Abstract:
A backside contact structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes: forming a dielectric isolation (250) in a substrate (100), the substrate (100) having a frontside and an opposing backside; forming a first dielectric layer (105) on the frontside of the substrate (100); forming a trench (265C) in the first dielectric layer (105), the trench (265C) aligned over and within a perimeter of the dielectric isolation (250) and extending to the dielectric isolation (250); extending the trench (265C) formed in the first dielectric layer (1 05) through the dielectric isolation (250) and into the substrate (1 00)to a depth (Dl ) less than a thickness of the substrate (1 00); filling the trench (265C) and co-planarizing a top surface of the trench (265C) with a top surface of the first dielectric layer (1 05) to form an electrically conductive through via (270C); and thinning the substrate (100) from a backside of the substrate (100) to expose the through via (270C).