Utilization of backside silicidation to form dual side contacted capacitor
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.
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.