Abstract:
To prevent a metal embedding defect in a semiconductor device in which a through-via is formed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an etching stopper layer, a die, and an isolation film. In the semiconductor device, a rewiring layer is formed on the substrate. The etching stopper layer is formed on a bonding surface of the rewiring layer. The die is bonded to a partial region of the bonding surface via the etching stopper layer. The isolation film covers the die and the etching stopper layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor apparatus 1 includes a semiconductor device 10 having a semiconductor circuit 11 formed on a first main surface 10SA, and including a via H10 having an opening at a second main surface 10SB, a first wiring 21A disposed on the first main surface 10SA of the semiconductor device 10, partially exposed at a bottom surface of the via H10, and connected to the semiconductor circuit 11, a first insulating layer 22A covering the first wiring 21A, and a redistribution wiring 30 extending from a contact portion 30A in contact with the first wiring 21A at the bottom surface of the via H10, through an inside of the via H10 and onto the second main surface 10SB, where a first through hole H21A is formed in the first wiring 21A, and the contact portion 30A is in contact with a plurality of surfaces of the first wiring 21A.
Abstract:
A system and method for manipulating the structural characteristics of a MEMS device include etching a plurality of holes into the surface of a MEMS device, wherein the plurality of holes comprise one or more geometric shapes determined to provide specific structural characteristics desired in the MEMS device.
Abstract:
The embodiments of the present invention provide a substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a display device. The substrate comprises: a base substrate, a plurality of gate lines arranged in parallel, a first insulating layer that covers the gate lines, a plurality of data lines located on the first insulating layer and perpendicular to the gate lines, a second insulating layer that covers the data lines, and pixel electrodes of sub-pixel areas enclosed by the data lines and the gate lines; polarizing films that cover the pixel electrodes; and first auxiliary gate lines arranged on the second insulating layer and parallel to the gate lines, at least two portions on each of the first auxiliary gate lines being electrically connected with at least two corresponding portions on the gate line through via holes that penetrate the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the first auxiliary gate lines and the polarizing films are formed by performing a same patterning process to a same layer of transparent conductive material. The embodiments of the present invention can reduce signal delay in a display device, and can be used for manufacture of a display.
Abstract:
According to the invention there is provided a method of smoothing a surface of a silicon substrate comprising the steps of: providing a silicon substrate having a backside surface, wherein the silicon substrate has been ground to leave the backside surface with an associated roughness; and smoothing the backside surface of the silicon substrate using a plasma etch process; in which the plasma etch process comprises the steps of performing a first plasma etch step which forms a plurality of protrusions that upstand from the backside surface; and performing a second plasma etch step which at least partially etches the protrusions to provide a smoothed backside surface which exhibits specular reflection.
Abstract:
A through hole 7 is a vertical hole. When attention is paid to regions on both sides of a center line CL of the through hole 7 in a plane including the center line CL of the through hole, it is assumed that a segment that connects a first point X1 corresponding to the edge of an opening 10a of an insulating layer 10 and a second point X2 corresponding to the edge of a second opening 7b is a first segment S1, a segment that connects the second point X2 and a third point X3 corresponding to an intersection point between the second opening 7b and a surface 10b of the insulating layer 10 is a second segment S2, and a segment that connects the third point X3 and the first point X1 is a third segment S3. In this case, the first area A1 of the insulating layer 10 that is located on one side with respect to the first segment S1 is larger than the sum of the second area A2 of the insulating layer 10 that is surrounded by the first segment S1, the second segment S2, and the third segment S3 and the third area A3 of the insulating layer 10 that is located on the other side with respect to the third segment S3.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes providing a wafer and a carrier wafer. The wafer includes a first bonding surface and a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) devices and the carrier wafer includes a second bonding surface. The method further includes performing a surface treatment process on the second bonding surface to convert a surface portion of the carrier wafer into a barrier layer to suppress movement of induced electrical charges in the carrier wafer, and then bonding the wafer with the carrier wafer through the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface, respectively.
Abstract:
Some novel features pertain to an integrated device package that includes an encapsulation portion and a redistribution portion. The encapsulation portion includes a first die, a first set of vias coupled to the first die, a second die, a second set of vias coupled to the second die, a bridge, and an encapsulation layer. The bridge is configured to provide an electrical path between the first die and the second die. The bridge is coupled to the first die through the first set of vias. The bridge is further coupled to the second die through the second set of vias. The encapsulation layer at least partially encapsulates the first die, the second die, the bridge, the first set of vias, and the second set of vias. The redistribution portion is coupled to the encapsulation portion. The redistribution portion includes a set of redistribution interconnects, and at least one dielectric layer.
Abstract:
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers formed in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) wafers are described, as are methods of fabricating such devices. A metallization layer of a CMOS wafer may be removed by sacrificial release to create a cavity of an ultrasonic transducer. Remaining layers may form a membrane of the ultrasonic transducer.
Abstract:
Procédé comprenant des étapes consistant à : a) déposer une bille fusible (16a, 16b) sur une première zone conductrice (6a, 6b) située dans un trou borgne formé au niveau d'une première face d'un premier support (1), b) assembler le premier support (1) avec un deuxième support (100) par report de la bille fusible (16a, 16b) sur une deuxième zone conductrice (126a, 126b), le report étant en outre réalisé par thermo-compression de sorte à écraser la bille, la bille écrasée étant maintenue à distance (Δ') des parois latérales du trou borgne.