Formation of deep via airgaps for three dimensional wafer to wafer interconnect
First Claim
1. A method for fabricating a vertical stack of at least two wafers to create a three dimensional stacked semiconductor device using a through wafer via, the method comprising the steps of:
- patterning at least one via having sidewalls in a first wafer;
forming a partially filled-in portion of the via, wherein the partially filled-in portion comprises a sacrificial material, whereby a portion of the sidewalls is exposed and a portion of the sidewalls is covered by the sacrificial material;
forming spacers on the exposed portion of the sidewalls, whereby an opening to the via is narrowed;
removing the sacrificial material through the narrowed opening;
sealing the opening by depositing a sealing layer above the spacers, whereby an airgap with an airgap plug is formed;
creating at least one contact hole in the airgap plug;
filling the contact hole with a conductive material such that at least one contact plug is created;
depositing a conductive structure onto the contact plug;
making a contact to the contact plug by performing a conventional back end of line processing step;
thinning a backside of the first wafer such that the airgap is opened, thereby forming a through wafer via or a deep via;
depositing a conductive material in the through wafer via or the deep via to create in the first wafer either a through wafer via filled with conductive material or a deep via filled with conductive material, respectively; and
contacting the backside of the first wafer through the through wafer via filled with conductive material or through the deep via filled with conductive material to an interconnect structure situated in a frontside of the second wafer.
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Abstract
A method for forming deep via airgaps in a semiconductor substrate is disclosed comprising the steps of patterning a hole in the substrate, partly fill said hole with a sacrificial material (e.g. poly-Si), forming spacers on the sidewalls of the unfilled part of the hole (e.g. TEOS) to narrow the opening, removing through said narrowed opening the remaining part of the sacrificial material (e.g. by isotropic etching) and finally sealing the opening of the airgap by depositing a conformal layer (TEOS) above the spacers. The method of forming a deep via airgap is used to create wafer to wafer vertical stacking. After completion of conventional FEOL and BEOL processing the backside of the wafer will be thinned such that the deep via airgap is opened and conductive material can be deposited within said (airgap) via opening and a through wafer or deep via filled with conductive material is created.
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1. A method for fabricating a vertical stack of at least two wafers to create a three dimensional stacked semiconductor device using a through wafer via, the method comprising the steps of:
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patterning at least one via having sidewalls in a first wafer;
forming a partially filled-in portion of the via, wherein the partially filled-in portion comprises a sacrificial material, whereby a portion of the sidewalls is exposed and a portion of the sidewalls is covered by the sacrificial material;
forming spacers on the exposed portion of the sidewalls, whereby an opening to the via is narrowed;
removing the sacrificial material through the narrowed opening;
sealing the opening by depositing a sealing layer above the spacers, whereby an airgap with an airgap plug is formed;
creating at least one contact hole in the airgap plug;
filling the contact hole with a conductive material such that at least one contact plug is created;
depositing a conductive structure onto the contact plug;
making a contact to the contact plug by performing a conventional back end of line processing step;
thinning a backside of the first wafer such that the airgap is opened, thereby forming a through wafer via or a deep via;
depositing a conductive material in the through wafer via or the deep via to create in the first wafer either a through wafer via filled with conductive material or a deep via filled with conductive material, respectively; and
contacting the backside of the first wafer through the through wafer via filled with conductive material or through the deep via filled with conductive material to an interconnect structure situated in a frontside of the second wafer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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4. The method according to claim I, further comprising the step of:
depositing at least one additional isolation layer within the via, wherein the isolation layer comprises a silicon-dioxide layer on top of either a silicon-nitride layer, a Cu barrier layer, or a ruthenium barrier layer.
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31. A three dimensional stacked semiconductor device, the device comprising:
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a first wafer comprising at least one active integrated circuit device and having at least one through wafer via filled with a conductive material, the through wafer via having a top, a bottom, and sidewalls situated in a wafer substrate;
a second wafer comprising at least one active integrated circuit device;
the active devices of the first wafer and the second wafer making contact with each other through the through wafer via. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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