Abstract: According to one aspect of a technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (A) forming a film containing a predetermined element and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, wherein the cycle includes: (a) forming a first layer by supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element and a halogen element to the substrate heated to a first temperature; (b) forming a second layer by modifying the first layer by supplying a plasma-excited first modification gas containing hydrogen free of nitrogen; and (c) forming a third layer by modifying the second layer by supplying a plasma-excited second modification gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen. A supply time TH of supplying the first modification gas in (b) is set to be longer than a supply time TN of supplying the second modification gas in (c).

Abstract: Provided is display device comprising a substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and having a plurality of transistors; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and having a plurality of transistors; a first data conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer; a first metal layer disposed on the first data conductive layer; and a second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer, wherein the first metal layer includes a first storage electrode and a first input electrode, the second metal layer includes a second storage electrode and a second input electrode, the first storage electrode and the second storage electrode configure a storage capacitor, and the first input electrode and the second input electrode configure an input capacitor.

Abstract: A probe grinding device by acoustic positioning includes a fixing base, a grinding base, a rotating module, a motor module, a moving module, a processing module, an acoustic sensing module, and a memory module. The fixing base fixes a probe card. The acoustic sensing module generates and transmits an acoustic sensing signal to the processing module. The memory module stores a grinding audio of a grinding audio data. When the processing module drives the rotating module and the moving module via the motor module, the processing module determines whether the acoustic sensing signal matches the grinding audio. When the acoustic sensing signal matches the grinding audio, the processing module drives the moving module to slowly move the grinding base to avoid damaging the probes.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate having a pixel arrangement structure includes a first sub-pixel for displaying a first color and a second sub-pixel for displaying a second color alternately located in a first column, and a third sub-pixel for displaying a third color in a second column adjacent to the first column, and via holes of the first through third sub-pixels in a same row are at different positions.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first surface, a plurality of layers disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of layers includes a first nitride layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a first silicon-containing layer disposed on the first nitride layer, an intermediate nitride layer disposed on the first silicon-containing layer, a second silicon-containing layer disposed on the intermediate nitride layer, and a second nitride layer disposed on the second silicon-containing layer. In addition, the semiconductor structure includes a trench capacitor penetrating the plurality of layers and in contact with the substrate. The trench capacitor has a first portion having a first lateral surface and a second portion having a second lateral surface, and the first lateral surface has a slope different from that of the second lateral surface.

Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with large memory capacity. The semiconductor device includes first to seventh insulators, a first conductor, and a first semiconductor. The first conductor is positioned on a first top surface of the first insulator and a first bottom surface of the second insulator. The third insulator is positioned in a region including a side surface and a second top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the first conductor, and a second bottom surface and a side surface of the second insulator. The fourth insulator, the fifth insulator, and the first semiconductor are sequentially stacked on the third insulator. The sixth insulator is in contact with the fifth insulator in a region overlapping the first conductor. The seventh insulator is positioned in a region including the first semiconductor and the sixth insulator.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a conducting layer and an insulating layer that are disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pillars that extend in a direction which crosses a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plate that is disposed between the plurality of pillars and extends in the same direction as the pillars. A surface of the plate, which faces the pillars, has convex portions and non-convex portions.

Abstract: Sensor packages and manufacturing methods thereof are disclosed. One of the sensor packages includes a semiconductor chip and a redistribution layer structure. The semiconductor chip has a sensing surface. The redistribution layer structure is arranged to form an antenna transmitter structure aside the semiconductor chip and an antenna receiver structure over the sensing surface of the semiconductor chip.

Abstract: Dies and/or wafers are stacked and bonded in various arrangements including stacks, and may be covered with a molding to facilitate handling, packaging, and the like. In various examples, the molding may cover more or less of a stack, to facilitate connectivity with the devices of the stack, to enhance thermal management, and so forth.

Abstract: Representative techniques and devices including process steps may be employed to mitigate the potential for delamination of bonded microelectronic substrates due to metal expansion at a bonding interface. For example, a metal pad may be disposed at a bonding surface of at least one of the microelectronic substrates, where the contact pad is positioned offset relative to a TSV in the substrate and electrically coupled to the TSV.

Abstract: A magnetic field magnetic field sensor and method of making the sensor. The sensor and method of making the sensor may comprise a material or structure that prevents the admission of light in certain wavelengths to enhance the stability of the magnetic field sensor over a period of time. The sensor and method of making the sensor may comprise an adsorption prevention layer which protects the semiconductor portion of the magnetic. The sensor may also comprise an insulating layer formed between semiconductor layers and a substrate layer.

Abstract: A method for preparing a semiconductor device is provided. The method for preparing the semiconductor device includes: providing a substrate, and forming a first dielectric layer on one side of the substrate, where the substrate includes an array area and a peripheral area arranged outside of the array area; forming an initial mask pattern on one side of the first dielectric layer away from the substrate; performing at least two patterning processes on the initial mask pattern, to form a first mask pattern in the array area and to form a second mask pattern in the peripheral area. The first mask pattern has a first height, the second mask pattern has a second height, and the second height is greater than the first height. Both of the array area and the peripheral area are exposed by using each of the at least two patterning processes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a dielectric structure over a substrate. A first capacitor is disposed between sidewalls of the dielectric structure. The first capacitor includes a first electrode between the sidewalls of the dielectric structure and a second electrode between the sidewalls and over the first electrode. A second capacitor is disposed between the sidewalls. The second capacitor includes the second electrode and a third electrode between the sidewalls and over the second electrode. A third capacitor is disposed between the sidewalls. The third capacitor includes the third electrode and a fourth electrode between the sidewalls and over the third electrode. The first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor are coupled in parallel by a first contact on a first side of the first capacitor and a second contact on a second side of the first capacitor.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first surface, a plurality of layers disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of layers includes a first nitride layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a first silicon-containing layer disposed on the first nitride layer, an intermediate nitride layer disposed on the first silicon-containing layer, a second silicon-containing layer disposed on the intermediate nitride layer, and a second nitride layer disposed on the second silicon-containing layer. In addition, the semiconductor structure includes a trench capacitor penetrating the plurality of layers and in contact with the substrate. The trench capacitor has a first portion having a first lateral surface and a second portion having a second lateral surface, and the first lateral surface has a slope different from that of the second lateral surface.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a contact feature in a first dielectric layer, a first passivation layer over the contact feature, a bottom conductor plate layer disposed over the first passivation layer and including a first plurality of sublayers, a second dielectric layer over the bottom conductor plate layer, a middle conductor plate layer disposed over the second dielectric layer and including a second plurality of sublayers, a third dielectric layer over the middle conductor plate layer, a top conductor plate layer disposed over the third dielectric layer and including a third plurality of sublayers, and a second passivation layer over the top conductor plate layer.

Abstract: A lead frame includes a plurality of lead portions. At least a part of an upper surface of the lead portion and a sidewall surface of the lead portion is a rough surface having been subjected to roughening treatment. A value of a* in a CIELab color space of the rough surface is within a range from 12 to 19, and a value of b* is within a range from 12 to 17.

Abstract: This laser processing apparatus is for forming modified regions in an object, which includes a sapphire substrate having a C-plane as a main surface, along cutting lines by focusing laser light on the object, and is provided with a laser light source, a spatial light modulator, and a focusing optical system. The spatial light modulator performs aberration correction by a first aberration correction amount smaller than an ideal aberration correction amount when the modified region is formed along a first cutting line along an a-axis direction of the sapphire substrate, and performs aberration correction by a second aberration correction amount smaller than the ideal aberration correction amount and different from the first aberration correction amount when the modified region is formed along a second cutting line along an m-axis direction of the sapphire substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of semiconductors, and provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure and a structure thereof. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate, active regions and an isolation structure; patterning the active regions and the isolation structure to form a word line trench, sidewalls of the word line trench exposing the active regions and the isolation structure; performing corner rounding at least once on the active regions and the isolation structure exposed by the sidewalls of the word line trench, such that a first height difference is formed between remaining active regions and the isolation structure, wherein the corner rounding includes: etching the isolation structure exposed by the sidewalls of the word line trench, such that a first thickness of the active regions are exposed by the isolation structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: forming a plurality of capacitor holes on a substrate, and exposing a part of the substrate on bottoms of the capacitor holes; forming a bottom electrode layer on surfaces of the capacitor holes; forming, on a surface of the bottom electrode layer, a dielectric layer continuously covering the surface of the bottom electrode layer; forming a first top electrode layer to continuously cover a surface of the dielectric layer by a first film forming process; by a second film forming process, forming, in a circumferential direction of the capacitor holes, a second top electrode layer continuously covering a surface of the first top electrode layer, and forming, in an axial direction of the capacitor holes.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stack structure including gate patterns and interlayer insulating films that are alternately stacked on the substrate, an insulating pillar extending in a thickness direction of the substrate within the stack structure, a polycrystalline metal oxide film extending along a sidewall of the insulating pillar between the insulating pillar and the stack structure, a liner film having a transition metal between the insulating pillar and the polycrystalline metal oxide film, and a tunnel insulating film, a charge storage film, and a blocking insulating film which are disposed in order between the polycrystalline metal oxide film and the gate patterns.