IP Library Granted Patent US 11,990,404
Granted Patent B2
US 11,990,404 · App. 17/381,583 · Granted May 21, 2024

Heat dissipation for semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture

Inventors: Chen-Fong Tsai (Hsinchu, TW); Cheng-I Chu (Taipei, TW); Jyh-Cherng Sheu (Hsinchu, TW); Huicheng Chang (Tainan, TW); Yee-Chia Yeo (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L23/528H01L23/3672H01L23/46H01L29/401H01L29/41733H01L29/0665H01L29/42392
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Patent No.
US 11,990,404
App. No.
17/381,583
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Semiconductor devices having improved heat dissipation and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a device includes a first transistor structure; a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure, the front-side interconnect structure including front-side conductive lines; a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure including backside conductive lines, the backside conductive lines having line widths greater than line widths of the front-side conductive lines; and a first heat dissipation substrate coupled to the backside interconnect structure.

Claims (40)

1. A device comprising:

a first transistor structure;

a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure, the front-side interconnect structure comprising front-side conductive lines;

a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure comprising backside conductive lines, the backside conductive lines having line widths greater than line widths of the front-side conductive lines; and

a first heat dissipation substrate coupled to the backside interconnect structure.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first heat dissipation substrate comprises a heat sink, the heat sink comprising channels and fins in a surface opposite the backside interconnect structure.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first heat dissipation substrate comprises embedded fluid channels.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second heat dissipation substrate coupled to the front-side interconnect structure.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the front-side interconnect structure has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 2 μm and the backside interconnect structure has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 1 μm.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein a minimum line width of the front-side interconnect structure ranges from 15 nm to 45 nm, and wherein a minimum line width of the backside interconnect structure ranges from 30 nm to 60 nm.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second substrate coupled to the first heat dissipation substrate opposite the backside interconnect structure, wherein the second substrate is a printed circuit board.

8. A device comprising:

a first transistor structure;

a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure, the front-side interconnect structure comprising front-side conductive lines;

a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure comprising backside conductive lines, the backside conductive lines having line widths greater than line widths of the front-side conductive lines; and

a first heat dissipation substrate coupled to the backside interconnect structure, wherein the first heat dissipation substrate comprises a heat sink.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the heat sink comprises channels and fins.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the channels and fins of the heat sink are in a surface opposite the backside interconnect structure.

11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second heat dissipation substrate coupled to the front-side interconnect structure.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the front-side interconnect structure has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 2 μm and the backside interconnect structure has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 1 μm.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein a minimum line width of the front-side interconnect structure ranges from 15 nm to 45 nm, and wherein a minimum line width of the backside interconnect structure ranges from 30 nm to 60 nm.

14. The device of claim 8 , further comprising a second substrate coupled to the first heat dissipation substrate opposite the backside interconnect structure, wherein the second substrate is a printed circuit board.

15. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first transistor structure comprises:

a gate structure over a semiconductor channel region;

a first source/drain region adjacent the gate structure and the semiconductor channel region;

a gate contact coupled to a surface of the gate structure facing a first direction; and

a first source/drain contact coupled to a surface of the first source/drain region facing a second direction opposite the first direction, the backside interconnect structure coupled to the first source/drain contact.

16. A device comprising:

a first transistor structure;

a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure, the front-side interconnect structure comprising front-side conductive lines;

a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure comprising backside conductive lines, the backside conductive lines having line widths greater than line widths of the front-side conductive lines; and

a first heat dissipation substrate coupled to the backside interconnect structure, wherein the first heat dissipation substrate comprises embedded fluid channels.

17. The device of claim 16 , further comprising a second heat dissipation substrate coupled to the front-side interconnect structure.

18. The device of claim 16 , wherein the front-side interconnect structure has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 2 μm and the backside interconnect structure has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 1 μm.

19. The device of claim 16 , further comprising a second substrate coupled to the first heat dissipation substrate opposite the backside interconnect structure, wherein the second substrate is a printed circuit board.

20. The device of claim 16 , wherein the first transistor structure comprises:

a gate structure over a semiconductor channel region;

a first source/drain region adjacent the gate structure and the semiconductor channel region;

a gate contact coupled to a surface of the gate structure facing a first direction; and

a first source/drain contact coupled to a surface of the first source/drain region facing a second direction opposite the first direction, the backside interconnect structure coupled to the first source/drain contact.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2021
From: TSAI, CHEN-FONG; CHU, CHENG-I; SHEU, JYH-CHERNG; CHANG, HUICHENG; YEO, YEE-CHIA
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056933/0625 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63184506 · May 5, 2021
Related Publication 20220359369A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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