Abstract:
An imaging device comprises a select line, a first signal line crossing the select line, and a first pixel provided at a portion corresponding to a crossing portion of the select line and the first signal line, the first pixel comprising a first buffer layer formed on a substrate, a first bolometer film formed on the first buffer layer, made of a compound which undergoes metal-insulator transition, and generating a first temperature detection signal, a first switching element formed on the substrate, selected by a select signal from the select line, and supplying the first temperature detection signal to the first signal line, and a metal wiring connecting a top surface of the first bolometer film to the first switching element.
Abstract:
A micromechanical switch includes a substrate, at least one pair of support members fixed to the substrate, and at least one pair of beam members placed in proximity and parallel to each other above the substrate, and connected to one of the support members, respectively, each of the beam members having a moving portion which is movable with a gap with respect to the substrate. A contact portion is provided on the moving portion, and a driving electrode is placed on the substrate between the pair of beam members to attract the moving portions of the beam members in a direction in a plane substantially parallel to the substrate with an electrostatic force so that the contact portions of the bean members which are opposed to each other are short-circuited.
Abstract:
The breakdown strength of a lateral diode using a field plate is improved. There are provided a track-like first field plate connected to an anode electrode, a track-like second field plate formed outside the first field plate and connected to a cathode electrode, track-like third field plates provided concentrically between the first and second field plates, and fourth field plates provided so as to cross the first to third field plates and connected to each of them. The fourth field plates are so positioned that they allow more current to flow in the corner sections and under the electrodes where an electric field is liable to concentrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor apparatus comprising a vertical type semiconductor device having a first conducting type semiconductor substrate, a drain layer formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a drain electrode formed on the surface of the drain layer, a second conducting type base layer selectively formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the drain layer, a first conducting type source layer selectively formed on the surface of the second conducting type base layer, a source electrode formed on the first conducting type source layer and the second conducting type base layer, and a gate electrode formed in contact with the first conducting type source layer, the second conducting type base layer and the semiconductor substrate through a gate insulating film and a lateral semiconductor device having an insulating layer formed in a region of the surface of the semiconductor substrate different from the second conducting type base layer, and a polycrystalline semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer and having a first conducting type region and a second conducting type region, wherein the first conducting type source layer of the vertical semiconductor device and the first conducting type region of the polycrystalline semiconductor layer are simultaneously formed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a high breakdown voltage semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an active layer consisting of a high resistivity semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on the substrate with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first impurity region of the first conductivity type formed within the active layer, a second impurity region of a second conductivity type formed within the active layer, a third impurity region of the second conductivity type formed within the second impurity region and having a high impurity concentration, a first electrode being in ohmic contact with the first impurity region and the fourth impurity region, and a second electrode being in Schottky contact with the second impurity region and in ohmic contact with the third impurity region.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate, a base layer of a first conductivity type formed on the insulating layer, a drain layer of a second conductivity type selectively formed above the surface of the base layer of the first conductivity type, a drain electrode formed on and connected to the drain layer of the second conductivity type, a base layer of the second conductivity type selectively formed on the base layer of the first conductivity type, a source layer of the first conductivity type isolated from the base layer of the first conductivity type and selectively formed in the surface area of the base layer of the second conductivity type, a source electrode formed on and connected to the source layer of the first conductivity type and the base layer of the second conductivity type, and a gate electrode formed above a portion of the base layer of the second conductivity type which lies between the source layer of the first conductivity type and the base layer of the first conductivity type with a gate insulating film disposed therebetween.
Abstract:
A lateral IGBT has a n-source layer and a p-contact layer both in contact with a source electrode. The source layer has a trunk adjacent to a channel region under a gate electrode, and a plurality of branches extending from its trunk to the source electrode to be in contact with the source electrode. The contact layer has a trunk in contact with the source electrode, and a plurality of branches extending from its trunk to the source layer trunk The source layer branches and the contact layer branches have shapes complementary with each other and are alternately arranged. The source layer trunk has a width La in an X direction (channel direction), which satisfies a condition, 0.5 .mu.m
Abstract:
A high-resistant p-silicon layer is formed on a silicon substrate through a silicon oxide film. N-source and n-drain layers are selectively formed in the surface of the high-resistant p-silicon layer. A gate electrode is formed through a gate insulating film on a channel region between the source and drain layers. To induce an n-inverted layer under the gate electrode, a p-base layer is formed in the high-resistant p-silicon layer. A depletion layer extending from a pn junction between the n-drain layer and the high-resistant p-silicon layer reaches the silicon oxide film in a thermal equilibrium state. Part of the high-resistant p-silicon layer extends into a channel region between the drain and base layers. The drain and base layers are connected to each other through part of the depletion layer in the thermal equilibrium state. A field effect transistor having a high-speed operation is provided.
Abstract:
After a TEOS oxide film is formed on the surface of a semiconductor device, a PSG film and an SiN film, which have air permeability, are formed on the surface of the TEOS oxide film. Thereafter, a Poly-Si film is formed thereon. A sacrifice layer is removed by a gaseous HF that passes through the PSG film, the SiN film, and the Poly-Si film, and then, the uppermost layer is covered with a Poly-Si/SiC film. A chip scale package having a thin-film hollow-seal structure can be realized on the semiconductor element.
Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of pixels arranged on a first face of a first semiconductor layer, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element converting light entering through a second face of the first semiconductor layer on the opposite side from the first face into a signal charge, the photoelectric conversion element having a pn junction formed with a first semiconductor region formed on the first face and a second semiconductor region formed on a surface of the first semiconductor region; pixel separating regions separating the pixels from one another and formed between the pixels, each of the pixel separating regions including a second semiconductor layer covering faces in contact with the photoelectric conversion elements, and an insulating film with a lower refractive index than a refractive index of the second semiconductor layer to cover the second semiconductor layer.