Abstract:
A method for removing crystal originated particles from a crystalline silicon body having opposite first and second surfaces includes increasing a surface area of at least one of the first and second surfaces. The method further includes oxidizing the increased surface area at a temperature of at least 1000° C. and for a duration of at least 20 minutes.
Abstract:
A sensor system having a multi-pass interaction region is disclosed. The system includes an input region, a multi-pass region, and an output region. The input region is configured to receive emitted light. The multi-pass region is coupled to the input region and is configured to absorb portions of the emitted light according to a specimen proximate the multi-pass region. The output region is coupled to the multi-pass region and is configured to provide interacted light from the multi-pass region.
Abstract:
In accordance with one component, a power field effect transistor is proposed, including a substrate, a channel, a gate electrode, and a gate insulator. The gate insulator is arranged at least partly between the gate electrode and the channel and includes a material having a hysteresis with respect to its polarization, such that a switching state of the transistor produced by a voltage applied to the gate electrode is maintained after the voltage has been switched off. Furthermore, a half-bridge circuit is proposed, including a high-side transistor in accordance with the construction according to the disclosure, and a low-side transistor, and also methods and circuits for driving.
Abstract:
In various embodiments, a method of forming a graphene structure is provided. The method may include forming a body including at least one protrusion, and forming a graphene layer at an outer peripheral surface of the at least one protrusion.
Abstract:
A method for exposing a structure on a substrate includes positioning of an invariable reticle and a programmable reticle in a light path between a light source and a layer on a substrate to be exposed to light and exposing the layer on the substrate by light from the light source passing the invariable reticle and the programmable reticle.
Abstract:
Various embodiments disclosed herein include a capacitive thermometer including a deflectable membrane and a sense electrode. The deflectable membrane is configured to adjust a capacitive value based on a temperature of the deflectable membrane.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a pn junction between a drift zone and a charge-carrier transfer region in a semiconductor body. An access channel provides a permanent charge carrier path connecting the drift zone with a recombination region through a separation region between the drift zone and the recombination region. The access channel adjusts a plasma density in the drift zone and the recombination region.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor body includes forming a pattern at a first side of a substrate, forming a semiconductor layer on the first side of the substrate, attaching the substrate and the semiconductor layer to a carrier via a surface of the semiconductor layer, and removing the substrate from a second side opposite to the first side.
Abstract:
A molding compound and a semiconductor arrangement with a molding compound are disclosed. The molding compound includes a matrix and a filler including filler particles. The filler particles each include a core with an electrically conducting or a semiconducting material and an electrically insulating cover.
Abstract:
A fluid sensor includes a substrate having a top main surface region, wherein the top main surface region of the substrate forms a common system plane of the fluid sensor, a thermal radiation emitter on the top main surface region of the substrate, an optical filter structure on the top main surface region of the substrate, a waveguide on the main top surface region of the substrate, and a thermal radiation detector on the top main surface region of the substrate, wherein the thermal radiation detector provides a detector output signal based on a radiation strength of the filtered thermal radiation received from the waveguide.