IP Library Granted Patent US 8,420,518
Granted Patent B2
US 8,420,518 · App. 13/095,158 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Structure and method of latchup robustness with placement of through wafer via within CMOS circuitry

Inventors: Phillip F. Chapman (Colchester, VT); David S. Collins (Williston, VT); Steven H. Voldman (South Burlington, VT)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,420,518
App. No.
13/095,158
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: forming a trench in a back side of a substrate; depositing a dopant on surfaces of the trench; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure in a top side of the substrate opposite the trench; forming a deep well in the substrate; out-diffusing the dopant into the deep well and the substrate; forming an N-well and a P-well in the substrate; and filling the trench with a conductive material.

Claims (32)

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

forming a trench in a back side of a substrate;

depositing a dopant on surfaces of the trench;

forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure in a top side of the substrate opposite the trench;

forming a deep well in the substrate;

out-diffusing the dopant into the deep well and the substrate;

forming an N-well and a P-well in the substrate; and

filling the trench with a conductive material.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing excess dopant from the trench.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the out-diffusing creates an electrical contact at an interface of the trench and the deep well, and a high voltage junction at an interface of the trench and the substrate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trench extends to a bottom surface of the shallow trench isolation structure.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the deep well is a deep N-well, and

the trench extends through the N-well, the deep N-well, and the substrate.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a trench isolation (TI) structure through the STI structure.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the TI structure extends between the N-well and the P-well, into the deep well, and to an upper surface of the trench.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising lining surfaces of the trench with a barrier material before the filling.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising:

forming a deep trench (DT) structure in a substrate;

forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure over the DT structure;

forming a trench in a back side of the substrate opposite the STI structure;

depositing a dopant on surfaces of the trench;

forming a deep well in the substrate;

out-diffusing the dopant into the deep well and the substrate;

forming an N-well and a P-well in the substrate; and

filling the trench with a conductive material.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the DT structure extends between the N-well and the P-well, into the deep well, and to the trench.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the STI structure, the DT structure, and the trench are substantially aligned.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the out-diffusing creates an electrical contact region at an interface of the trench and the deep well, and a high voltage junction at an interface of the trench and the substrate.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

removing excess dopant from the trench; and

lining surfaces of the trench with a barrier material before the filling.

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