IP Library Granted Patent US 12701825
Granted Patent B2
US 12701825 · App. 17/820,558 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Curved semiconductor chip and method for forming the same

Inventors: Jheng-Hong Jiang (Hsinchu, TW); Shing-Huang Wu (Hsinchu City, TW); Chia-Wei Liu (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
H10H20/819H10H20/01H10H20/852H10H20/857H10P95/906H10W90/00G02B27/0172H10H20/0364
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Patent No.
US 12701825
App. No.
17/820,558
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate, having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of trenches at the second side; a device layer, disposed on the first side of the substrate; an interconnect layer, disposed on the device layer; a luminous layer, disposed on the interconnect layer; and a capping layer, conformally disposed on the second side of the bended substrate. The semiconductor device is convexly curved.

Claims (36)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of trenches at the second side;

a device layer, disposed on the first side of the substrate;

an interconnect layer, disposed on the device layer;

a luminous layer, disposed on the interconnect layer; and

a capping layer, conformally disposed on the second side of the substrate,

wherein the semiconductor device is convexly curved, wherein the capping layer includes a plurality of openings disposed within the plurality of trenches correspondingly, and a first thickness of the capping layer within one of the plurality of trenches is substantially different from a second thickness of the capping layer within another one of the plurality of trenches.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the luminous layer and the substrate have same curvature.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of trenches has a depth between about 5 nanometers (nm) and about 50 micrometers (μm).

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of trenches has a width between about 5 nm and about 50 μm.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the luminous layer includes a plurality of optical devices.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is outwardly curved from the first side towards the second side.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first side and the second side have same curvature.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first side is substantially less than a length of the second side.

9 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the substrate includes a first trench and a second trench at the second surface;

a transistor layer, conformally covering the first surface of the substrate;

an interconnect layer, conformally covering the transistor layer;

an optical device layer, conformally covering the interconnect layer; and

a capping layer, conformally covering the second surface of the substrate, wherein a first thickness of the capping layer within the first trench is substantially different from a second thickness of the capping layer within the second trench.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein a total thickness of the transistor layer and the substrate is between about 10 μm and about 1000 μm.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the capping layer has a thickness between about 5 angstroms (Å) and about 100 nm.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the substrate, the transistor layer, the interconnect layer, the optical device layer and the capping layer have same curvature.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the substrate includes a plurality of protrusions disposed at the second surface.

14 . The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the capping layer on one of the plurality of protrusions has an inconsistent thickness.

15 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of protrusions at the second side;

a device layer, disposed on the first side of the substrate;

an interconnect layer, disposed on the device layer;

a luminous layer, disposed on the interconnect layer; and

a capping layer, conformally covering the plurality of protrusions and including a plurality of openings alternately disposed with the plurality of protrusions, wherein the capping layer has a first portion connected with a second portion, and a thickness of the second portion is greater than a thickness of the first portion, wherein the first portion of the capping layer surrounds a first opening, and the second portion of the capping layer surrounds a second opening.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the substrate is bended.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the luminous layer and the substrate have same curvature.

18 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the substrate, the device layer, the interconnect layer, and the luminous layer have same curvature.

19 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the first opening and the second opening are separated by one of the plurality of protrusions.

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the first opening and the second opening have different volumes.