摘要:
The present invention provides a monitoring method for monitoring a semiconductor wafer, in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The CMP process is used to polish a dielectric layer of the semiconductor. The monitoring method comprises: 1. exposing the dielectric layer of the semiconductor wafer to an input light beam of fixed wavelength at a predetermined angle to generate a reflected light beam within a predetermined time period after performing the CMP process, the intensity of the reflected light beam undergoing periodic changes in response to the gradual thinning of the dielectric layer during the CMP process, 2. monitoring the intensity of the reflected light beam at a starting period within the predetermined time period and obtaining a periodic change rule according to the periodic changes of the intensity of the reflected light beam, and 3. monitoring the intensity of the reflected light beam throughout the rest of the predetermined time period and generating an output signal to stop the CMP process if the change of the intensity of the reflected light beam is not in accordance with the periodic change rule.
摘要:
A method of removing a polysilicon buffer in a method of forming a field oxide and an active area is disclosed herein that comprises the step of applying an etching selectivity solution to the polysilicon buffer to substantially remove the polysilicon buffer without substantially affecting the field oxide, a pad oxide, and the substrate. An etching selectivity solution is defined herein is a solution that has an etching rate for one material that is higher than for another material. In this case, the etching selectivity solution has an etching rate for polysilicon material that is higher than its etching rate for field oxide material. Accordingly, when the etching selectivity solution is applied to the polysilicon buffer, it will substantially etch off the polysilicon buffer without substantially affecting the field oxide. In the preferred embodiment, the etching selectivity solution comprises a mixture of HF and HNO3, or HF, HNO3 and CH3COOH. The advantage of this method is that it reduces the likelihood of the formation of pits within the field oxide, pad oxide and the substrate. Consequently, the charge-to-breakdown voltage for the device is not degraded because of the absence of the pits. In addition, methods of forming a field oxide and an active area are disclosed herein that uses at least in part the disclosed method of removing a polysilicon buffer.
摘要:
A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) having a VCO input for receiving a control voltage and a VCO output, a feedback loop between the VCO input and the VCO output, and a start-up circuit having a start-up circuit input and a start-up circuit output. The start-up circuit output is coupled to the VCO input and the start-up circuit input is coupled to the VCO output. The start-up circuit provides a voltage at its start-up circuit output during a start-up phase, which terminates after a predetermined number of feedback pulses are detected by the start-up circuit.
摘要:
A bicycle fitting method for producing a bicycle is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a bicycle riding information and a body measurement corresponding to a cyclist. According to the bicycle riding information, a bicycle model is provided. According to the body measurement and the selected bicycle model, a bicycle frame size and a set of bicycle geometric adjustment parameters are provided. According to the bicycle model, the bicycle frame size, and the set of bicycle geometric adjustment parameters, a bicycle which fits the cyclist is produced.
摘要:
An antenna structure includes a substrate, a radiation unit, and a metal plate. The radiation unit is disposed on the substrate. The metal plate is separated from the radiation unit for a distance and is electrically isolated with the radiation unit. The metal plate is excited by the radiation unit to generate at least one resonance mode, and includes a hole penetrating the metal plate. Thus, the gain is enhanced, the bandwidth is increased, and multiple resonance modes are provided.
摘要:
Disclosed is a battery holding structure of a two-wheeled vehicle. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame and a saddle. A storage box is arranged under the saddle. A power unit is arranged under the storage box. The frame is provided with a battery mounting seat. The storage box has a front end forming a shielding section. The shielding section forms a maintenance opening corresponding to the battery mounting seat. The battery mounting seat receives therein a battery to have the battery located within the range of the maintenance opening. To maintain the battery, it only needs to lift the saddle and remove the maintenance cover that covers the maintenance opening to allow the maintenance of the battery to be carried out. This simplifies the maintenance operation of the battery and also simplifies the maintenance of a nozzle of an air intake system provided for an internal combustion engine.
摘要:
A method and a device for generating a three-dimensional image are provided. In the method, in an Nth time slot, an Nth left-eye image is received and stored in a download buffer of a first memory unit by a first control unit. An Nth right-eye image is received and stored in a download buffer of a second memory unit by a second control unit, where N is a positive integer from 1 to M, and M is a positive integer. In an (N+1)th time slot, the Nth right-eye image is received from the second control unit through a data transmission interface and stored in a receive buffer of the first memory unit. In an (N+2)th time slot, the Nth left-eye image and the Nth right-eye image are combined into an Nth three-dimensional image stored in a display buffer of the first memory unit for real time display.
摘要:
A method for verifying that acceptable device feature gradients and device feature disparities are present in a semiconductor device layout, is provided. The method provides for dividing a device layout into a plurality of windows and measuring or otherwise determining the device feature density within each window. The device layout includes various device regions and the method provides for comparing an average device feature density within one region to surrounding areas or other regions and also for determining gradients of device feature densities. The gradients may be monitored from within a particular device region to surrounding regions. Instructions for carrying out the method may be stored on a computer readable storage medium and executed by a processor.
摘要:
A device comprises a substrate having at least one active region, an insulating layer above the substrate, and an electrode in a gate electrode layer above the insulating layer, forming a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor. A first contact layer is provided on the electrode, having an elongated first pattern extending in a first direction parallel to the electrode. A contact structure contacts the substrate. The contact structure has an elongated second pattern extending parallel to the first pattern. A dielectric material is provided between the first and second patterns, so that the first and second patterns and dielectric material form a side-wall capacitor connected in parallel to the MOS capacitor.
摘要:
An image capturing apparatus and a booting method thereof are provided. In the method, a power-on signal is received, and then memory card plug information is read to determine whether a memory card of the image capturing apparatus has been plugged out in a power-off period of the image capturing apparatus. If it is determined that the memory card has not been plugged out, a previously recorded free space and a previously recorded file index table of the memory card are directly read, so as to accordingly boot the image capturing apparatus. If it is determined that the memory card has been plugged out, the free space of the memory card is re-calculated and a file sorting procedure is executed to generate the file index table, so as to accordingly boot the image capturing apparatus.