In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes a first doped region and a second doped region disposed within a substrate. A data storage structure is arranged over the substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. An isolation structure is arranged within the substrate along a first side of the data storage structure. The first doped region is laterally between the isolation structure and the data storage structure. A remnant is arranged over and along a sidewall of the isolation structure. The remnant includes a first material having a vertically extending segment and a horizontally extending segment protruding outward from a sidewall of the vertically extending segment.

Devices, transistor structures, systems, and techniques are described herein related to providing a backside passivation layer on a transistor semiconductor material. The semiconductor material is between source and drain structures, and a gate structure is adjacent a channel region of the semiconductor material. The passivation layer is formed as a conformal insulative layer on a backside of the semiconductor material and is then treated using an ozone/UV cure to remove trap charges from the semiconductor material.

The semiconductor device includes a chip which has a first surface on one side and a second surface on the other side, a plurality of IGBT regions which are provided at an interval in the chip, a boundary region which is provided in a region between the plurality of IGBT regions in the chip, a first conductivity type cathode region which is formed in a surface layer portion of the second surface in the boundary region, and a second conductivity type well region which is formed in a surface layer portion of the first surface in the boundary region.

The invention relates to a vertical compound semiconductor structure having a substrate with a first main surface and an opposite second main surface, a vertical channel opening extending completely through the substrate between the first main surface and the second main surface and a layer stack arranged within the vertical channel opening. The layer stack includes an electrically conductive layer arranged within the vertical channel opening and a compound semiconductor layer arranged within the vertical channel opening. The compound semiconductor layer includes a compound semiconductor layer arranged on the electrically conductive layer and connected galvanically to the electrically conductive layer. Further, the invention relates to a method for producing such a vertical compound semiconductor structure.

An electronic device can include a substrate, an active region of a transistor, and a shield electrode. The substrate can define a trench and include a mesa adjacent to the trench, and the shield electrode can be within the trench. In an embodiment, the electronic device can further include an active region of a transistor within the mesa and an insulating layer including a thicker section and a thinner section closer to a bottom of the trench. In another embodiment, the electronic device can include a body region and a doped region within the mesa and spaced apart from the body region by a semiconductor region. The doped region can have a dopant concentration that is higher than a dopant concentration of the semiconductor region and a portion of the substrate underlying the doped region.

A semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor substrate including a first-conductivity-type region at a first main surface; a second-conductivity-type region selectively provided at the first main surface and extending in a first direction parallel to the first main surface; a first electrode provided at the first main surface, forming a Schottky junction with the first-conductivity-type region and being in contact with the second-conductivity-type region; and a second electrode provided on a second main surface. The first-conductivity-type region and the second-conductivity-type region includes a plurality of upper surface portions that are aligned in both the first direction and a second direction parallel to the first main surface and perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the upper surface portions forms a first step with another upper surface portion adjacent thereto in the second direction, and forms a second or third step with another upper surface portion adjacent thereto in the first direction.

A FinFET including a gate stack, a semiconductor fin embedded in the gate stack, a source and a drain disposed is provided. The semiconductor fin extends along a widthwise direction of the gate stack and has a first concave and a second concave exposed at sidewalls of the gate stack respectively. The source and drain are disposed at two opposite sides of the gate stack. The source includes a first portion in contact with and embedded in the first concave. The drain includes a second portion in contact with and embedded in the second concave. The first portion and the second portion are covered by the gate stack.

The present disclosure provides a substrate structure, a semiconductor structure, and a method of manufacturing the substrate structures. The substrate structure includes: a base substrate, an insulation layer and a growth substrate on the base substrate in sequence; a groove provided on a side of the base substrate away from the growth substrate, where the groove penetrates at least one part of the base substrate. The present disclosure can improve the heat-dissipation performance of the substrate structure.

An HEMT device, comprising: a semiconductor body including a heterojunction structure; a dielectric layer on the semiconductor body; a gate electrode; a drain electrode, facing a first side of the gate electrode; and a source electrode, facing a second side opposite to the first side of the gate electrode; an auxiliary channel layer, which extends over the heterojunction structure between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, in electrical contact with the drain electrode and at a distance from the gate electrode, and forming an additional conductive path for charge carriers that flow between the source electrode and the drain electrode.

A structure including a first semiconductor chip with front and rear surfaces and a cavity in the rear surface. A second semiconductor chip is mounted within the cavity. The first chip may have vias extending from the cavity to the front surface and via conductors within these vias serving to connect the additional microelectronic element to the active elements of the first chip. The structure may have a volume comparable to that of the first chip alone and yet provide the functionality of a multi-chip assembly. A composite chip incorporating a body and a layer of semiconductor material mounted on a front surface of the body similarly may have a cavity extending into the body from the rear surface and may have an additional microelectronic element mounted in such cavity.