Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

National Cheng-Kung University

Kang-Yi Lien

Hsiang-Fu Chen

Chia-Ming Hung

Kuan-Chi Tsai

I-Hsuan Chiu

Yi-Chieh Huang

Gwo-Bin Lee

Wen-Chuan Tai

Fan Hu

Wei-Tung Huang

Chen-Hsun Weng

Hsiang-fu Chen

Sung-Yi Yang

Chu-Heng Chen

I-Chieh Huang

Huan-Yao Lei

Tzu-Chieh Wei

Yu-Fang Lee

Song-Bin Huang

A semiconductor device includes a first substrate having opposite first and second sides, a first conductive layer on the first side of the first substrate, and a second substrate having opposite first and second sides. The second side of the second substrate is bonded to the first side of the first substrate. The second substrate includes a semiconductor material, and at least one circuit element electrically coupled to the first conductive layer. The at least one circuit element includes at least one of a Schottky diode configured by the semiconductor material and a first contact structure, a capacitor having a first electrode of the semiconductor material, or a resistor of the semiconductor material.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method

A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the device that includes a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT). The CMUT includes an integrated circuit substrate, and a sensing electrode positioned on the integrated substrate. The sensing electrode includes a sidewall that forms a wall of an isolation trench adjacent to the sensing electrode, and is patterned before covering dielectric layers are deposited. After patterning of the sensing electrode, one or more dielectric layers are patterned, with one dielectric layer patterned on the sensing electrode and sidewall, and which has a thickness corresponding to the surface roughness of the sensing electrode. The CMUT further includes a membrane positioned above the sensing electrode forming a cavity therein.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same

A method and a system for detecting a semiconductor device are provided. The method comprises obtaining an image of the semiconductor device, evaluating a feature of the image, detecting a defect of the semiconductor device based on the feature, extracting a defect information for the defect, calculating a defect die ratio (DDR) in response to the defect and analyzing a relation between the DDR and the defect information.

Method and system for detecting semiconductor device

A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the device that includes a growth die and a dummy die. The method includes patterning, on an integrated circuit wafer, at one least growth die, and patterning at least one dummy die that is positioned on at least a portion of a circumference of the integrated circuit wafer. The patterned growth and dummy dies are etched on the wafer. A bond wave is initiated at a starting point on the integrated circuit wafer. The starting point is positioned on an edge of the integrated circuit wafer opposite the portion on which the at least one dummy die is patterned. Upon application of pressure at the starting point, a uniform bond wave propagates across the wafers, bonding the two wafers together.

Bond wave optimization method and device

The present invention is about a microfluidic chip for rapid detection of different target proteins and a method for using the same. The microfluidic chip utilizes antibody-conjugated magnetic beads to bind to the target proteins to form a magnetic complex, and then use the signal labeled-antibodies that can recognize said magnetic complex. Purifying said magnetic complex by the micro-magnetic field on biochip, and introducing said purified magnetic complex into the fluorescent detection area on the chip to detect the amount of the target protein in said purified complex immediately.

Immunoassay biochip

The present invention provides a microfluidic biochip, which comprises: a fluid transportation unit having a fluid transportation reservoir and a fluid transportation air chamber; a first fluid storage reservoir; a second fluid storage reservoir; a first valve unit having a first valve and a first valve control air chamber; and a second valve unit having a second valve and a second valve control air chamber; wherein the first valve unit is located between the first fluid storage reservoir and the fluid transportation unit, the second valve unit is located between the second fluid storage reservoir and the fluid transportation unit, and the top portion of the fluid transportation reservoir and the valves are made of a flexible material. The structure of the present microfluidic biochip allows fluids to be transported and/or mixed therein.

Microfluidic biochip

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