Abstract: A memory array and an operation method of the memory array are provided. The memory array includes first and second ferroelectric memory devices formed along a gate electrode, a channel layer and a ferroelectric layer between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The ferroelectric memory devices include: a common source/drain electrode and two respective source/drain electrodes, separately in contact with a side of the channel layer opposite to the ferroelectric layer, wherein the common source/drain electrode is disposed between the respective source/drain electrodes; and first and second auxiliary gates, capacitively coupled to the channel layer, wherein the first auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and one of the respective source/drain electrodes, and the second auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and the other respective source/drain electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a substrate. A through-substrate-via (TSV) extends through the substrate. A dielectric liner separates the TSV from the substrate. The dielectric liner is along one or more sidewalls of the substrate. The TSV includes a horizontally extending surface and a protrusion extending outward from the horizontally extending surface. The TSV has a maximum width along the horizontally extending surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method for forming a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, and a first gate dielectric stack over the substrate, wherein the first gate dielectric stack includes a first ferroelectric layer, and a first dielectric layer coupled to the first ferroelectric layer, wherein the first ferroelectric layer includes a first portion made of a ferroelectric material in orthorhombic phase, a second portion made of the ferroelectric material in monoclinic phase, and a third portion made of the ferroelectric material in tetragonal phase, wherein a total volume of the second portion is greater than a total volume of the first portion, and the total volume of the first portion is greater than a total volume of the third portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a first conductive feature disposed in the insulating layer, and a capacitor structure disposed on the insulating layer. The capacitor structure includes a first electrode, a first dielectric layer, a second electrode, a second dielectric layer, and a third electrode sequentially stacked. The semiconductor device also includes a first via connected to the first electrode and the third electrode, a second via connected to the second electrode, and a third via connected to the first conductive feature. A part of the first via is disposed in the insulating layer. A portion of the first conductive feature is directly under the capacitor structure.

Abstract: A light-emitting module and a light-emitting diode are provided. The light-emitting diode includes an epitaxial light-emitting structure to generate a light beam with a broadband blue spectrum. A spectrum waveform of the broadband blue spectrum has a full width at half maximum (FWHM) larger than or equal to 30 nm. The spectrum waveform has a plurality of peak inflection points, and a difference between two wavelength values to which any two adjacent ones of the peak inflection points respectively correspond is less than or equal to 18 nm.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes applying a plasma to a portion of a metal dichalcogenide film. The metal dichalcogenide film includes a first metal and a chalcogen selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and combinations thereof. A metal layer including a second metal is formed over the portion of the metal dichalcogenide film after applying the plasma.

Abstract: A power converter includes a high side switch, a low side switch, a low side driver, a loading detector, a configurable regulator and a high side driver. The low side driver generates a low side drive signal to control the low side switch. The configurable regulator generates a regulation voltage, a magnitude of which is greater when the loading detector detects that the power converter has light loading than when the loading detector detects that the power converter has heavy loading. The high side driver generates a high side drive signal that switches between the input voltage and the regulation voltage to control the high side switch.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device having a display region and a peripheral region adjacent to the display region. The electronic device includes a first electrode disposed in the display region, a second electrode disposed in the display region, a circuit module disposed in the peripheral region, a first electrical trace, and a second electrical trace electrically insulated from the first electrical trace. The circuit module is electrically connected to the first electrode through the first electrical trace and provides a first driving voltage to the first electrical trace. The circuit module is electrically connected to the second electrode through the second electrical trace and provides a second driving voltage to the second electrical trace, and the first driving voltage is different from the second driving voltage. In a top view, the first electrical trace at least partially overlaps the second electrical trace.

Abstract: A matte film for hot pressing and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes steps of forming at least one polyester composition into an unstretched polyester thick film and stretching the unstretched polyester thick film in a machine direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD). The polyester composition includes 81% to 97.9497% by weight of a polyester resin, 0.02% to 2% by weight of an antioxidative ingredient, 0.0003% to 1% by weight of a nucleating agent, 0.01% to 2% by weight of a flow aid, 0.01% to 2% by weight of a polyester modifier, 0.01% to 2% by weight of an inorganic filler, and 2% to 10% by weight of silica particles. The polyester resin has an intrinsic viscosity between 0.60 dl/g and 0.80 dl/g.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for forming semiconductor device structures. The method includes forming a fin structure having a stack of semiconductor layers comprising first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternatingly arranged, forming a sacrificial gate structure over a portion of the fin structure, removing the first and second semiconductor layers in a source/drain region of the fin structure that is not covered by the sacrificial gate structure, forming an epitaxial source/drain feature in the source/drain region, removing portions of the sacrificial gate structure to expose the first and second semiconductor layers, removing portions of the second semiconductor layers so that at least one second semiconductor layer has a width less than a width of each of the first semiconductor layers, forming a conformal gate dielectric layer on exposed first and second semiconductor layers, and forming a gate electrode layer on the conformal gate dielectric layer.

Abstract: A flash memory controller for controlling a flash memory module includes a communication interface for receiving a first data and a second data; and a processing circuit for dynamically controlling a data writing mode of the flash memory module according to an amount of stored data in the flash memory module. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is less than a first threshold when the communication interface receives the first data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the first data is written into the first data block under an one-bit-per-cell mode. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is greater than the first threshold when the communication interface receives the second data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the second data is written into the second data block under a two-bit-per-cell mode.

Abstract: A fan assembly including a fan frame and an impeller. The fan frame includes a frame body and a first peripheral protruding plate and has an air inlet and an air outlet. The first peripheral protruding plate protrudes from a side of the frame body and forms an air channel together with the frame body. The first peripheral protruding plate is configured to reduce a noise made by the fan assembly. The air inlet is in fluid communication with the air outlet via the air channel. The impeller is rotatably disposed on the frame body and located in the air channel. The protruding height of the first peripheral protruding plate relative to the frame body ranges from 50 to 100 percent of an overall axial thickness of the impeller.

Abstract: A package structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The package structure includes a substrate, a semiconductor package and an adhesive body. The substrate has a first board surface and a second board surface. The semiconductor package has an upper surface and a lower surface, is disposed on the first board surface and electrically connected to the substrate through pins, and has a first vertical projection on the first board surface. An adhesive groove is disposed on the first board surface and is located in at least one portion of the first vertical projection and a periphery of the first vertical projection. The adhesive body is disposed in the adhesive groove, and protrudes to contact the lower surface, so as to fix the semiconductor package. The adhesive groove does not overlap with the pins, and the adhesive body does not contact the pins.

Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first interconnect within a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer over a substrate. A memory device is disposed over the first interconnect and is surrounded by a second ILD layer. A sidewall spacer is arranged along opposing sides of the memory device and an etch stop layer is arranged on the sidewall spacer. The sidewall spacer and the etch stop layer have upper surfaces that are vertically offset from one another by a non-zero distance. A second interconnect extends from a top of the second ILD layer to an upper surface of the memory device.

Abstract: A memory device, such as a MRAM device, includes a plurality of memory macros, where each includes an array of memory cells and a first ECC circuit configured to detect data errors in the respective memory macro. A second ECC circuit that is remote from the plurality of memory macros is communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of memory macros. The second ECC circuit is configured to receive the detected data errors from the first ECC circuits of the plurality of memory macros and correct the data errors.

Abstract: A sealing member includes a monolithic body including a first portion adjoining a second portion. The first portion forms part of a circle. The second portion includes first and second lobes. Each lobe adjoins the first portion with a concave surface. In one example, each lobe includes a rounded tip, and a convex surface extends from one rounded tip to the other rounded tip.

Abstract: A test kit for testing a device under test (DUT) includes a socket structure for containing the DUT, and a plunger assembly detachably coupled with the socket structure. The plunger assembly includes a multi-layered structure having at least an interposer substrate sandwiched by a top socket and a nest.

Abstract: Provided is an herbal composition including an extract from an herbal raw material including at least one of Artemisia argyi, Ohwia caudata, Anisomeles indica (L.) O. Ktze, Ophiopogon japonicus, Houttuynia cordata, Platycodon grandiflorus, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Perilla frutescens, and chrysanthemum. Also provided is a method for preparing the herbal composition and a method for preventing or treating a viral infection by administering an effective amount of the herbal composition to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preventing and/or treating fatigue and/or depression in a subject in need of such prevention and/or treatment, comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of Crassocephalum rabens plant or extract and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The present disclosure also provides a method for increasing skeletal muscle lactate dehydrogenase and/or malate dehydrogenase.

Abstract: High voltage semiconductor devices are described herein. An exemplary semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first doped region disposed in the substrate and doped with a first doping polarity, and a second doped region disposed in the substrate and horizontally outside the first doped region. The second doped region is doped with a second doping polarity opposite to the first doping polarity. The semiconductor device further includes a third doped region disposed completely within the first doped region. The third doped region is doped with the second doping polarity. The semiconductor device further includes a first isolation structure disposed over the first doped region and spaced apart from the second doped region and the third doped region, a second isolation structure disposed over the first doped region and the third doped region, and a resistor disposed over the first isolation structure.