Abstract:
A solution for indexing electronic devices is proposed. A corresponding electronic device (300) includes a die (320) integrating an electronic circuit (310), the die (320) having at least one index (325Rd,325Cd) including a reference (330Rd;330Cd) defining an ordered alignment of a plurality of locations (245R,250R;245C,250C) on the die (320) and marker means for defining a value of the index according to an arrangement of the marker means with respect to the reference (330Rd,330Cd); in the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, the marker means includes a plurality of markers (360Rdu,360Rdt;360Cdu,360Cdt) each one arranged at a selected one of the locations, the selected location of the marker defining a value of a digit associated with a corresponding power of a base higher than 2 within a number in a positional notation in said base representing the value of the index.
Abstract:
A method is proposed for integrating a bipolar injunction transistor (100) in a die of semiconductor material having a main surface (105) covered by a sacrificial insulating layer (110), the die including a collector region (Rc) of a first type of conductivity extending from the main surface. The method includes the steps of forming an intrinsic base region (Rbi) of a second type of conductivity extending in the collector region from the main surface through an intrinsic base window (Wbi) of the sacrificial insulating layer, and forming an emitter region (Re) of the first type of conductivity extending in the intrinsic base region from the main surface through an emitter window (We) of the sacrificial insulating layer; in the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, the method further includes the steps of removing the sacrificial insulating layer, forming an intermediate insulating layer (115) on the main surface, the intermediate insulating layer having a thickness lower than a thickness of the sacrificial layer, and forming an extrinsic base region (Rbe) of the second type of conductivity extending in the intrinsic base region from the main surface through an extrinsic base window (Wbe) of the intermediate insulating layer, the extrinsic base region having a concentration of impurities higher than a concentration of impurities of the intrinsic base region and being separated from the emitter region by a portion of the intrinsic base region.
Abstract:
A method of forming an MIS (metal-insulator-semiconductor) structure, the method comprising: forming a first semiconductor electrode in a cavity formed in a crystalline semiconductor region by depositing a first silicon containing layer provided with an increased oxidation rate relatively to an exposed surface of said crystalline semiconductor region in said cavity and depositing a second silicon containing layer above said silicon containing layer with a different oxidation rate relatively to said silicon containing layer, said first semiconductor electrode being electrically insulated from said crystalline semiconductor region by an insulating layer, concurrently oxidizing said exposed surface of said crystalline semiconductor region in said cavity and an exposed surface of said first semiconductor electrode so as to form a first oxide layer on said exposed surface of said first semiconductor electrode and a second oxide layer on said exposed surface of said crystalline semiconductor region and forming a second semiconductor electrode in said cavity and above said first semiconductor electrode, said second semiconductor electrode being electrically isolated from said first semiconductor electrode by said first oxide layer.
Abstract:
An encoding/decoding apparatus comprises a central processing unit and an encryption/decryption accelerator coupled to the central processing unit The accelerator comprises an input for input data to be encrypted/decrypted, an arithmetic logic unit coupled to said input for performing selectable operations on data obtained from said input data and an output for encrypted/decrypted data coupled to said arithmetic logic unit.
Abstract:
A high voltage semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate (2) covered by an epitaxial layer (3) of a first type of conductivity having a plurality of column structures (4) comprising high aspect ratio deep trenches, said epitaxial layer (3) being covered by an active surface area (5), each of the column structures (4) comprising an external portion (6) formed by a silicon epitaxial layer of a second type of conductivity, and having a dopant charge which counterbalances the dopant charge in said epitaxial layer (3) outside said column structures (4), a dielectric filling portion (7) filling up said deep trench, and said external portion (6) having a dopant concentration with a variable concentration profile having a maximum near an interface with said epitaxial layer (3).
Abstract:
The MEMS device (1) has a support region (11) elastically carrying a suspended mass (2) through first elastic elements (5; 30-37). A tuned dynamic absorber (3, 6) is elastically coupled to the suspended mass and configured to dampen quadrature forces acting on the suspended mass at the natural oscillation frequency of the dynamic absorber. The tuned dynamic absorber (3, 6) is formed by a damping mass (3) coupled to the suspended mass (2) through second elastic elements (6). In an embodiment, the suspended mass (2) and the damping mass (3) are formed in a same structural layer, for example of semiconductor material, and the damping mass (3) is surrounded by the suspended mass (2).