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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ming-Hsien Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-Ying Tsai, Pingzhen, TW;
Fu-Lung Hsueh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Shih-Ming Yang, Tainan, TW;
Jheng-Yuan Wang, Taichung, TW;
Ming-De Chen, Taichung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first thermoelectric conduction leg, disposed on the substrate, and doped with a first type of dopant; a second thermoelectric conduction leg, disposed on the substrate, and doped with a second type of dopant, wherein the first and second thermoelectric conduction legs are spatially spaced from each other but disposed along a common row on the substrate; and a first intermediate thermoelectric conduction structure, disposed on a first end of the second thermoelectric conduction leg, and doped with the first type of dopant.