IP Library Granted Patent US 8,294,159
Granted Patent B2
US 8,294,159 · App. 13/073,268 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device and structure

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Patent No.
US 8,294,159
App. No.
13/073,268
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for fabrication of 3D semiconductor devices utilizing a layer transfer and steps for forming transistors on top of a pre-fabricated semiconductor device comprising transistors formed on crystallized semiconductor base layer and metal layer for the transistors interconnections and insulation layer. The advantage of this approach is reduction of the over all metal length used to interconnect the various transistors.

Claims (10)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first single crystal silicon layer comprising a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of first alignment marks;

at least two metal layers overlying said first single crystal silicon layer, wherein said metal layers comprise copper or aluminum more than other materials; and

a second thin single crystal silicon layer of less than 0.4 micron thickness overlying said at least two metal layers, wherein said second thin single crystal silicon layer comprises a plurality of second transistors, and wherein said second transistors comprise recessed channel transistors.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said second thin single crystal silicon layer is constructed by a layer transfer process.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said second transistors are annealed by an optical annealing.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least two metal layers comprise a third metal layer overlying a second metal layer that overlies a first metal layer, wherein said third metal layer and said first metal layer each has an associated pitch that is tighter than a pitch associated with said second metal layer.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said second transistors are aligned with said first alignment marks.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said recessed channel transistors comprise P type transistors and N type transistors.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said second single crystal silicon layer comprises a second alignment mark and wherein said second transistors are aligned with said first alignment marks by an offset, wherein said offset relates to a distance between one of said first alignment marks and said second alignment mark.