Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit has a plurality of bit-line stacks disposed over a substrate and respectively including a plurality of bit-lines stacked onto one another. A data storage structure is over the plurality of bit-line stacks and a selector is over the data storage structure. A word-line is over the selector. The selector is configured to selectively allow current to pass between the plurality of bit-lines and the word-line. The plurality of bit-line stacks include a first bit-line stack, a second bit-line stack, and a third bit-line stack. The first and third bit-line stacks are closest bit-line stacks to opposing sides of the second bit-line stack. The second bit-line stack is separated from the first bit-line stack by a first distance and is further separated from the third bit-line stack by a second distance larger than the first distance.

Abstract: A method includes implanting impurities in a semiconductor substrate to form an etch stop region within the semiconductor substrate; forming a transistor structure on a front side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a front-side interconnect structure over the transistor structure; performing a thinning process on a back side of the semiconductor substrate to reduce a thickness of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the thinning process is slowed by the etch stop region; and forming a back-side interconnect structure over the back side of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a high voltage device includes the step of forming a patterned photoresist layer on a conductive layer and a dielectric below the conductive. The conductive layer and the dielectric layer are patterned by taking the patterned photoresist layer as a mask. Subsequently the patterned photoresist layer is shrunk. The conductive layer and the dielectric layer are then patterned by taking the shrunk photoresist layer as a mask.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a high voltage device includes the step of forming a patterned photoresist layer on a conductive layer and a dielectric below the conductive. The conductive layer and the dielectric layer are patterned by taking the patterned photoresist layer as a mask. Subsequently the patterned photoresist layer is shrunk. The conductive layer and the dielectric layer are then patterned by taking the shrunk photoresist layer as a mask.

Abstract: A method for displaying 3D images of a display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel and a backlight module. The method includes determining a first turn-on time length of the backlight module according to a gray level of at least a pixel of a first frame; when the display panel displays the first frame, turning on the backlight module for the first turn-on time length; determining a second turn-on time length of the backlight module according to a gray level of at least a pixel of a second frame; and when the display panel displays the second frame, turning on the backlight module for the second turn-on time length. The method for displaying 3D images can reduce crosstalk effect of the display device.

Abstract: A wafer treatment method includes the following steps. A wafer is provided, wherein the wafer includes a substrate, a first oxide layer located on a front side of the substrate and a second oxide layer located on a back side of the substrate. An etching process is performed to entirely remove the first oxide layer. A fabricating method of a MOS transistor applying the wafer treatment method is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for observing the interior of a blast furnace system includes a visible light guiding unit which defines a light path along a viewing axis that is radial to an upright axis of a furnace wall body of a blast furnace and which is adapted to be secured to a furnace blowpipe to permit the light path to be in visual communication with a tuyere, a beam splitter which is disposed in an accommodation space in the tubular mount to split a beam of light propagating along the light path into a horizontal component so that the operator can observe furnace condition through a peeping hole, and a vertical component, and a video camera system which includes an elongate casing connected to the tubular mount, and a video camera disposed in a cooling chamber of the casing to capture a light image from the vertical component of the light beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and an IC chip are described. The deep N-well region is configured in a substrate. The P-well region surrounds a periphery of the deep N-well region. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate of the deep N-well region. The P-body region is configured in the deep N-well region at one side of the gate structure. The first N-type doped region is configured in the P-body region. The second N-type doped region is configured pin the deep N-well region at the other side of the gate structure. The first isolation structure is disposed between the gate structure and the second N-type doped region. The N-type isolation ring is configured in the deep N-well region and corresponding to an edge of the deep N-well region, wherein a doping concentration of the N-type isolation ring is higher than that of the deep N-well region.

Abstract: A method for forming a depletion-mode single-poly electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) cell is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a floating region and a control region. Then, an isolation deep well and a deep well are formed in the floating region and the control region of the substrate respectively. A well region is formed in the isolation deep well simultaneously with forming an isolation well region between the isolation deep well and the deep well in the substrate. A depletion doped region and a cell implant region are formed at the well region of the substrate and the deep well of the substrate respectively. A floating gate structure is formed across over the floating region and the control region. An implantation process is performed to form a source/drain region and a heavily doped region in the depletion doped region and the cell implant region respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus for observing the interior of a blast furnace system includes a visible light guiding unit which defines a light path along a viewing axis that is radial to an upright axis of a furnace wall body of a blast furnace and which is adapted to be secured to a furnace blowpipe to permit the light path to be in visual communication with a tuyere, a beam splitter which is disposed in an accommodation space in the tubular mount to split a beam of light propagating along the light path into a horizontal component so that the operator can observe furnace condition through a peeping hole, and a vertical component, and a video camera system which includes an elongate casing connected to the tubular mount, and a video camera disposed in a cooling chamber of the casing to capture a light image from the vertical component of the light beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. An isolation structure is formed in a substrate to define a first and a second active region, and a channel active region therebetween. A field implant region is formed below a portion of the isolation structure around the first, second, and channel active regions. A channel active region includes two first sides defining a channel width. The distance from each first side to a second side of a neighboring field implant region is d1. The shortest distance from a third side of each first or second active region to an extension line of each second side of the field implant region is d2. R=d1/d2, where 0.15?R?0.85. A gate structure covers the channel active region and extends over a portion of the isolation structure. Source/drain doped regions are formed in the first and the second active regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and an IC chip are described. The deep N-well region is configured in a substrate. The P-well region surrounds a periphery of the deep N-well region. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate of the deep N-well region. The P-body region is configured in the deep N-well region at one side of the gate structure. The first N-type doped region is configured in the P-body region. The second N-type doped region is configured pin the deep N-well region at the other side of the gate structure. The first isolation structure is disposed between the gate structure and the second N-type doped region. The N-type isolation ring is configured in the deep N-well region and corresponding to an edge of the deep N-well region, wherein a doping concentration of the N-type isolation ring is higher than that of the deep N-well region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing gate oxide layers with different thicknesses is disclosed. The method includes that a substrate is provided first. The substrate has a high voltage device region and a low voltage device region. Then, a high voltage gate oxide layer is formed on the substrate. Afterwards, a first wet etching process is performed to remove a portion of the high voltage gate oxide layer in the low voltage device region. Then, a second wet etching process is performed to remove the remaining high voltage gate oxide layer in the low voltage device region. The etching rate of the second wet etching process is smaller than that of the first wet etching process. Next, a low voltage gate oxide layer is formed on the substrate in the low voltage device region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. An isolation structure is formed in a substrate to define a first and a second active region, and a channel active region therebetween. A field implant region is formed below a portion of the isolation structure around the first, second, and channel active regions. A channel active region includes two first sides defining a channel width. The distance from each first side to a second side of a neighboring field implant region is d1. The shortest distance from a third side of each first or second active region to an extension line of each second side of the field implant region is d2. R=d1/d2, where 0.15?R?0.85. A gate structure covers the channel active region and extends over a portion of the isolation structure. Source/drain doped regions are formed in the first and the second active regions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, a first common voltage region and a second common voltage region. The pixel units include a first group of pixel units and a second group of pixel units arranged in rows and columns. The first common voltage region carries a first alternating current thereon and is electrically connected to the first group of pixel units. The second common voltage region carries a second alternating current thereon and is electrically connected to the second group of pixel units.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory cell includes a substrate, a first isolation structure positioned in a first region on the substrate, a second isolation structure surrounding a second region on the substrate, a control gate positioned on the first isolation structure in the first region, a first insulating layer positioned on the control gate, a second insulating layer positioned on the portion of the substrate in the second region, and a floating gate positioned on the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing gate oxide layers with different thicknesses is disclosed. The method includes that a substrate is provided first. The substrate has a high voltage device region and a low voltage device region. Then, a high voltage gate oxide layer is formed on the substrate. Afterwards, a first wet etching process is performed to remove a portion of the high voltage gate oxide layer in the low voltage device region. Then, a second wet etching process is performed to remove the remaining high voltage gate oxide layer in the low voltage device region. The etching rate of the second wet etching process is smaller than that of the first wet etching process. Next, a low voltage gate oxide layer is formed on the substrate in the low voltage device region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. First, a substrate is provided. The substrate includes a high-voltage device region and a low-voltage device region. The high-voltage device region has a source/drain predetermined region, a pick-up predetermined region and a channel predetermined region. A first dielectric layer is formed on the substrate. Then, the first dielectric layer in the low-voltage device region is removed along with the first dielectric layer in the source/drain predetermined region and the pick-up predetermined region. Afterwards, a second dielectric layer is formed in the low-voltage device region. The thickness of the second dielectric layer is smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer. Then, gates are formed in the channel predetermined region and the low-voltage device region respectively. Next, a source/drain region is formed in the substrate of the source/drain predetermined region.

Abstract: A manufacturing method and a device of an EEPROM cell are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a tunnel layer and an inter-gate dielectric layer are formed over a surface of a substrate respectively, and a doped region is formed in the substrate under the inter-gate dielectric layer and used as a control gate. Thereafter, a floating gate is formed over the inter-gate dielectric layer and the tunnel layer. Thereafter, a source region and a drain region are formed in the substrate beside two sides of the floating gate under the tunnel layer. Especially, the manufacturing method of the memory cell can be integrated with the manufacturing process of high operation voltage component and low operation voltage component.

Abstract: A manufacturing method and a device of an EEPROM cell are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a tunnel layer and an inter-gate dielectric layer are formed over a surface of a substrate respectively, and a doped region is formed in the substrate under the inter-gate dielectric layer and used as a control gate. Thereafter, a floating gate is formed over the inter-gate dielectric layer and the tunnel layer. Thereafter, a source region and a drain region are formed in the substrate beside two sides of the floating gate under the tunnel layer. Especially, the manufacturing method of the memory cell can be integrated with the manufacturing process of high operation voltage component and low operation voltage component.