Abstract:
In an approach to fabricating a silicon on insulator wafer, one or more semiconductor device elements are implanted and one or more shallow trench isolations are formed on a top surface of a first semiconductor wafer. A first dielectric material layer is deposited over the top surface of the first semiconductor wafer, filling the shallow trench isolations. A dielectric material layer on a bottom surface of a second semiconductor wafer is bonded to a dielectric material layer on the top of the first semiconductor wafer and one or more semiconductor devices are formed on a top surface of the second semiconductor wafer. Then, one or more through silicon vias are created connecting the one or more semiconductor devices on the top surface of the second semiconductor wafer and the one or more semiconductor device elements on the top surface of the first semiconductor wafer.
Abstract:
Methods for designing and fabricating a bipolar junction transistor. A predetermined size for a device region of the bipolar junction transistor is determined based on a given current gain. A trench isolation layout is determined for a plurality of trench isolation regions to be formed in a substrate to surround the device region. The trench isolation regions are laterally spaced relative to each other in the trench isolation layout in order to set the predetermined size of the device region. An interconnect layout is determined that specifies one or more contacts coupled with a terminal of the bipolar junction transistor. The specification of the one or more contacts in the interconnect layout is unchanged by the determination of the trench isolation layout.
Abstract:
Various particular embodiments include a method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) device including: forming at least one thermoelectric cooling device over an upper surface of a handle wafer based upon a known location of an elevated temperature region in the IC device; forming a first oxide layer over the handle wafer covering the thermoelectric cooling device; forming a second oxide layer over a donor silicon wafer to form a donor wafer; bonding the donor wafer to the handle wafer at the first oxide layer and the second oxide layer, such that the second oxide layer contacts the first oxide layer on the handle wafer; and forming at least one semiconductor device over the donor silicon wafer side of the donor wafer, wherein the at least one thermoelectric cooling device is located proximate the at least one semiconductor device.
Abstract:
Device structures and fabrication methods for a bipolar junction transistor. A layer is formed on a top surface of a substrate. A trench is formed in the layer and has a plurality of sidewalls with a width between an opposite pair of the sidewalls that varies with increasing distance from the top surface of the substrate. A collector pedestal of the bipolar junction transistor is formed in the trench.