The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing system. The semiconductor device manufacturing system can include a chamber and an ion source in the chamber. The ion source can include an outlet. The ion source can be configured to generate a particle beam. The semiconductor device manufacturing system can further include a grid structure proximate to the outlet of the ion source and configured to manipulate the particle beam. A first portion of the grid structure can be electrically insulated from a second portion of the grid structure.

Embodiments described herein relate to methods forming optical device structures. One embodiment of the method includes exposing a substrate to ions at an ion angle relative to a surface normal of a surface of the substrate to form an initial depth of a plurality of depths. A patterned mask is disposed over the substrate and includes two or more projections defining exposed portions of the substrate or a device layer disposed on the substrate. Each projection has a trailing edge at a bottom surface contacting the device layer, a leading edge at a top surface of each projection, and a height from the top surface to the device layer. Exposing the substrate to ions at the ion angle is repeated to form at least one subsequent depth of the plurality of depths.

The disclosed embodiments relate to a charged particle source module for generating and emitting a charged particle beam, such as an electron beam, comprising: a frame including a first frame part, a second frame part, and one or more rigid support members which are arranged between said first frame part and said second frame part; a charged particle source arrangement for generating a charged particle beam, such as an electron beam, wherein said charged particle source arrangement, such as an electron source, is arranged at said second frame part; and a power connecting assembly arranged at said first frame part, wherein said charged particle source arrangement is electrically connected to said connecting assembly via electrical wiring.

The disclosed embodiments relate to a charged particle source module for generating and emitting a charged particle beam, such as an electron beam, comprising: a frame including a first frame part, a second frame part, and one or more rigid support members which are arranged between said first frame part and said second frame part; a charged particle source arrangement for generating a charged particle beam, such as an electron beam, wherein said charged particle source arrangement, such as an electron source, is arranged at said second frame part; and a power connecting assembly arranged at said first frame part, wherein said charged particle source arrangement is electrically connected to said connecting assembly via electrical wiring.

An optical image capturing system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The second lens element, the third lens element and the fourth lens element have refractive power. The fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The seventh lens element refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric.

A semiconductor device includes: an n type semiconductor layer including an active region and an inactive region; an element structure formed in the active region and including at least an active side p type layer to form pn junction with n type portion of the n type semiconductor layer; an inactive side p type layer formed in the inactive region and forming pn junction with the n type portion of the n type semiconductor layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the active side p type layer in a front surface of the n type semiconductor layer; a second electrode electrically connected to the n type portion of the n type semiconductor layer in a rear surface of the n type semiconductor layer; and a crystal defect region formed in both the active region and the inactive region and having different depths in the active region and the inactive region.

A semiconductor device includes: an n type semiconductor layer including an active region and an inactive region; an element structure formed in the active region and including at least an active side p type layer to form pn junction with n type portion of the n type semiconductor layer; an inactive side p type layer formed in the inactive region and forming pn junction with the n type portion of the n type semiconductor layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the active side p type layer in a front surface of the n type semiconductor layer; a second electrode electrically connected to the n type portion of the n type semiconductor layer in a rear surface of the n type semiconductor layer; and a crystal defect region formed in both the active region and the inactive region and having different depths in the active region and the inactive region.

Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate doped with an impurity; a front-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a back-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate includes: a peak region arranged at the side of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of an impurity concentration; a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having an impurity concentration more gently sloped than the one or more peaks; and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration of the high concentration region and a substrate concentration of the semiconductor substrate.

A semiconductor device includes: a first base layer; a drain layer disposed on the back side surface of the first base layer; a second base layer formed on the surface of the first base layer; a source layer formed on the surface of the second base layer; a gate insulating film disposed on the surface of both the source layer and the second base layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film; a column layer formed in the first base layer of the lower part of both the second base layer and the source layer by opposing the drain layer; a drain electrode disposed in the drain layer; and a source electrode disposed on both the source layer and the second base layer, wherein heavy particle irradiation is performed to the column layer to form a trap level locally.

A semiconductor device includes a JFET and a MOSFET cascode-connected to each other such that a source electrode of the JFET is connected to a drain electrode of the MOSFET. The JFET is configured such that a breakdown voltage between a gate layer and a body layer is set lower than a breakdown voltage of the MOSFET.