IP Library Granted Patent US 12713883
Granted Patent B2
US 12713883 · App. 18/205,512 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same

Inventors: Chih-Chao Chou (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Hao Wang (Hsinchu, TW); Ching-Wei Tsai (Hsinchu, TW); Shang-Wen Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Yi-Hsun Chiu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
H10W20/058H10W20/074H10W20/096H10W20/42
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Patent No.
US 12713883
App. No.
18/205,512
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same are described. In some embodiments, the method includes depositing an etch stop layer on a substrate, depositing a first substrate layer on the etch stop layer, forming a plurality of active devices on the first substrate layer, forming an interconnection structure over the active devices, flipping over the substrate, removing the substrate, removing the etch stop layer to expose the first substrate layer, and forming a cooling substrate layer on the exposed first substrate layer. The cooling substrate layer has a thermal conductivity substantially greater than a thermal conductivity of the substrate.

Claims (42)

1 . A method, comprising:

depositing an etch stop layer on a substrate;

depositing a first substrate layer on the etch stop layer;

forming a plurality of active devices on and in the first substrate layer;

forming an interconnection structure over the active devices;

flipping over the substrate;

removing the substrate;

removing the etch stop layer to expose the first substrate layer;

forming a cooling substrate layer on the exposed first substrate layer, wherein the cooling substrate layer has a thermal conductivity substantially greater than a thermal conductivity of the substrate; and

forming a semiconductor layer on the cooling substrate layer.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the substate comprises silicon, the etch stop layer comprises silicon germanium, and the first substrate layer comprises silicon.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising bonding the interconnection structure to a carrier using a bonding/debonding layer before flipping over the substrate.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the bonding/debonding layer comprises TaN.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the thermal conductivity of the cooling substrate layer is between about 200 W/mK and about 400 W/mK.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooling substrate layer comprises copper, silicon carbide, aluminum, diamond-like carbon, cubic boron nitride, or boron arsenide.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooling substrate layer has a thickness ranging from about 50 μm to about 200 μm.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming the semiconductor layer with the same material for forming the first substrate layer.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a silicon layer.

10 . A method, comprising:

depositing an etch stop layer on a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first semiconductor material, and the etch stop layer comprises a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material;

depositing a first substrate layer on the etch stop layer, wherein the first substrate layer comprises the first semiconductor material;

forming a plurality of devices on and in the first substrate layer;

flipping over the substrate;

removing the substrate;

removing the etch stop layer;

depositing a cooling substrate layer on the first substrate layer, wherein the cooling substrate layer comprises a material different from the first semiconductor material; and

depositing a second substrate layer on the cooling substrate layer, wherein the second substrate layer comprises the first semiconductor material.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the etch stop layer is epitaxially grown on the substrate.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first substrate layer is epitaxially grown on the etch stop layer.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of devices comprises transistors having source/drain regions and gate electrode layers.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the substrate is removed by a plasma etching process.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the etch stop layer is removed by a wet etching process.

16 . A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

an interconnection structure;

a plurality of active devices disposed over the interconnection structure;

a first substrate layer disposed over the interconnection structure, wherein the first substrate layer comprises a semiconductor material having a first thermal conductivity;

a cooling substrate layer disposed on and in contact with an entire top surface of the first substrate layer, wherein the cooling substrate layer comprises a material having a second thermal conductivity substantially greater than the first thermal conductivity; and

a second substrate layer disposed on and in contact with a top surface of the cooling substrate layer, wherein the second substrate comprises a semiconductor material.

17 . The semiconductor device structure of claim 16 , wherein the cooling substrate layer has a thickness of about 20 μm to about 200 μm, and the second substrate layer has a thickness of about 200 μm to about 500 μm.

18 . The semiconductor device structure of claim 17 , wherein the cooling substrate layer comprises copper, silicon carbide, aluminum, diamond-like carbon, cubic boron nitride, or boron arsenide.

19 . The semiconductor device structure of claim 17 , wherein the second substrate layer comprises a single crystalline semiconductor material.

20 . The semiconductor device structure of claim 17 , wherein the second substrate layer comprises the material having the second thermal conductivity.