IP Library Granted Patent US 10,290,579
Granted Patent B2
US 10,290,579 · App. 15/807,169 · Granted May 14, 2019

Utilization of backside silicidation to form dual side contacted capacitor

Inventors: Sinan Goktepeli (San Diego, CA); Plamen Vassilev Kolev (San Diego, CA); Michael Andrew Stuber (Rancho Santa Fe, CA); Richard Hammond (San Diego, CA); Shiqun Gu (San Diego, CA); Steve Fanelli (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H01L23/5283H01L23/5223H01L23/53209H01L23/66H01L27/1203H01L28/40H01L29/0649H01L29/66181H01L29/94H04B1/16H01L2223/6677
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Patent No.
US 10,290,579
App. No.
15/807,169
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit structure may include a capacitor having a semiconductor layer as a first plate and a gate layer as a second plate. A capacitor dielectric layer may separate the first plate and the second plate. A backside metallization may be coupled to the first plate of the capacitor. A front-side metallization may be coupled to the second plate of the capacitor. The front-side metallization may be arranged distal from the backside metallization.

Claims (23)

1. A method of constructing an integrated circuit structure, comprising:

fabricating a capacitive device supported by an isolation layer and disposed on a sacrificial substrate by forming a diffusion region in a semiconductor layer on the isolation layer, depositing a device dielectric layer on the diffusion region, and depositing a gate layer on the diffusion region to form the capacitive device;

depositing a front-side contact layer on the gate layer of the capacitive device;

fabricating a front-side metallization in a front-side dielectric layer on the gate layer of the capacitive device and coupled to the front-side contact layer;

bonding a handle substrate to the front-side dielectric layer on the capacitive device;

removing the sacrificial substrate;

depositing a backside contact layer on the semiconductor layer of the capacitive device; and

fabricating a backside metallization in a backside dielectric layer supporting the isolation layer, the backside metallization coupled to the semiconductor layer through the backside contact layer and arranged distal from the front-side metallization.

2. The method of claim 1 , in which fabricating the backside metallization comprises:

patterning the isolation layer according to the semiconductor layer of the capacitive device to expose predetermined portions of the backside contact layer;

depositing a backside metallization material within the patterned, isolation layer and on the exposed, predetermined portions of the backside contact layer to form the backside metallization; and

depositing the backside dielectric layer on the isolation layer and the backside metallization.

3. The method of claim 2 , in which depositing the backside metallization material comprises:

depositing a first backside metallization material on the exposed, predetermined portions of the backside contact layer to form a plurality of backside metallization plugs; and

depositing a second backside metallization material on the plurality of backside metallization plugs.

4. The method of claim 1 , in which fabricating the front-side metallization comprises:

patterning the front-side dielectric layer according to the gate layer of the capacitive device to expose predetermined portions of the backside contact layer;

depositing a first backside metallization material within the patterned, front-side dielectric layer and on the exposed, predetermined portions of the backside contact layer to form a plurality of front-side metallization plugs; and

depositing a second front-side metallization material on the plurality of front-side metallization plugs to form the backside metallization.

5. The method of claim 1 , in which bonding the handle substrate further comprises:

depositing a trap rich layer on the front-side dielectric layer; and

bonding the handle substrate to the trap rich layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising integrating the RF integrated circuit structure into an RF front end module, the RF front end module incorporated into at least one of a music player, a video player, an entertainment unit, a navigation device, a communications device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a fixed location data unit, a mobile phone, and a portable computer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2017
From: GOKTEPELI, SINAN; KOLEV, PLAMEN VASSILEV; STUBER, MICHAEL ANDREW; HAMMOND, RICHARD; GU, SHIQUN; FANELLI, STEVE
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 044075/0804 →
Continuity (2)
Division 15240952 · Aug 18, 2016
Related Publication 20180076137A1 · Mar 15, 2018