IP Library Granted Patent US 12696459
Granted Patent B2
US 12696459 · App. 17/956,244 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Backside MRAM with frontside devices

Inventors: Brent A. Anderson (Jericho, VT); Theodorus E. Standaert (Clifton Park, NY); Junli Wang (Slingerlands, NY); Lawrence A. Clevenger (Saratoga Springs, NY); Albert M. Chu (Nashua, NH); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H10B61/22H10B63/30H10N50/01H10N70/011
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12696459
App. No.
17/956,244
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include a front-end-of-line (FEOL) layer that includes a first transistor device. A first back-end-of-line (BEOL) layer is on a front side of the FEOL layer and includes a first electrical connection to the first transistor device. A second BEOL layer is on a back side of the FEOL layer and includes a first BEOL device with a second electrical connection to the first transistor device.

Claims (29)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a front-end-of-line (FEOL) layer that includes a first transistor device and a second transistor device that is formed at a different depth within the FEOL layer as compared to a first transistor depth of the first transistor device;

a first back-end-of-line (BEOL) layer on a front side of the FEOL layer that includes a first electrical connection to the first transistor device and further includes a BEOL device electrically connected to the second transistor device; and

a second BEOL layer on a back side of the FEOL layer that includes a first BEOL device with a second electrical connection to the first transistor device.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first BEOL device includes a first programmable resistance device.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the first BEOL layer further includes a second programmable resistance device, connected to the first transistor device by the first electrical connection.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the first programmable resistance device and the second programmable resistance device are selected from the group consisting of a magnetic tunnel junction cell, a phase change memory cell, and a resistive random access memory cell.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor device has a first polarity and the second transistor device has a second polarity.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second BEOL layer includes a backside power distribution network.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first BEOL layer includes a wordline and a source line in electrical communication with the first transistor device and the second BEOL layer includes a bitline in electrical communication with the first BEOL device.

8 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a front-end-of-line (FEOL) layer that includes a first transistor device and a second transistor device, wherein the first transistor device has a first polarity and the second transistor device has a second polarity;

a first back-end-of-line (BEOL) layer on a front side of the FEOL layer that includes a first electrical connection to the first transistor device and a second electrical connection to the second transistor device; and

a second BEOL layer on a back side of the FEOL layer that includes a first BEOL device with a third electrical connection to the second transistor device.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the first BEOL device includes a first programmable resistance device.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the first BEOL layer further includes a second programmable resistance device, connected to the first transistor device by the first electrical connection.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the first programmable resistance device and the second programmable resistance device are selected from the group consisting of a magnetic tunnel junction cell, a phase change memory cell, and a resistive random access memory cell.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the second transistor device is formed at a different depth within the FEOL layer as compared to a first transistor depth of the first transistor device.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the second BEOL layer includes a backside power distribution network.

14 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the first BEOL layer includes a wordline, a source line, and a bitline in electrical communication with the first transistor device and a wordline and a source line in electrical communication with the second transistor device and wherein the second BEOL layer includes a bitline in electrical communication with the second transistor device.

15 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a front-end-of-line (FEOL) layer that includes a first transistor device with a first polarity and a second transistor device with a second polarity, the second transistor device being formed at a different depth within the FEOL layer as compared to a first transistor depth of the first transistor device;

a first back-end-of-line (BEOL) layer on a front side of the FEOL layer that includes a first electrical connection to the first transistor device; and

a second BEOL layer on a back side of the FEOL layer that includes a first BEOL device with a second electrical connection to the first transistor device.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the first BEOL device includes a first programmable resistance device.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the first BEOL layer further includes a second programmable resistance device, connected to the first transistor device by the first electrical connection.

18 . The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the first programmable resistance device and the second programmable resistance device are selected from the group consisting of a magnetic tunnel junction cell, a phase change memory cell, and a resistive random access memory cell.

19 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the second BEOL layer includes a backside power distribution network.

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the first BEOL layer includes a wordline and a source line in electrical communication with the first transistor device and the second BEOL layer includes a bitline in electrical communication with the first BEOL device.