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Granted Patent B2
US 11,791,332 · App. 17/371,660 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Stacked semiconductor device and method

Inventors: Min-Feng Kao (Chiayi, TW); Dun-Nian Yaung (Taipei, TW); Jen-Cheng Liu (Hsinchu, TW); Hsing-Chih Lin (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L27/0676H01L21/26513H01L23/5226H01L24/08H01L28/40H01L29/66136H01L29/861H01L2224/08145
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Patent No.
US 11,791,332
App. No.
17/371,660
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first substrate, a capacitor within the first substrate, a diode structure within the first substrate adjacent the capacitor, and a first interconnect structure over the capacitor and the diode structure. A first conductive via of the first interconnect structure electrically couples the capacitor to the diode structure.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

forming a capacitor in a first substrate;

forming a diode structure in the first substrate adjacent the capacitor; and

forming a first interconnect structure over the capacitor and the diode structure, wherein a first conductive via of the first interconnect structure electrically couples the capacitor to the diode structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is a p-type substrate, and wherein forming the diode structure comprises implanting n-type impurities into the first substrate to form a first n-type well in the first substrate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein forming the diode structure further comprises implanting p-type impurities into the first n-type well to form a p-type well in the first n-type well.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein forming the diode structure further comprises implanting n-type impurities into the p-type well to form a second n-type well in the p-type well.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a second interconnect structure over a second substrate.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising bonding the first interconnect structure to the second interconnect structure.

7. A method comprising:

forming one or more trenches in a first substrate;

forming a capacitor in the one or more trenches, the capacitor comprising a lower electrode and an upper electrode;

forming a diode structure within the first substrate; and

forming a first interconnect structure over the diode structure and the capacitor, wherein forming the first interconnect structure comprises:

forming a first dielectric layer over the diode structure and the capacitor; and

forming a first interconnect line over the first dielectric layer, wherein the first interconnect line is coupled to the diode structure and a first one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first substrate is an n-type substrate, and wherein forming the diode structure comprises forming a first p-type well within the first substrate.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein forming the diode structure further comprises forming an n-type well within the first p-type well.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein forming the diode structure further comprises forming a second p-type well within the n-type well.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein forming the first interconnect structure further comprises:

forming a second interconnect line over the first dielectric layer, wherein the second interconnect line is coupled to a second one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein forming the first interconnect structure further comprises:

forming a second interconnect line, wherein the second interconnect line is coupled to a second one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein the second interconnect line is in a different metallization layer than the first interconnect line.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first interconnect line is coupled to the diode structure by a first conductive via, wherein the first conductive via is in physical contact with an upper surface of the diode structure.

14. A method comprising:

forming a first interconnect structure, forming the first interconnect structure comprising:

forming a diode structure on a first side of a first substrate;

forming a capacitor on the first side of the first substrate, wherein the capacitor comprises a lower electrode and an upper electrode;

forming a first interconnect line electrically coupling the upper electrode of the capacitor to the diode structure; and

forming an upper insulating layer over the first interconnect line;

bonding an integrated circuit die to upper insulating layer of the first interconnect structure; and

forming a through via from a second side of the first substrate to the first interconnect line.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein forming the capacitor comprises forming the capacitor in a trench in the first substrate.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the capacitor is adjacent the capacitor in the first substrate.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein forming the first interconnect structure further comprises:

forming a second interconnect line and the first interconnect line in a same metallization layer, wherein the second interconnect line is electrically coupled to the lower electrode of the capacitor.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first substrate is a p-type substrate, and wherein forming the diode structure comprises implanting n-type impurities into the first substrate to form a first n-type well in the first substrate.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein forming the diode structure further comprises implanting p-type impurities into the first n-type well to form a p-type well in the first n-type well.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

forming a second interconnect structure over the first substrate, wherein the first substrate is between the first interconnect structure and the second interconnect structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2021
From: KAO, MIN-FENG; YAUNG, DUN-NIAN; LIU, JEN-CHENG; LIN, HSING-CHIH
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056803/0631 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63154039 · Feb 26, 2021
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