A transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer covering the gate electrode, an active layer covering the gate dielectric layer and including a first metal oxide material, and source/drain electrodes disposed on the active layer and made of a second metal oxide material with an electron concentration of at least about 10.sup.18 cm.sup.−3. A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method are also provided.

The present invention provides a far infrared (FIR) sensor device formed on a substrate, wherein the FIR sensor device includes: a sensor region, which is formed on the substrate, and is configured to operably sense a far infrared signal; and a sensor dielectric layer, which is formed on the sensor region, wherein a thickness of the sensor dielectric layer is determined by a sacrificial metal layer.

An apparatus includes a drift region formed over the substrate, a body region over the substrate, a first well region formed over the drift region, a collector region formed in the first well region, an emitter region formed in the body region, a first body contact formed in the body region, a first gate situated between the collector region and the emitter region, a second well region formed over the substrate, a drain region formed in the second well region, wherein the drain region and the emitter region are electrically connected to each other, a source region formed in the second well region, wherein the source region and the first body contact are electrically connected to each other, and a second gate situated between the drain region and the source region, wherein the second gate and the first gate are electrically connected to each other.

Aspects of wireless communication are described, including a radiofrequency (RF) amplifier chip, configured for transmitting or receiving data, comprising a first substrate comprising a first material and a second substrate comprising a second material that is different from the first material. The first substrate and the second substrate may be lattice-matched such that an interface region between the first substrate and the second substrate exhibits an sp3 carbon peak at about 1332 cm.Math..sup.1 having a full width half maximum of no more than 5.0 cm.Math..sup.1 as measured by Raman spectroscopy. In some aspects, the first substrate and said second substrate permit said chip to transmit or receive data at a transfer rate of at least 500 megabits per second and a frequency of at least 8 GHz. In some aspects, the RF amplifier chip is part of a satellite transmitter.

A distributed inductance integrated field effect transistor (FET) structure, comprising a plurality of FETs. Each FET comprises a plurality of source regions, a gate region having a plurality of gate fingers extending from a gate bus bar, a drain region having a plurality of drain finger extending from a drain bus bar between the plurality of gate fingers, wherein the gate region controls current flow in a conductive channel between the drain region and source region. A first distributed inductor connects the gate regions of adjacent ones of the plurality of FETs; and a second distributed inductor connects the drain regions of adjacent ones of the plurality of FETs.

A semiconductor die is disclosed, including circuitry comprising a transistor at a frontside of a semiconductor substrate, and a backside inductor at a backside of the semiconductor substrate. The backside inductor is electrically connected to the transistor of the circuitry.

A semiconductor die is disclosed, including a plurality of transistors at a frontside of a semiconductor substrate, a backside inductor at a backside of the semiconductor substrate; and a frontside inductor at the frontside of the semiconductor substrate. The frontside inductor and the backside inductor are inductively coupled.

A multilayer thermoelectric sensor for generating an electric current under the effect of heating includes a support and a thermocouple borne by the support. The thermocouple includes a first thermoelectric member having at least a portion of a bilayer, the layers of which are made of different materials, and a second thermoelectric member having a p-doped semiconductor material and/or a thermoelectric metal. The thermocouple is configured to generate an electron gas at the interface between the layers of the bilayer when the thermoelectric sensor is heated.

In certain examples, methods and semiconductor structures are directed to a method comprising steps of forming by monolithically integrating or seeding via polycrystalline diamond (PCD) particles on a GaN-based layer characterized as including GaN in at least a surface region of the GaN-based layer. After the step of seeding, the PCD particles are grown under a selected pressure to form a diamond layer section and to provide a semi-conductive structure that includes the diamond layer section integrated on or against the surface region of the GaN-based layer.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an eFuse and gate structure on a triple-well and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a substrate comprising a bounded region; a gate structure formed within the bounded region; and an eFuse formed within the bounded region and electrically connected to the gate structure.