SEMICONDUTOR DEVICE INCLUDING STRAINED GERMANIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180076084A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15416727

    申请日:2017-01-26

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a sacrificial layer on a first substrate, the sacrificial layer being made of a material whose lattice constant is different from that of germanium (Ge) by a preset threshold or below; forming a germanium (Ge) layer on the sacrificial layer; forming an insulation layer on a second substrate; bonding the germanium (Ge) layer onto the insulation layer; and removing the sacrificial layer and the first substrate by etching the sacrificial layer in a state where the germanium (Ge) layer is bonded to the insulation layer. In this method, a germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) structure having various surface orientations may be formed by means of epitaxial lift-off (ELO), and a strain may be applied to the germanium (Ge) layer using a lattice constant of the sacrificial layer.

    OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTER AND OPTICAL SWITCH DEVICE USING FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20200041825A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16528633

    申请日:2019-08-01

    Abstract: An optical phase shifter according to an embodiment for achieving the object of the present disclosure includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer having opposite polarity to the first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and including ferroelectrics, a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode connected to the second semiconductor layer. According to an embodiment, the introduction of ferroelectric materials to a semiconductor-insulator-semiconductor (SIS) optical phase shifter brings about improvement in charge collection efficiency resulting from the negative capacitance effect, thereby achieving higher phase modulation efficiency and lower power consumption. Additionally, it is possible to realize a new structure of optical switch or modulator device through design changes of the type of ferroelectrics and the structural variables.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED SEMICONDUCTOR CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180350988A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15955690

    申请日:2018-04-18

    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device, which includes: forming a first channel layer including a Group III-V compound or germanium (Ge) and having a first semiconductor characteristics on a first substrate; forming a second channel layer including a Group III-V compound or germanium (Ge) and having a second semiconductor characteristics different from the first semiconductor characteristics on the first channel layer; forming a bonding layer containing an oxide on a second channel layer; allowing the bonding layer to be bound to the second substrate so that a structure including the bonding layer, the second channel layer, the first channel layer and the first substrate may be stacked on the second substrate; removing the first substrate stacked on the second substrate; and removing the first channel layer from a partial region of the structure stacked on the second substrate.

    METHOD FOR OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS USING MID-INFRARED

    公开(公告)号:US20190312654A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16376672

    申请日:2019-04-05

    Abstract: A method for optical interconnection between semiconductor chips according to an embodiment include converting an electrical signal to an optical signal, transmitting the optical signal to a second substrate disposed above or below a first substrate using an optical transmitter provided on the first substrate, receiving the optical signal using an optical detector provided on the second substrate, and converting the received optical signal to an electrical signal. Accordingly, using a mid-infrared wavelength range of light that is transparent to semiconductor materials such as silicon and next-generation high-mobility materials, it is possible to enable interconnection between stacked semiconductor chips without using metal wiring. Using optical interconnection, it is possible to significantly reduce the bandwidth and power consumption, and overcome the limitations of TSV technology, and it is possible to extend the photonics technology and platform established in the existing Si Photonics, thereby reducing the cost required for design.

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