It is provided a bonded substrate of a support substrate and group-13 nitride crystal substrate. The group-13 nitride crystal substrate comprises one or more transition metal elements selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron, manganese, nickel and chromium in a concentration of 110.sup.17 atoms.Math.cm.sup.3 or higher and 110.sup.21 atoms.Math.cm.sup.3 or lower.

A multi-level semiconductor device, the device comprising: a first level comprising integrated circuits; a second level comprising at least one electromagnetic wave receiver, wherein said second level is disposed above said first level, wherein said integrated circuits comprise single crystal transistors; and an oxide layer disposed between said first level and said second level, wherein said device comprises at least one read out circuit, wherein said second level is bonded to said oxide layer, and wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide bonds.

A method for low temperature bonding of substrates involves the following steps: A first substrate and a second substrate are provided; the first substrate and the second substrate are aligned; the first substrate and the second substrate are prebonded by a fusion prebonding process; and the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded by applying an electric voltage between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein said voltage comprises a pulsed or AC component.

Discontinuous bonds for semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. A device in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first substrate and a second substrate, with at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate having a plurality of solid-state transducers. The second substrate can include a plurality of projections and a plurality of intermediate regions and can be bonded to the first substrate with a discontinuous bond. Individual solid-state transducers can be disposed at least partially within corresponding intermediate regions and the discontinuous bond can include bonding material bonding the individual solid-state transducers to blind ends of corresponding intermediate regions. Associated methods and systems of discontinuous bonds for semiconductor devices are disclosed herein.

The present disclosure describes a method that includes forming a first two-dimensional (2D) layer on a first substrate and attaching a second 2D layer to a carrier film. The method also includes bonding the second 2D layer to the first 2D layer to form a heterostack including the first and second 2D layers. The method further includes separating the first 2D layer of the heterostack from the first substrate and attaching the heterostack to a second substrate. The method further includes removing the carrier film from the second 2D layer.

A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure includes a semiconductor layer over a buried oxide over a handle wafer. A carbon-doped epitaxial layer is in the semiconductor layer. A doped body region is in the semiconductor layer under the carbon-doped epitaxial layer and extending to the buried oxide. The carbon-doped epitaxial layer and the doped body region have a same conductivity type. Alternatively, a doped body region in the semiconductor layer and extending to the buried oxide includes carbon dopants and body dopants, wherein a peak carbon dopant concentration is situated at a first depth, and a peak body dopant concentration is situated at a second depth below the first depth. Alternatively, an SOI transistor in the semiconductor layer includes a halo region having a different conductivity type from a source and a drain. The halo region includes carbon dopants and body dopants. The source and/or the drain adjoin the halo region.

A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure includes a semiconductor layer over a buried oxide over a handle wafer. A carbon-doped epitaxial layer is in the semiconductor layer. A doped body region is in the semiconductor layer under the carbon-doped epitaxial layer and extending to the buried oxide. The carbon-doped epitaxial layer and the doped body region have a same conductivity type. Alternatively, a doped body region in the semiconductor layer and extending to the buried oxide includes carbon dopants and body dopants, wherein a peak carbon dopant concentration is situated at a first depth, and a peak body dopant concentration is situated at a second depth below the first depth. Alternatively, an SOI transistor in the semiconductor layer includes a halo region having a different conductivity type from a source and a drain. The halo region includes carbon dopants and body dopants. The source and/or the drain adjoin the halo region.

A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure includes a semiconductor layer over a buried oxide over a handle wafer. A carbon-doped epitaxial layer is in the semiconductor layer. A doped body region is in the semiconductor layer under the carbon-doped epitaxial layer and extending to the buried oxide. The carbon-doped epitaxial layer and the doped body region have a same conductivity type. Alternatively, a doped body region in the semiconductor layer and extending to the buried oxide includes carbon dopants and body dopants, wherein a peak carbon dopant concentration is situated at a first depth, and a peak body dopant concentration is situated at a second depth below the first depth. Alternatively, an SOI transistor in the semiconductor layer includes a halo region having a different conductivity type from a source and a drain. The halo region includes carbon dopants and body dopants. The source and/or the drain adjoin the halo region.

A deflectable platen including a first layer formed of a material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and a second layer bonded to the first layer and having a second CTE, the second layer including a plurality of electrodes embedded therein for facilitating electrostatic clamping of wafers to the second layer, wherein the second CTE is different than the first CTE.

A method of transferring a layer from a source substrate to a destination substrate, including the following steps: a) arranging a masking disk on a central portion of a bonding surface of said layer and/or of the destination substrate b) implementing an ion etching to form a step in front of a peripheral portion, not covered with the masking disk, of the bonding surface of said layer and/or of the destination substrate c) removing the masking disk; d) activating the bonding surface of said layer and the bonding surface of the destination substrate; and e) placing into contact the bonding surface of said layer with the bonding surface of the destination substrate.