Abstract: A bracket is provided. The bracket includes a fixing seat and a holding seat. The fixing seat has a first extending direction and includes at least one first contacting end surface, and a first angle is contained between the at least one first contacting end surface and the first extending direction. The holding seat is detachably connected to the fixing seat with a bend angle to form a bend structure, and the holding seat includes at least one second contacting end surface corresponding to the at least one first contacting end surface. The at least one first contacting end surface and the at least one second contacting end surface are located near or at a bend portion of the bend structure.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for an exemplary dual transmission gate and various exemplary integrated circuit layouts for the exemplary dual transmission gate are disclosed. These exemplary integrated circuit layouts represent double-height, also referred to as double rule, integrated circuit layouts. These double rule integrated circuit layouts include a first group of rows from among multiple rows of an electronic device design real estate and a second group of rows from among the multiple rows of the electronic device design real estate to accommodate a first metal layer of a semiconductor stack. The first group of rows can include a first pair of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect (CMOS) transistors, such as a first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect (PMOS) transistor and a first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect (NMOS) transistor, and the second group of rows can include a second pair of CMOS transistors, such as a second PMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a semiconductor device substrate and a plurality of semiconductor devices arranged along the semiconductor device substrate. A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) layer overlies the semiconductor device substrate. The MEMS layer includes a first moveable mass and a second moveable mass. A capping layer overlies the MEMS layer. The capping layer has a first lower surface directly over the first moveable mass and a second lower surface directly over the second moveable mass. An outgas layer is on the first lower surface and directly between the first pair of sidewalls. A lower surface of the outgas layer delimits a first cavity in which the first moveable mass is arranged. The second lower surface of the capping layer delimits a second cavity in which the second moveable mass is arranged.

Abstract: A MEMS package is provided. The MEMS package includes a metallization layer, a planarization structure, a MEMS device structure, a cap structure and a pressure adjustment element. The planarization structure has an inner sidewall defining a first cavity exposing the metallization layer. The MEMS device structure is bonded to the planarization structure. The MEMS device structure includes a movable element over the first cavity. The cap structure is bonded to the MEMS device structure and has an inner sidewall defining a second cavity facing the movable element. The pressure adjustment element is disposed in the second cavity.

Abstract: A bonding method and a bonding structure are provided. A device substrate is provided including a plurality of semiconductor devices, wherein each of the semiconductor devices includes a first bonding layer. A cap substrate is provided including a plurality of cap structures, wherein each of the cap structures includes a second bonding layer, the second bonding layer having a planar surface and a first protrusion protruding from the planar surface. The device substrate is bonded to the cap substrate by engaging the first protrusion of the second bonding layer of each of the cap structures with the corresponding first bonding layer of each of the semiconductor devices in the device substrate.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an interconnect structure disposed over a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric structure is disposed over the interconnect structure. A plurality of cavities are disposed in the dielectric structure. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) substrate is disposed over the dielectric structure, where the MEMS substrate comprises a plurality of movable membranes, and where the movable membranes overlie the cavities, respectively. A plurality of fluid communication channels are disposed in the dielectric structure, where each of the fluid communication channels extend laterally between two neighboring cavities of the cavities, such that each of the cavities are in fluid communication with one another.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an interconnect structure disposed over a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric structure is disposed over the interconnect structure. A plurality of cavities are disposed in the dielectric structure. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) substrate is disposed over the dielectric structure, where the MEMS substrate comprises a plurality of movable membranes, and where the movable membranes overlie the cavities, respectively. A plurality of fluid communication channels are disposed in the dielectric structure, where each of the fluid communication channels extend laterally between two neighboring cavities of the cavities, such that each of the cavities are in fluid communication with one another.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an interconnect structure disposed over a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric structure is disposed over the interconnect structure. A plurality of cavities are disposed in the dielectric structure. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) substrate is disposed over the dielectric structure, where the MEMS substrate comprises a plurality of movable membranes, and where the movable membranes overlie the cavities, respectively. A plurality of fluid communication channels are disposed in the dielectric structure, where each of the fluid communication channels extend laterally between two neighboring cavities of the cavities, such that each of the cavities are in fluid communication with one another.

Abstract: An embodiment of a method is provided that includes providing a substrate having a frontside and a backside. A CMOS device is formed on the substrate. A MEMS device is also formed on the substrate. Forming the MEMS device includes forming a MEMS mechanical structure on the frontside of the substrate. The MEMS mechanical structure is then released. A protective layer is formed on the frontside of the substrate. The protective layer is disposed on the released MEMS mechanical structure (e.g., protects the MEMS structure). The backside of the substrate is processed while the protective layer is disposed on the MEMS mechanical structure.

Abstract: An embodiment of a method is provided that includes providing a substrate having a frontside and a backside. A CMOS device is formed on the substrate. A MEMS device is also formed on the substrate. Forming the MEMS device includes forming a MEMS mechanical structure on the frontside of the substrate. The MEMS mechanical structure is then released. A protective layer is formed on the frontside of the substrate. The protective layer is disposed on the released MEMS mechanical structure (e.g., protects the MEMS structure). The backside of the substrate is processed while the protective layer is disposed on the MEMS mechanical structure.

Abstract: An SRAM cell formed on a semiconductor substrate with low standby current is disclosed. The memory cell includes a first inverter, a second inverter cross-coupled to the first inverter to form a storage element, a first load device coupled to the first inverter, a second load device coupled to the second inverter, a first access transistor coupled to an output port of the first inverter, and a second access transistor coupled to an output port of the second inverter. In this memory cell, the first load device is placed over the second inverter with substantial overlapping therebetween, so that resistance of the first load device increases when an input of the second inverter is at a low potential, thereby decreasing a standby current of the first load device. Similarly, the resistance of the second load device increases when an input of the first inverter is at a low potential.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a CMOS device is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a process used for fabricating a CMOS device, which includes (a) forming a first photoresist over the gate conducting layer, (b) define a first gate upon one of the p-type and the n-type MOS regions, (c) executing a first ion implantation in order to form a first lightly doped drain (LDD) on the one of the p-type and the n-type MOS regions, (d) forming a first gate sidewall on the first gate, (e) executing a second ion implantation in order to form a first source and a first drain on the one of the p-type and the n-type MOS regions, (f) forming a second photoresist over the gate conducting layer, (g) eliminating a portion of the second photoresist and another portion of the gate conducting layer in order to define a second gate upon the other one of the p-type and the n-type MOS regions, (h) performing a third ion implantation in order to form a second lightly doped drain (LDD) on the the other portion of the p-type and the n-type MOS regions, (i) selectively forming a specific oxide