A multilayer composite structure and a method of preparing a multilayer composite structure are provided. The multilayer composite structure comprises a semiconductor handle substrate having a minimum bulk region resistivity of at least about 500 ohm-cm and an isolation region that impedes the transfer of charge carriers along the surface of the handle substrate and reduces parasitic coupling between RF devices.

A semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer having at least one MESA structure, a field plate disposed covering at least a part of the semiconductor layer, and an insulating film located between the semiconductor layer and the field plate. The semiconductor layer is an n-type gallium nitride layer, and a thickness of a bottom portion of the insulating film covering a bottom portion of a groove portion of the semiconductor layer is greater than a thickness of a side wall portion of the insulating film covering a side wall portion of the groove portion of the semiconductor layer.

Presented is a lateral fin static induction transistor including a semi conductive substrate, source and drain regions extending from an optional buffer layer of same or varied thickness supported by the semi conductive substrate, a semi conductive channel electrically coupling the source region to the drain region of the transistor, a portion of the semi conductive channel being a fin and having a face covered by a gated structure, thereby defining a gated channel within the semi conductive channel, the semi conductive channel further including a drift region electrically coupling the gated channel to the drain region of the transistor.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with a buried trap rich isolation region and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first heterojunction bipolar transistor; a second heterojunction bipolar transistor; and a trap rich isolation region embedded within a substrate underneath both the first heterojunction bipolar transistor and the second heterojunction bipolar transistor.

A semiconductor structure and a method for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a doped region within the substrate; a pair of source/drain regions extending along a first direction on opposite sides of the doped region; a gate electrode disposed in the doped region, wherein the gate electrode has a has a top surface substantially level with a top surface of the substrate; and a protection structure over the substrate and overlapping the gate electrode, wherein a portion of the doped region is exposed through the protection structure.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with a buried trap rich isolation region and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first heterojunction bipolar transistor; a second heterojunction bipolar transistor; and a trap rich isolation region embedded within a substrate underneath both the first heterojunction bipolar transistor and the second heterojunction bipolar transistor.

A multilayer composite structure and a method of preparing a multilayer composite structure are provided. The multilayer composite structure comprises a semiconductor handle substrate having a minimum bulk region resistivity of at least about 500 ohm-cm and an isolation region that impedes the transfer of charge carriers along the surface of the handle substrate and reduces parasitic coupling between RF devices.

A method includes depositing a multi-layer stack over a semiconductor substrate, the multi-layer stack including a plurality of sacrificial layers that alternate with a plurality of channel layers; forming a first recess in the multi-layer stack; forming first spacers on sidewalls of the sacrificial layers in the first recess; depositing a first semiconductor material in the first recess, where the first semiconductor material is undoped, where the first semiconductor material is in physical contact with a sidewall and a bottom surface of at least one of the first spacers; implanting dopants in the first semiconductor material, where after implanting dopants the first semiconductor material has a gradient-doped profile; and forming an epitaxial source/drain region in the first recess over the first semiconductor material, where a material of the epitaxial source/drain region is different from the first semiconductor material.

Semiconductor devices and semiconductor cell arrays are provided herein. In some examples, a semiconductor device includes a multi-fin active region, a mono-fin active region, and an isolation feature between the multi-fin active region and the mono-fin active region. The multi-fin active region includes a first plurality of fins, a second plurality of fins parallel to the first plurality of fins, a first n-type field effect transistor (FET), and a first p-type FET. The mono-fin active region abuts the multi-fin active region. The mono-fin active region includes a first fin, a second fin different from the first fin, a second n-type FET, and a second p-type FET. The isolation feature is parallel to the first and second gate structures.

An electronic device can include a substrate and a carrier accumulation region. In an implementation, the electronic device can further include a gap region, and a buried shield. The gap region is along a majority carrier flow path between substrate and the carrier accumulation region. In another implementation, the electronic device can further include a carrier distribution layer, a body region, and a body contact region. The body contact region has a second conductivity type and electrically couples the buried shield to the body region. The gap region can be along a majority carrier flow path between the carrier accumulation region and the carrier distribution layer. In a further implementation, the electronic device can include a gate member and an intermediate region between source regions. The gate member can include gate electrodes within gate trenches and an intermediate portion overlapping the intermediate region.