A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a back-barrier layer arranged on the substrate, the back-barrier layer including first p-type dopant atoms, an intermediate or nucleation layer having a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of the back-barrier layer, a semiconductor heterostructure having a channel layer, a spacer layer on the channel layer and a barrier layer on the spacer layer, wherein a combination of materials of the barrier layer, the spacer layer and the channel layer is selected such that a carrier charge is provided to the channel layer, a gate layer arranged to partially cover a top of the barrier layer, wherein the gate layer includes second p-type dopant atoms, and a set of electrodes for providing and controlling the carrier charge in the carrier channel.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate, an integrated circuit disposed on the substrate, a memory support disposed on the integrated circuit, stacked memory disposed on the memory support and in communication with the integrated circuit, and a lid connected to the substrate. The integrated circuit has a low power region and a high power region. The memory support is disposed on the low power region of the integrated circuit and is configured to allow a flow of fluid therethrough to conduct heat away from the low power region of the integrated circuit. The lid defines a first port, a second port, and a lid volume fluidly connecting the first port and the second port. The lid volume is configured to house the integrated circuit, the memory support, and the stacked memory, while directing the flow of fluid to flow over the integrated circuit, the memory support, and the stacked memory.

A ceramic-metal substrate in which the ceramic substrate has a low content of an amorphous phase. The ceramic-metal substrate includes a ceramic substrate and on at least one side of the ceramic substrate a metallization. The ceramic-metal substrate has at least one scribing line, at least one cutting edge, or both at least one scribing line and at least one cutting edge. Amorphous phases extend parallel to the scribing line and/or the cutting edge in a width of at most 100 μm or of at least 0.50 μm.

A mounting device for mounting electronic components, wherein the mounting device comprises a stack, in particular a layer stack configured as alternating sequence of at least one support structure for providing mechanical support and a plurality of thermally conductive and electrically insulating structures.

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level, where the first level includes a first layer, the first layer including first transistors, and where the first level includes a second layer, the second layer including first interconnections; a second level overlaying the first level, where the second level includes a third layer, the third layer including second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions, where the bonded includes metal to metal bond regions, and where the device includes a plurality of capacitors.

A 3D semiconductor device a first level, where the first level includes a first layer which includes first transistors, where the first level includes a second layer, the second layer including first interconnections; a second level overlaying the first level, where the second level includes a third layer which includes second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions, where the bonded includes metal to metal bond regions, where the second level includes at least one first ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) circuit, and where the first level includes at least one second ESD circuit.

A semiconductor device structure includes a layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material; and a layer of polycrystalline CVD diamond material. The layer of polycrystalline CVD diamond material is bonded to the layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material via a bonding layer having a thickness of less than 25 nm and a thickness variation of no more than 15 nm. The effective thermal boundary resistance as measured by transient thermoreflectance at an interface between the layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material and the layer of polycrystalline CVD diamond material is less than 25 m.sup.2K/GW with a variation of no more than 12 m.sup.2K/GW as measured across the semiconductor device structure. The layer of single crystal compound semiconductor material has one or both of the following characteristics: a charge mobility of at least 1200 cm.sup.2V.sup.−1s.sup.−1; and a sheet resistance of no more than 700 Ω/square.

A heat dissipation component for a semiconductor element includes: a composite part containing 50-80 vol % diamond powder with the remainder having metal including aluminum, the diamond powder having a particle diameter volume distribution first peak at 5-25 μm and a second peak at 55-195 μm. A ratio between a volume distribution area at particle diameters of 1-35 μm and a volume distribution area at particle diameters of 45-205 μm is 1:9 to 4:6; surface layers on both composite part principal surfaces, each of the surface layers containing 80 vol % or more metal including aluminum and having a film thickness of 0.03-0.2 mm; and a crystalline Ni layer and an Au layer on at least one of the surface layers, the crystalline Ni layer having a film thickness of 0.5-6.5 μm, and the Au layer having a film thickness of 0.05 μm or larger.

Certain embodiments provide a semiconductor device of an example including a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, a drain electrode and source electrode provided on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode provided between the drain electrode and the source electrode on the semiconductor layer, and a heat transfer unit provided so as to fill a groove which penetrates the semiconductor layer right below the drain electrode till reaches the semiconductor substrate. The heat transfer unit includes a material different from that of the drain electrode and having thermal conductivity higher than that of the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer under an operating temperature of the semiconductor device.

A composite that includes a base including an oxide layer MOx of an element M on a surface thereof and a diamond crystal base bonded to the surface of the base. The M is one or more selected from among metal elements capable of forming an oxide (excluding alkali metals and alkaline earth metals), Si, Ge, As, Se, Sb, Te, and Bi, and the diamond crystal base is bonded to the surface of the base by M-O-C bonding of at least some C atoms of the (111) surface of the diamond crystal base.