IP Library Granted Patent US 8,067,313
Granted Patent B2
US 8,067,313 · App. 12/657,799 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,067,313
App. No.
12/657,799
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming a transistor on a first surface of a device substrate, forming a hole in a second surface opposite to the first surface of the device substrate, and supplying hydrogen to a gate insulating film of the transistor from the second surface of the device substrate through the hole.

Claims (23)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a transistor on a first surface of a device substrate;

forming a hole in a second surface opposite to the first surface of the device substrate; and

supplying hydrogen to a gate insulating film of the transistor from the second surface of the device substrate through the hole.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising thinning the device substrate by performing one of etching and polishing on the second surface of the device substrate prior to the step of supplying the hydrogen.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the step of supplying the hydrogen is performed by using one of a hydrogen sintering process, a hydrogen annealing process, a hydrogen plasma process, and a set of a hydrogen ion implantation process and an annealing process.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising performing a heat treatment under a condition of 450° C. or less after the step of supplying the hydrogen.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising bonding a support substrate to one of the first surface and the second surface of the device substrate after the step of supplying the hydrogen.

6. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a device substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and

a transistor formed on the first surface of the device substrate,

wherein the device substrate has a hole in the second surface, and

wherein the device substrate has a thickness T 2 where the hole is not formed and has a thickness T 1 where the hole is formed such that a depth of the hole is equal to a difference T 2 −T 1 , in which T 1 has a value less than or equal to 100 μm.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the device substrate has a support substrate bonded to one of the first surface and the second surface thereof.

8. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a semiconductor device including a device substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a transistor formed on the first surface of the device substrate,

wherein the device substrate has a hole in the second surface, and

wherein the device substrate has a thickness T 2 where the hole is not formed and has a thickness T 1 where the hole is formed such that a depth of the hole is equal to a difference T 2 −T 1 , in which T 1 has a value less than or equal to 100 μm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040419/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2010
From: NAKAMURA, AKIHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023952/0640 →