower-layer film, depositing a third amorphous upper-layer film on the third amorphous lower-layer film to cover the microcrystals, depositing a second amorphous film having a second impurity on the third amorphous upper-layer film, and radiating microwaves to crystallize the third amorphous lower-layer film and the third amorphous upper-layer film to form a third crystal layer, and crystallize the first amorphous film and the second amorphous film to form a first crystal layer and a second crystal layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus having a substrate and a laminate structure formed on the substrate, the laminate structure including an insulating film made of a metal oxide and a semiconductor thin film, both the insulating film and the semiconductor thin film being crystallized.