Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a memory cell including magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) devices. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a first layer including a first transistor and a second transistor. In one aspect, the first transistor and the second transistor are connected to each other in a cross-coupled configuration. A first drain structure of the first transistor may be electrically coupled to a first gate structure of the second transistor, and a second drain structure of the second transistor may be electrically coupled to a second gate structure of the first transistor. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a second layer including a first MTJ device electrically coupled to the first drain structure of the first transistor and a second MTJ device electrically coupled to the second drain structure of the second transistor. In one aspect, the second layer is above the first layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a light source structure and an optical film. The light source structure includes a substrate, plural light-emitting units and a package structure. The light-emitting units are disposed on the substrate. The package structure covers the light-emitting units, and the package structure has plural convex portions. The optical film is disposed on the light source structure, and the optical film is in contact with the convex portions of the package structure.

Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a SRAM bit cell having a reduced coupling capacitance. In a vertical direction, a wordline “WL” and a bitline “BL” of the SRAM cell are stacked further away from one another to reduce the coupling capacitance between the WL and the BL. In an embodiment, the WL is vertically spaced apart from the BL with one or more metallization level that none of the WL or the BL is formed from. Connection island structures or jumper structures are provided to connect the upper one of the WL or the BL to the transistors of the SRAM cell.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display device and a display method thereof are provided. The stereoscopic display device includes a display panel, a lens array, an image sensor, and a processing circuit. The display panel displays a three-dimensional image. The lens array is disposed on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image. The image sensor acquires a sensed image of a viewing field of the display panel. The processing circuit is coupled to the lens array and the image sensor. The processing circuit calculates an actual eye position of a user in the viewing field according to reference coordinates of a reference position in the sensed image and eye coordinates of the user in the sensed image. The processing circuit adjusts a liquid crystal rotation angle of the lens array according to the actual eye position, so that a viewing position of the three-dimensional image matches the actual eye position.

Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided, and the backlight module includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light-emitting components, and a frame. The light guide plate includes a first side, a second side, and two third sides. The light-emitting components are disposed on the first side, and light generated from the light-emitting components enters the light guide plate from the first side. The frame covers the second side and the third sides and includes an opening and at least one buffer portion. The light-emitting components are disposed in the opening, and the buffer portion is disposed on a side of the opening and contacts the light guide plate.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a display driving device and an operation method thereof. The display driving device includes a timing controller circuit and a driving circuit. The timing controller circuit performs oblique filter processing on an original image frame by an oblique filter with an oblique filter mask matrix to generate a processed image frame. The oblique filter comprises an oblique high-pass filter or a smoothing filter. Original pixel data of a current pixel in the original image frame is replaced with new pixel data when the oblique filter mask matrix is configured for the current pixel. The driving circuit drives a display panel module according to the processed image frame. The display panel module includes a tilt lenticular lens layer having a first tilt angle. A second tilt angle of the oblique filter mask matrix of the oblique filter processing corresponds to the first tilt angle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a memory cell including magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) devices. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a first layer including a first transistor and a second transistor. In one aspect, the first transistor and the second transistor are connected to each other in a cross-coupled configuration. A first drain structure of the first transistor may be electrically coupled to a first gate structure of the second transistor, and a second drain structure of the second transistor may be electrically coupled to a second gate structure of the first transistor. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a second layer including a first MTJ device electrically coupled to the first drain structure of the first transistor and a second MTJ device electrically coupled to the second drain structure of the second transistor. In one aspect, the second layer is above the first layer.

Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure includes forming a fin-shaped structure protruding from a substrate, forming a gate structure intersecting the fin-shaped structure, forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure, and forming a conductive feature above the fin-shaped structure. The gate spacer is laterally between the gate structure and the conductive feature. The method also includes depositing a dielectric layer over the gate structure and the conductive feature, performing an etching process, thereby forming an opening through the dielectric layer and exposing top surfaces of the conductive feature and the gate structure, recessing the gate spacers through the opening, thereby exposing the sidewall of the gate structure, and forming a contact feature in the opening, wherein the contact feature is in contact with the conductive feature and has a bottom portion protruding downward to be in contact with the sidewall of the gate structure.

Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a SRAM bit cell having a reduced coupling capacitance. In a vertical direction, a wordline “WL” and a bitline “BL” of the SRAM cell are stacked further away from one another to reduce the coupling capacitance between the WL and the BL. In an embodiment, the WL is vertically spaced apart from the BL with one or more metallization level that none of the WL or the BL is formed from. Connection island structures or jumper structures are provided to connect the upper one of the WL or the BL to the transistors of the SRAM cell.

Abstract: Provided herein, among other aspects, are methods and apparatuses for analyzing particles in a sample. In some aspects, the particles can be analytes, cells, nucleic acids, or proteins and can be contacted with a tag, partitioned into aliquots, detected by a ranking device, and isolated. The methods and apparatuses provided herein may include a microfluidic chip. In some aspects, the methods and apparatuses may be used to quantify rare particles in a sample, such as cancer cells and other rare cells for disease diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display device and a display method thereof are provided. The stereoscopic display device includes a display panel, a lens array, an image sensor, and a processing circuit. The display panel displays a three-dimensional image. The lens array is disposed on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image. The image sensor acquires a sensed image of a viewing field of the display panel. The processing circuit is coupled to the lens array and the image sensor. The processing circuit calculates an actual eye position of a user in the viewing field according to reference coordinates of a reference position in the sensed image and eye coordinates of the user in the sensed image. The processing circuit adjusts a liquid crystal rotation angle of the lens array according to the actual eye position, so that a viewing position of the three-dimensional image matches the actual eye position.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate, a contact, a first gate, a second gate, a dielectric feature between the gates, a via, and a conductive line. The gates are each adjacent the contact and aligned lengthwise with each other along a first direction. A first sidewall of the dielectric feature defines an end-wall of the first gate. A second sidewall of the dielectric feature defines an end-wall of the second gate. The conductive line extends along a second direction. A projection of the conductive line onto a top surface of the dielectric feature passes between the first and second sidewalls. The via interfaces with the contact along a second plane. The via has a first dimension on the second plane along the second direction; the contact has a second dimension on the second plane along the second direction. The first dimension is greater than the second dimension.

Abstract: Methods of forming a semiconductor device are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes forming, over a workpiece, a dummy gate stack comprising a first semiconductor material, depositing a first dielectric layer over the dummy gate stack using a first process, implanting the workpiece with a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, annealing the dummy gate stack after the implanting, and replacing the dummy gate stack with a metal gate stack.

Abstract: A light source structure, a backlight module and a display are provided. The light source structure includes a substrate and plural light source groups. The light source groups are arranged on the substrate, in which each of the light source groups includes plural light-emitting units, and there is a first distance between any two adjacent light-emitting units in each of the light source groups, and there is a second distance between two closest light-emitting units that are respectively in any two adjacent light source groups. The second distance is smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods of the forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a source feature and a drain feature, an active region between the source feature and the drain feature, a gate structure over the active region, a frontside interconnect structure disposed over the source feature, the drain feature, and the gate structure, a backside interconnect structure disposed below the source feature, the drain feature, and the gate structure, and a storage element disposed in the backside interconnect structure.

Abstract: A method comprises forming a first fin including alternating first channel layers and first sacrificial layers and a second fin including alternating second channel layers and second sacrificial layers, forming a capping layer over the first and the second fin, forming a dummy gate stack over the capping layer, forming source/drain (S/D) features in the first and the second fin, removing the dummy gate stack to form a gate trench, removing the first sacrificial layers and the capping layer over the first fin to form first gaps, removing the capping layer over the second fin and portions of the second sacrificial layers to from second gaps, where remaining portions of the second sacrificial layers and the capping layers form a threshold voltage (Vt) modulation layer, and forming a metal gate stack in the gate trench, the first gaps, and the second gaps.

Abstract: Methods of forming a semiconductor device are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes forming, over a workpiece, a dummy gate stack comprising a first semiconductor material, depositing a first dielectric layer over the dummy gate stack using a first process, implanting the workpiece with a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, annealing the dummy gate stack after the implanting, and replacing the dummy gate stack with a metal gate stack.

Abstract: A magnetic device structure is provided. In some embodiments, the structure includes one or more first transistors, a magnetic device disposed over the one or more first transistors, a plurality of magnetic columns surrounding sides of the one or more first transistors and the magnetic device, a first magnetic layer disposed over the magnetic device and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns, and a second magnetic layer disposed below the one or more first transistors and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a memory cell including magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) devices. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a first layer including a first transistor and a second transistor. In one aspect, the first transistor and the second transistor are connected to each other in a cross-coupled configuration. A first drain structure of the first transistor may be electrically coupled to a first gate structure of the second transistor, and a second drain structure of the second transistor may be electrically coupled to a second gate structure of the first transistor. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a second layer including a first MTJ device electrically coupled to the first drain structure of the first transistor and a second MTJ device electrically coupled to the second drain structure of the second transistor. In one aspect, the second layer is above the first layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides semiconductor device and methods of forming the same. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a gate structure, a source/drain feature adjacent the gate structure, a dielectric layer disclosed over the gate structure and the source/drain feature, a gate contact disposed in the dielectric layer and over the gate structure, and a source/drain contact disposed in the dielectric layer and over the source/drain feature. The dielectric layer is doped with a dopant and the dopant includes germanium or tin.