Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source, a first prism sheet disposed on the light source, and a light type adjustment sheet disposed on a side of the first prism sheet away from the light source and including a base and multiple light type adjustment structures. The multiple light type adjustment structures are disposed on the first surface of the base. Each light type adjustment structure has a first structure surface and a second structure surface connected to each other. The first structure surface of each light type adjustment structure and the first surface of the base form a first base angle therebetween, and the second structure surface of each light type adjustment structure and the first surface of the base form a second base angle therebetween. The angle of the first base angle is different from the angle of the second base angle.

Abstract: An oven includes an oven body, a heating element, a frame, and an oven door. The oven body has an inner space inside and includes a front plate, wherein the front plate has an entrance that communicates with the inner space. The heating element is adapted to heat the inner space. The frame is engaged with the oven body and has an abutted portion. The oven door is pivotally connected to the oven body and is located at the entrance. The oven door can pivot to a closed position to close the entrance and can pivot downward to an open position from the closed position to open the entrance. When the oven door is located at the open position, the second surface abuts against the abutted portion of the frame, thereby forming a platform outside the entrance for placing objects.

Abstract: An optical structure film and a light source module are provided. The optical structure film includes multiple optical unit microstructures. Each of the optical unit microstructures has four side surfaces and an inwardly concave beam splitting surface. The beam splitting surface is respectively connected to the side surfaces, and the beam splitting surface has four endpoints when viewed from a front viewing angle. Connection lines of the four endpoints form a rectangle. The beam splitting surface includes at least one beam splitting curved surface. A junction of the at least one beam splitting curved surface and one of the four side surfaces is a first line segment. A projection of a midpoint of an edge of the rectangle on the beam splitting surface overlaps with a relative extreme point of the first line segment.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes a first dielectric feature passing through a semiconductive layer and a first dielectric layer over a substrate. The semiconductor arrangement includes a conductive feature passing through the semiconductive layer and the first dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the substrate. The conductive feature is adjacent the first dielectric feature and electrically isolated from the semiconductive layer by the first dielectric feature.

Abstract: A battery balancing system includes a voltage sensing unit, a characteristic voltage selector and a control unit. The voltage sensing unit senses a battery voltage of each of the batteries connected in series in a battery group and generates corresponding battery voltage sensing signals. The characteristic voltage selector generates a characteristic voltage according to the battery voltage sensing signals. The control unit compares the characteristic voltage with a threshold voltage in a balance operation mode, to adaptively adjust the threshold voltage, and compares the battery voltage sensing signal with the adjusted threshold voltage to generate a battery balancing command, thereby executing a charge removal balancing command or a charge supplying balancing command on the corresponding battery, or thereby cease executing the charge removal balancing command or cease executing the charge supplying balancing command on the corresponding battery.

Abstract: The semiconductor structure includes a first die structure including a first substrate, a first bonding dielectric disposed over the first substrate, and a first bonding pad surrounded by the first bonding dielectric; a second die structure including a second substrate, an isolation member extending into the second substrate, a second bonding dielectric bonded with the first bonding dielectric, and a second bonding pad surrounded by the second bonding dielectric and bonded with the first bonding pad; a dielectric member disposed over the second die structure; a conductive via extending through the dielectric member, the second substrate and the isolation member; and a conductive member disposed over the dielectric member and at least partially in contact with the conductive via, wherein a first interface between the conductive via and the conductive member is substantially coplanar with a second interface between the conductive member and the dielectric member.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes a first dielectric feature passing through a semiconductive layer and a first dielectric layer over a substrate. The semiconductor arrangement includes a conductive feature passing through the semiconductive layer and the first dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the substrate. The conductive feature is adjacent the first dielectric feature and electrically isolated from the semiconductive layer by the first dielectric feature.

Abstract: A semiconductor feature includes: a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric structure and a semiconductor device disposed on the semiconductor substrate; an interconnecting structure disposed in the dielectric structure and connected to the semiconductor device; an STI structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the semiconductor device; two DTI structures penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the STI structure and surrounding the semiconductor device; a passivation structure connected to the semiconductor substrate and the DTI structures and located opposite to the interconnecting structure; and a conductive structure surrounded by the passivation structure, penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the STI structure into the dielectric structure, located between the DTI structures and electrically connected to the semiconductor device via the interconnecting structure.

Abstract: A method includes forming first IC devices on a first frontside of a first semiconductor substrate and second IC devices on a second frontside of a second semiconductor substrate; forming a first contact pad over the first IC devices from the first frontside and a second contact pad over the second IC device from the second frontside; bonding the first and second contact pads such that the first and second IC devices are electrically connected; and forming a conductive structure on a first backside of the first semiconductor substrate. The conductive structure includes a through via (TV), a backside metal (BSM) feature, and a backside redistribution layer (BRDL). The TV is extending through the first semiconductor substrate and electrically connected the first and second IC devices to the BRDL, and the BSM feature is extended into a portion of the first semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the TV.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes bonding a first semiconductor wafer to a second semiconductor wafer. A bond interface is disposed between the first and second semiconductor wafers. The first semiconductor wafer has a peripheral region laterally surrounding a central region. A support structure is formed between a first outer edge of the first semiconductor wafer and a second outer edge of the second semiconductor wafer. The support structure is disposed within the peripheral region. A thinning process is performed on the second semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a method to integrate NVM devices with a logic or BCD device. In some embodiments, an isolation structure is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The isolation structure demarcates a memory region of the semiconductor substrate, and further demarcates a peripheral region of the semiconductor substrate. The peripheral region may, for example, correspond to BCD device or a logic device. A doped well is formed in the peripheral region. A dielectric seal layer is formed covering the memory and peripheral regions, and further covering the doped well. The dielectric seal layer is removed from the memory region, but not the peripheral region. A memory cell structure is formed on the memory region using a thermal oxidation process. The dielectric seal layer is removed from the peripheral region, and a peripheral device structure including a gate electrode is formed on the peripheral region.

Abstract: A semiconductor feature includes: a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric structure and a semiconductor device disposed on the semiconductor substrate; an interconnecting structure disposed in the dielectric structure and connected to the semiconductor device; an STI structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the semiconductor device; two DTI structures penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the STI structure and surrounding the semiconductor device; a passivation structure connected to the semiconductor substrate and the DTI structures and located opposite to the interconnecting structure; and a conductive structure surrounded by the passivation structure, penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the STI structure into the dielectric structure, located between the DTI structures and electrically connected to the semiconductor device via the interconnecting structure.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a method to integrate NVM devices with a logic or BCD device. In some embodiments, an isolation structure is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The isolation structure demarcates a memory region of the semiconductor substrate, and further demarcates a peripheral region of the semiconductor substrate. The peripheral region may, for example, correspond to BCD device or a logic device. A doped well is formed in the peripheral region. A dielectric seal layer is formed covering the memory and peripheral regions, and further covering the doped well. The dielectric seal layer is removed from the memory region, but not the peripheral region. A memory cell structure is formed on the memory region using a thermal oxidation process. The dielectric seal layer is removed from the peripheral region, and a peripheral device structure including a gate electrode is formed on the peripheral region.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip (IC). The IC includes a first deep trench isolation (DTI) structure in a substrate. A dielectric structure is over the substrate. An interconnect structure is in the dielectric structure. The interconnect structure includes a lower interconnect structure and an upper interconnect structure that are electrically coupled together. The upper interconnect structure includes a plurality of conductive plates. The plurality of conductive plates are vertically stacked and electrically coupled together. A back-side through substrate via (BTSV) is in the substrate and the dielectric structure. The BTSV extends from a conductive feature of the lower interconnect structure through the dielectric structure and the substrate. The conductive feature of the lower interconnect structure is at least partially laterally within a perimeter of the DTI structure. The BTSV is within the perimeter of the DTI structure.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a shared frontside pad/bridge layout for a three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC), as well as the 3D IC and a method for forming the 3D IC. A second IC die underlies the first IC die, and a third IC die underlies the second IC die. A first-die backside pad, a second-die backside pad, and a third die backside pad are in a row extending in a dimension and overlie the first, second, and third IC dies. Further, the first-die, second-die, and third-die backside pads are electrically coupled respectively to individual semiconductor devices of the first, second, and third IC dies. The second and third IC dies include individual pad/bridge structures at top metal (TM) layers of corresponding interconnect structures. The pad/bridge structures share the shared frontside pad/bridge layout and provide lateral routing in the dimension for the aforementioned electrical coupling.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated chip that includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region disposed in a substrate. A plane that is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate traverses the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. Agate electrode extends over a channel region in the substrate between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The gate electrode is separated from the channel region by way of a charge trapping dielectric structure. The charge trapping dielectric structure includes a tunnel dielectric layer, a charge trapping dielectric layer over the tunnel dielectric layer, and a blocking dielectric layer over the charge trapping dielectric layer. The channel region has a channel width measured perpendicularly to the plane, and the tunnel dielectric layer has different thicknesses at different respective points along the channel width.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated chip that includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region disposed in a substrate. A plane that is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate traverses the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. Agate electrode extends over a channel region in the substrate between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The gate electrode is separated from the channel region by way of a charge trapping dielectric structure. The charge trapping dielectric structure includes a tunnel dielectric layer, a charge trapping dielectric layer over the tunnel dielectric layer, and a blocking dielectric layer over the charge trapping dielectric layer. The channel region has a channel width measured perpendicularly to the plane, and the tunnel dielectric layer has different thicknesses at different respective points along the channel width.

Abstract: A semiconductor feature includes: a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric structure and a semiconductor device disposed on the semiconductor substrate; an interconnecting structure disposed in the dielectric structure and connected to the semiconductor device; an STI structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the semiconductor device; two DTI structures penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the STI structure and surrounding the semiconductor device; a passivation structure connected to the semiconductor substrate and the DTI structures and located opposite to the interconnecting structure; and a conductive structure surrounded by the passivation structure, penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the STI structure into the dielectric structure, located between the DTI structures and electrically connected to the semiconductor device via the interconnecting structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) cell. The NVM cell includes a semiconductor wire disposed over an insulating layer disposed on a substrate. The NVM cell includes a select transistor and a control transistor. The select transistor includes a gate dielectric layer disposed around the semiconductor wire and a select gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer. The control transistor includes a stacked dielectric layer disposed around the semiconductor wire and a control gate electrode disposed on the stacked dielectric layer. The stacked dielectric layer includes a charge trapping layer. The select gate electrode is disposed adjacent to the control gate electrode with the stacked dielectric layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) cell. The NVM cell includes a semiconductor wire disposed over an insulating layer disposed on a substrate. The NVM cell includes a select transistor and a control transistor. The select transistor includes a gate dielectric layer disposed around the semiconductor wire and a select gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer. The control transistor includes a stacked dielectric layer disposed around the semiconductor wire and a control gate electrode disposed on the stacked dielectric layer. The stacked dielectric layer includes a charge trapping layer. The select gate electrode is disposed adjacent to the control gate electrode with the stacked dielectric layer interposed therebetween.