Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming semiconductor devices having wafer back-side capacitors.SOLUTION: A method includes the following steps of: preparing an SOI substrate having a buried insulating layer inserted between a front-side active silicon layer and a back-side bulk silicon layer; forming on the front side of the SOI substrate an integrated circuit including a buried contact plug extending from the front side of the SOI substrate while penetrating through the buried insulating layer; performing back-side etching process to form a trench in the bulk silicon layer and expose an end part of the buried contact plug to the back side surface of the buried insulating layer; and forming in a trench a capacitor including a first capacitor plate, a second capacitor plate, and a capacitor dielectric layer inserted between the first and second capacitor plates. The first capacitor plate is formed to contact with the exposed end part of the buried contact plug.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interconnect structure having a barrier-redundancy constituent, and a method of forming the interconnect structure. SOLUTION: A via diffusion barrier 30 exists on a portion of a conductive line 20. A conductive material 54 existing on a portion having no barrier 30 on the conductive line 20 provides an electrical path between a conductive line diffusion barrier 22 and the via diffusion barrier 30. Accordingly, an internal barrier-redundancy constituent is formed, using the conductive material 54, the conductive line diffusion barrier 22 and the via diffusion barrier 30. This electrical path to be provided by the barrier-redundancy constituent can avoid a sudden circuit open resulted from EM failure of the via bottom. Thus, after the EM failure is detected by a monitoring device, the barrier-redundancy constituent for providing a sufficient time for chip replacement or system operation adjustment is provided to the interconnect structure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor structure including at least one e-fuse, and a manufacturing method which is easily integrated with standard semiconductor technologies, thus minimizing implementation costs. SOLUTION: A semiconductor structure includes at least one e-fuse embedded in a trench that is located in a semiconductor substrate (a bulk or semiconductor-on-insulator substrate). According to the present invention, the e-fuse is in electrical contact with a dopant region that is located in the semiconductor substrate. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure in which the embedded e-fuse and trench isolation regions are formed almost at the same time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT