Abstract:
A method of forming at least one curved plate having first and second layers, the first layer being formed of a first material and the second layer being formed of a second material, the method including forming one or more blocks of a fusible material on a surface of a substrate; baking the one or more blocks to deform their shape; and depositing the first and second materials over the one or more deformed blocks to form the first and second layers.
Abstract:
A method for selective deposition of Si or SiGe on a Si or SiGe surface exploits differences in physico-chemical surface behavior according to a difference in doping of first and second surface regions. By providing at least one first surface region with a Boron doping of a suitable concentration range and exposing the substrate surface to a cleaning and passivating ambient atmosphere in a prebake step at a temperature lower or equal than 800° C., a subsequent deposition step of Si or SiGe will not lead to a layer deposition in the first surface region. This effect is used for selective deposition of Si or SiGe in the second surface region, which is not doped with Boron in the suitable concentration range, or doped with another dopant, or not doped. Several devices are, thus, provided. The method thus saves a usual photolithography sequence required for selective deposition of Si or SiGe in the second surface region according to the prior art.
Abstract:
A method for forming an integrated circuit including the steps of: forming electronic capponents on a first surface of a substrate; forming a stack of interconnection levels on the first surface, each interconnection level including conductive tracks separated by an insulating material; forming at least one hole from a second surface of the substrate, opposite to the first surface, the hole stopping on one of the conductive tracks; depositing, on the walls and the bottom of the hole, a conductive layer and filling the remaining space with a filling material; and forming, in an interconnection level or at the surface of the interconnection stack, and opposite to said at least one hole, at least one region of a material having a modulus of elasticity greater than 50 GPa and an elongation at break greater than 20%, insulated from the conductive tracks.
Abstract:
An assembly of semiconductor wafers/chips wherein the adjacent surfaces of the two wafers/chips comprise an insulating layer having opposite copper pads inserted therein. The insulating layer is made of a material selected from the group including silicon nitride and silicon carbon nitride.
Abstract:
A DMOS on SOI transistor including an elongated gate extending across the entire width of an active area; a drain region of a first conductivity type extending across the entire width of the active area; a source region of the first conductivity type extending parallel to the gate and stopping before the limit of the active area at least on one side of the transistor width, an interval existing between the limit of the source region and the limit of the active area; a bulk region of a second conductivity type extending under the gate and in said interval; a more heavily-doped region of the second conductivity type extending on a portion of said interval on the side of the limit of the active area; and an elongated source metallization extending across the entire width of the active area.
Abstract:
A pixel includes a photosensitive circuit, a sense node, a first transistor and a first capacitor. A first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to a control terminal of the first transistor. A second electrode of the first capacitor is to a node of application of a first control signal.
Abstract:
A method for operating a sense amplifier in a one-switch one-resistance (1S1R) memory array, includes: generating a regulated full voltage and a regulated half voltage; applying the regulated full voltage and regulated half voltage to selected and unselected bit lines of the 1S1R memory array during read operations as an applied read voltage; and inducing and compensating for a sneak-path current during read operations by adjusting the applied read voltage based on the cell state of an accessed bit cell and an amplitude of the sneak-path current.
Abstract:
An integrated physical unclonable function device includes at least one reference capacitor and a number of comparison capacitors. A capacitance determination circuit operates to determine a capacitance of the at least one reference capacitor and a capacitance of each comparison capacitor. The determined capacitances of the comparison capacitors are then compared to the determined capacitance of the reference capacitor by a comparison circuit. A digital word is then generated with bit values indicative of a result of the comparisons made by the comparison circuit.
Abstract:
A memory circuit includes an array of memory cells arranged with first word lines connected to a first sub-array storing less significant bits of data and second word lines connected to a second sub-array storing more significant bits of data. A row decoder circuit coupled to the first and second word lines generates word line signals. A word line gating circuit is configured to selectively gate passage of the word line signals to the second word lines for the second sub-array in response to assertion of a maximum value signal. A data modification circuit performs a mathematical operation on data read from the array of memory cells, and asserts the maximum value signal if the mathematical operation performed on the less significant bits of data from the first sub-array produces a maximum data value.
Abstract:
A sensor includes pixels supported by a substrate doped with a first conductivity type. Each pixel includes a portion of the substrate delimited by a vertical insulation structure with an image sensing assembly and a depth sensing assembly. The image sensing assembly includes a first region of the substrate more heavily doped with the first conductivity type and a first vertical transfer gate completely laterally surrounding the first region. Each of the depth sensing assemblies includes a second region of the substrate more heavily doped with the first conductivity type a second vertical transfer gate opposite a corresponding portion of the first vertical transfer gate. The second region is arranged between the second vertical transfer gate and the corresponding portion of the first vertical transfer gate.