摘要:
An integrated circuit optical backplane die and associated semiconductor fabrication process are described for forming optical backplane mirror structures for perpendicularly deflecting optical signals out of the plane of the optical backplane die by selectively etching an optical waveguide semiconductor layer (103) on an optical backplane die wafer using an orientation-dependent anisotropic wet etch process to form a first recess opening (107) with angled semiconductor sidewall surfaces (106) on the optical waveguide semiconductor layer, where the angled semiconductor sidewall surfaces (106) are processed to form an optical backplane mirror (116) for perpendicularly deflecting optical signals to and from a lateral plane of the optical waveguide semiconductor layer.
摘要:
A device (500) includes an amplifier (503) having a first path (523) and a second path (517) and a first variable attenuator (521) connected to the first path. The device includes a controller (527) coupled to the first variable attenuator. The controller is configured to determine a magnitude of an input signal (507) to the amplifier. When the magnitude of the input signal is below a threshold, the controller is configured to set an attenuation of the first variable attenuator to a first attenuation value. When the magnitude of the input signal is above the threshold, the controller is configured to set the attenuation of the first variable attenuator to a second attenuation value. The second attenuation value is less than the first attenuation value.
摘要:
A packaged semiconductor device (100) comprises a package substrate (102) comprising a first package substrate contact (116, or 902) and a second package substrate contact (114 or 914), and a semiconductor die (104) over the package substrate. The semiconductor device further includes electrical connections (112) between signal contact pads of the die and the package substrate, and a heat spreader (134) that comprises a first heat spreader portion (128) which is electrically connected to a first signal contact pad (108) and the first package substrate contact (116 or 902) and provides an electrical conduction path and a thermal conduction path. A second heat spreader portion (132) provides an electrical conduction path between a second signal contact pad and the second package substrate contact and a thermal conduction path between the die and package substrate. An insulating layer (130 or 920) is positioned between the first and second heat spreader portions.
摘要:
An amplifier module includes a module substrate. Conductive interconnect structures and an amplifier device are coupled to a top surface of the module substrate. The interconnect structures partially cover the module substrate top surface to define conductor-less areas at the top surface. The amplifier device includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor, a conductive feature coupled to a bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate and to at least one of the interconnect structures, and a filter circuit electrically coupled to the transistor. The conductive feature only partially covers the semiconductor substrate bottom surface to define a conductor-less region that spans a portion of the bottom surface. The conductor-less region is aligned with at least one of the conductor-less areas at the module substrate top surface. The filter circuit includes a passive component formed over a portion of the semiconductor substrate top surface that is directly opposite the conductor-less region.
摘要:
A monolithic semiconductor structure includes a stack of layers. The stack includes a substrate; a first layer made from a first semiconductor material; and a second layer made from a second semiconductor material. The first layer is situated between the substrate and the second layer and at least one of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material contains a III-nitride material. The structure includes a power transistor, including a body formed in the stack of layers; a first power terminal at a side of the first layer facing the second layer; a second power terminal at least partly formed in the substrate; and a gate structure for controlling the propagation through the body of electric signals between the first power terminal and the second power terminal. The structure further includes a vertical Schottky diode, including: an anode; a cathode including the substrate, and a Schottky barrier between the cathode and the anode, the Schottky barrier being situated between the substrate and a anode layer in the stack of layers.
摘要:
A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first constituent transistor including a first plurality oftransistor structures in the semiconductor substrate connected in parallel with one another, and a second constituent transistor including a second plurality of transistor structures in the semiconductor substrate connected in parallel with one another. The first and second constituent transistors are disposed laterally adjacent to one another and connected in parallel with one another. Each transistor structure of the first plurality of transistor structures has a lower resistance in a saturation region of operation than each transistor structure of the second plurality of transistor structures.