Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor arrangement and formation thereof
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Application No.: US14200148Application Date: 2014-03-07
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Publication No.: US09976983B2Publication Date: 2018-05-22
- Inventor: Yi-Hsien Chang , Chun-Ren Cheng
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group, LLC
- Main IPC: G01N27/447
- IPC: G01N27/447 ; H01L21/768 ; B81C1/00 ; B01L3/00

Abstract:
A semiconductor arrangement and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes an electro-wetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) device. The EWOD device includes a top portion over a bottom portion and a channel gap between the top portion and the bottom portion. The bottom portion includes a driving dielectric layer over a first electrode, a second electrode and a first separating portion of an ILD layer between the first electrode and a second electrode. The driving dielectric layer has a first thickness less than about 1,000 Å. An EWOD device with a driving dielectric layer having a first thickness less 1000 Å requires a lower applied voltage to alter a shape of a droplet within the device and has a longer operating life than an EWOD device that requires a higher applied voltage to alter the shape of the droplet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150253283A1 SEMICONDUCTOR ARRANGEMENT AND FORMATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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