摘要:
A method for forming on a Ge or Si monocrystalline substrate successive Si/Ge, Si/SiGe, or Si/SiGe/Ge layers for a Ge substrate and inversely for a Si substrate is described. Electrochemical treatment of the stack of layers to make the layers porous and form therein residual crystallites is also described. The invention may be used to provide devices having layers of planes of quantum drops.
摘要:
A high frequency semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate such as the semi-insulating GaAs; a first metal layer disposed above the semiconductor substrate; a first dielectric thin film disposed on the first metal layer; and a second metal layer having a second metal strip disposed on the first dielectric thin film. Here, the first metal layer has a first metal strip, first and second ground metal plates sandwiching the first metal strip. And the first dielectric thin film is not disposed uniformly on the surface of the first ground metal plate so that the dielectric structure on the first metal strip differs from the dielectric structure under the second metal strip. The CPW is constituted by the first metal strip, the first and second ground metal plates, and the TFMSL is constituted by the second metal strip and the first ground metal plate. By employing the structure such that there is no dielectric thin film on the CPW portion, or that the thickness of the dielectric thin film on the CPW portion is configured to be less than the thickness of the dielectric thin film associated with the TFMSL portion, the effective dielectric constant ∈eff of the CPW portion is made lower than that of the conventional CPW, which employs a uniform and homogenous dielectric structure so that the CPW portion has the same thickness of the TFMSL portion. As the result, the adjustable range of the characteristic impedance Z0 of the high frequency transmission line, merged in the high frequency semiconductor integrated circuit, increases. Then the high-performance integrated circuits such as MMICs having the low transmission loss, the low crosstalk can be achieved.
摘要:
A multi-chip package with a LOC lead frame is disclosed. Such a LOC lead frame has a plurality of leads, with each lead being divided into an inner portion and an outer connecting portion. A first tape adhering under the inner portions of the leads fastens the first chip and the first bonding wires electrically connect the first chip with the inner portions. A second tape adhering upon the inner portions of the leads fastens the second chip and the second bonding wires electrically connect the second chip with the inner portions. The second tape has a thickness so as to avoid the first bonding wires touching the second chip. The multi-chip package enables to package at least two chips by a LOC lead frame without turnover action during wire-bonding.
摘要:
In the present invention, a semiconductor device is formed which includes an MIM capacitor located on the upper surface of a heterostructure from which the emitter, base and collector sections of a nearby HBT are defined. In this way the capacitor and HBT share a substantially common structure, with the base and emitter electrodes of the HBT fashioned from the same metal layers as the upper and lower capacitor plates, respectively. Furthermore, as the insulator region of the capacitor is formed prior to definition of the HBT structure, the dielectric material used can be deposited by means of a plasma enhanced process, without damaging the HBT structure.
摘要:
A method and system for implementing a variable function circuit within a single semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip can be configured as a single circuit that provides varying functions according to extrinsic conditions. The single circuit can be permitted to be switched between a particular function and a different particular function, thereby promoting a decreased complexity in circuit design and a decrease in physical dimensions necessary to manufacture the semiconductor chip. Additionally, at least one portion of the semiconductor chip may be designated to the particular function and at least one other portion of the semiconductor chip to the different particular function. The semiconductor chip may thus act as a function switch.
摘要:
On the leads of an integrated semiconductor chip which establish a connection to external terminals of a supply voltage, highly clocked current pulses may result in the excitation of potential fluctuations through to resonance oscillations at an internal terminal of the respective lead. In order to attenuate these potential fluctuations, a resistance is prescribed for one or more leads, which resistance is large enough to attenuate the potential fluctuations but is small enough to cause only a predetermined maximum permissible voltage drop on the respective lead. The respective resistance can be obtained by using a material having a corresponding resistivity or by reducing the conductor cross section with a notch along the lead.
摘要:
The prior art method of estimating a sequence by making use of a Viterbi algorithm is modified as follows: (1) A path at a certain past instant is modified to derive a modified path. (2) The path metric value of the modified path is calculated. (3) The path metric of a normal path and the path metric of the modified path are compared. If the path metric of the modified path is smaller, the path is modified. (4) A surviving path is selected from plural paths passing through the modified path.