Semiconductor structure with heating element
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsChih-Tsung Shih, Chewn-Pu Jou, Stefan Rusu, Feng-Wei Kuo
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AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsChih-Tsung Shih, Chewn-Pu Jou, Stefan Rusu, Feng-Wei Kuo
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A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor device and a heating structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a device region and a heating region surrounding the device region. The semiconductor device is located on the device region. The heating structure is located on the heating region and includes an intrinsic semiconductor area, at least one heating element and at least one heating pad. The intrinsic semiconductor area is surrounding the semiconductor device. The at least one heating element is located at a periphery of the intrinsic semiconductor area. The at least one heating pad is joined with the at least one heating element, wherein the at least one heating pad includes a plurality of contact structures, and a voltage is supplied from the plurality of contact structures to control a temperature of the at least one heating element.
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