WO2007137049A2 - Double-sided integrated circuit chips - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of integrated circuits; more specifically, it relates to double-sided integrated circuit chips and methods of fabricating double sided integrated circuit chips.
- a first aspect of the present invention is a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, comprising: fabricating one or more first devices in a silicon-on-insulator first wafer, the first wafer comprising a first buried oxide layer between a first upper silicon layer and a first lower silicon layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on the first upper silicon layer; fabricating one or more second devices in a silicon-on-insulator second wafer, the second wafer comprising a second buried oxide layer between a second upper silicon layer and a second lower silicon layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on the second upper silicon layer; removing the first lower silicon layer from the first wafer to expose a surface of the first buried oxide layer and removing the second lower silicon layer from the second wafer to expose a surface of the second buried oxide layer; bonding the surface of the first buried oxide layer to the surface of the second buried oxide layer; forming electrically conductive first contacts to the second devices, the first contacts extending from a top surface of the second lowermost dielectric layer
- a second aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect further including: interconnecting the first devices with one or more first wiring levels formed over the first upper silicon layer, each wiring level of the first wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, the one or more first wiring levels including electrically conductive wires formed in the first lowermost dielectric layer.
- a third aspect of the present invention is a the second aspect further including: forming electrically conductive third contacts to one or more of the wires in the first lowermost dielectric layer, the third contacts extending from the top surface of the second lowermost dielectric layer through the second lowermost dielectric layer, through the first and second buried oxide layers and through the first upper silicon layer to one or more wires of the wires in the first lowermost dielectric layer, the third contacts electrically isolated from the first upper silicon layer.
- a fourth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, further including: before the removing the first lower silicon layer, attaching a first handle wafer to an uppermost dielectric layer of the first wafer furthest away from the first upper silicon layer; before the removing the second lower silicon layer, attaching a second handle wafer to the first lowermost dielectric layer; and after the bonding, removing the second handle wafer.
- a fifth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect, further including: after the removing the first and second lower silicon layers and before the bonding, aligning the first wafer to the second wafer.
- a sixth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect further including: dicing the bonded first and second wafers into one or more integrated circuit chips.
- a seventh aspect of the present invention is the first aspect, wherein the first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the second devices are P-channel field effect transistors.
- An eighth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, wherein the first upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a ⁇ 100> crystal orientation, the first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of the N- channel field effect transistors is along the [100] crystal direction of the first upper silicon layer and wherein the second upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a ⁇ 110> crystal orientation, the second devices are P-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of the P-channel field effect transistors is along the [110] crystal direction of the second upper silicon layer.
- a ninth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, wherein the first devices are N-channel field effect transistors, sources and drains thereof are in tension and the second devices are P-channel field effect transistors sources and drains thereof are in compression.
- a tenth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, wherein the first and second devices are field effect transistors, the first devices having a higher threshold voltage than the second devices or wherein the first and second devices are field effect transistors, the first devices having a thicker gate dielectric than the second devices.
- FIGs. IA through IJ are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a first modification to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIGs. 3A through 3C are cross-sectional drawings illustrating a second modification to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4A through 4E are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a modification to the second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6A is an orientation view
- FIGs. 6B through 6D are cross-section views illustrating alternative methods of contacting the gates of devices according to the various embodiments of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an optional alignment of two wafers during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of optional fabrication steps during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invetion.
- BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [0023] It should be understood that the integrated circuit chips of the embodiments of the present invention are advantageously formed on integrated circuit substrates called wafers and that multiple integrated circuits may be fabricated simultaneously on the same wafer and may be separated by a dicing process after fabrication is complete.
- FIGs. IA through IJ are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a first wafer IOOA is fabricated through pad level.
- Wafer IOOA includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate 105 A which includes a silicon substrate HOA, a buried oxide layer (BOX) 115 formed on the silicon substrate and a single-crystal silicon layer 120 formed on the BOX.
- SOI silicon-on-insulator
- BOX buried oxide layer
- FETs field effect transistors
- Also formed in silicon layer 120 are optional silicon regions 150.
- a gate dielectric (not shown) and, in one example, polysilicon gates 145 of FETs 130A.
- silicon regions 150 are highly doped N or P-type (between about IEl 9 atm/cm 3 and about 1E21 atm/cm 3 in order to reduce the resistance of the contact to less than about 0.5 micro-ohms.
- An optional metal suicide layer 152 may be formed on exposed silicon surfaces of source/drains 135, gates 145 and diffusion contacts 150 prior to formation of a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer 155.
- PMD pre-metal dielectric
- Metal suicides are formed by deposition of a metal layer on a silicon surface, heating the silicon surface high enough to cause the metal layer to react with the silicon, and then dissolving away any unreacted metal. At this point, the high temperature anneals or rapid thermal anneals (RTAs) required to complete fabrication of FETs 130A are completed.
- RTAs rapid thermal anneals
- contacts 160 are contacts 160.
- Contacts 160 are electrically conductive and electrically contact source/drains 135, gates 145 and silicon contact 150 or other active or passive elements on/in the silicon, such as bipolar junction transistors, thin film resistors, junction capacitors, gate polysilicon capacitors, and the like.
- PMD layer 155 and contacts 160 may be considered a pseudo wiring level, connecting the devices on the silicon to the first wiring level.
- contacts 160 are formed by a damascene process. Formed on PMD layer 155 is a first (inter-level dielectric) ILD 165 containing first wiring level conductive damascene wires 170 which may be in electrical contact with contacts 160.
- first ILD 165 Formed on first ILD 165 is a second ILD 180 including electrically conductive dual-damascene wires 180 in electrical contact with wires 170.
- second ILD 175 Formed on second ILD 175 is a third ILD 185 including electrically conductive dual-damascene I/O pads 190 in electrical contact with wires 180.
- wires 170, 180 and pads 190 may be single damascene wires or pads in combination with single damascene vias.
- a damascene process is one in which wire trenches or via openings are formed in a dielectric layer, an electrical conductor of sufficient thickness to fill the trenches is deposited on a top surface of the dielectric, and a chemical-mechanical-polish (CMP) process is performed to remove excess conductor and make the surface of the conductor co-planar with the surface of the dielectric layer to form damascene wires (or damascene vias).
- CMP chemical-mechanical-polish
- a dual-damascene process is one in which via openings are formed through the entire thickness of a dielectric layer followed by formation of trenches part of the way through the dielectric layer in any given cross-sectional view. All via openings are intersected by integral wire trenches above and by a wire trench below, but not all trenches need intersect a via opening.
- An electrical conductor of sufficient thickness to fill the trenches and via opening is deposited on a top surface of the dielectric and a CMP process is performed to make the surface of the conductor in the trench co- planar with the surface the dielectric layer to form dual-damascene wires and dual- damascene wires having integral dual-damascene vias.
- etchs used in single-damascene and dual damascene processes to form trenches may advantageously be reactive ion etches (RIEs).
- PMD layer 155 comprises boro-phospho-silicate glass
- contacts 160 comprise a bilayer of titanium/titanium nitride liner and a tungsten core.
- ILD 165, 175 and 185 comprise one or more of silicon dioxide or carbon-doped oxide optionally formed over a layer of silicon nitride, silicon carbo-nitride, or silicon carbo-oxynitride.
- wires 170 and 180 and I/O pads 190 comprise a tantalum/tantalum nitride liner and a copper core.
- first ILD 165, second ILD 175 and third 185 independently comprise silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon oxy nitride (SiON), silicon oxy carbide (SiOC), organosilicate glass (SiCOH), plasma-enhanced silicon nitride (PSiN x ) or NBLok (SiC(N 5 H)).
- first ILD 165, second ILD 175 and third ILD 185 independently comprise a low K (dielectric constant) material, examples of which include but are not limited to hydrogen silsesquioxane polymer (HSQ), methyl silsesquioxane polymer (MSQ), SiLK TM (polyphenylene oligomer) manufactured by Dow Chemical, Midland, TX, Black Diamond TM (methyl doped silica or SiO x (CHs ) y or SiC x O y H y or SiOCH ) manufactured by Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA, organosilicate glass (SiCOH), and porous SiCOH.
- a low K dielectric material has a relative permittivity of about 2.4 or less.
- a passivation layer 195 is formed on third ILD 185 and I/O pads
- the handle wafer is thick enough (e.g. 200-1000 microns) to support the silicon wafer during subsequent processing.
- bulk substrate HOA is removed by a grinding operation to substantially thin of the bulk substrate operation followed by a chemical etch in a strong base such as aqueous potassium hydroxide to remove the remaining bulk substrate.
- Wafer IOOB includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate 105B which includes a silicon substrate HOB, a buried oxide layer (BOX) 115 formed on the silicon substrate and a single- crystal silicon layer 120 formed on the BOX.
- SOI silicon-on-insulator
- BOX buried oxide layer
- Formed in silicon layer 120 is trench isolation 125 and source/drains 136 and channel regions 141 of field effect transistors (FETs) 130B.
- FETs field effect transistors
- Formed over channel regions 141 are a gate dielectric (not shown) and, in one example, polysilicon gates 146 of FETs 130B.
- optional metal suicide layer 152) may be formed on exposed silicon surfaces of source/drains 136 and gates 146 prior to formation of pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer 155. Formed on top of silicon layer 120 is PMD layer 155. At this point, the high temperature anneals required to complete fabrication of FETs 130B are completed. [0035] In FIG. IE, a handle wafer 200B attached to PMD layer 155 using an adhesive
- FIG. IF bulk substrate HOB (see FIG. IE) is removed to expose BOX 115.
- bulk substrate 11OB is removed by a grinding process to substantially thin of the bulk substrate operation followed by a chemical etch is a strong base such as aqueous potassium hydroxide to remove the remaining bulk substrate.
- BOX 115 of first wafer 11 OA is placed over BOX 115 of second wafer HOB and the first and second wafers are aligned to each other so that when interconnections between devices on wafer IOOA and devices on wafers HOB are fabricated as described infra, the interconnections and devices will all be in alignment.
- BOX 115 of first wafer IOOA is bonded to BOX 115 of second wafer 11OB by methods known in the art.
- alignment marks would need to be included on both wafers designed such that the wafers could be aligned as known in the art.
- handle wafer 200B (see FIG. IG) is removed as known in the art and electrically conductive first type contacts 205 are formed in PMD layer 155 of second wafer 10OB. Contacts 205 extend from the top surface of PMD layer 155 to the suicide (if present) of source/drains 135 and gates 146 (not shown). In one example, contacts 205 are formed by a single damascene process. In one example, contacts 205 comprise a tantalum/tantalum nitride liner and a tungsten core.
- electrically conductive second type contacts 210 are formed through PMD layer 155 of second wafer HOB, trench isolation 125 of second wafer HOB, BOX of 115 of second wafer HOB and BOX 115 of first wafer 11OA to source/drains 135 and silicon regions 150 in trench isolation 125 of first wafer 10OA. Contacts 210 may also be formed to channel regions 140.
- An optional backside metal suicide layer 212 may be formed on the exposed surfaces of silicon layer 120 (i.e. source/drains 135, channel regions 140 and silicon regions 150) to further reduce the resistance of the interconnection.
- the temperature of wafers IOOA and IOOB during the heating step of suicide formation is advantageously held to about 400 0 C or less.
- metal suicide layer 212 comprises nickel suicide.
- contacts 205 comprise a tantalum/tantalum nitride liner and a tungsten core.
- a third type contact 215 has been formed when a contact
- 210 is formed abutting (physically and electrically) a contact 205. This allows a silicon region of silicon layer 120 of second wafer 11OB to be connected to a silicon region of silicon layer 120 of first wafer in a most direct manner and with the shortest physical path possible.
- first, second, and third (205, 210, and 215) types of contacts could be metallized using damascene methods either separately or at the same time.
- First and second type contacts 205 and 210 may be fabricated independently in separate operations or simultaneously. When fabricated simultaneously, first and second type contacts may be formed by etching the respective trenches in situ using a single mask or fabricated using various combinations of photolithographic and hard masks and etches to define the trenches separately, followed by a single metal fill and CMP operation.
- first ILD 165 including electrically conductive first wiring level damascene wires 170 in electrical contact with contacts 160.
- second ILD 180 including electrically conductive dual-damascene wires 180 in electrical contact with wires 170.
- third ILD 185 including electrically conductive dual- damascene I/O pads 190 in electrical contact with wires 180.
- a passivation layer 195 is formed on third ILD 185 and I/O pads 190.
- wires 170, 180 and pads 190 of may be single damascene wires in combination with single damascene vias. This completes fabrication of a double wafer lOOC.
- wafers IOOA and HOB While each of wafers IOOA and HOB has been illustrated with a single contact levels, two wiring levels and a pad level, more or less contact and wiring levels may be fabricated and wafers IOOA and HOB may be fabricated with different numbers of contact and/or wiring levels.
- Handle wafer 200A may be detached from double wafer IOOC at this point in the fabrication process, after further fabrication steps, or after dicing of double wafer IOOC into individual integrated circuits.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a first modification to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the first modification to the first embodiment of the present invention adds contacts between structures in first wafer IOOA and first level wires 170 first ILD 165.
- FIG. 2 is similar to FIG. IJ, except that a fourth type contact 220 has been fabricated.
- Contact 220 extends through PMD layer 155 of second wafer HOB, trench isolation 125 of second wafer HOB, BOX of 115 of second wafer HOB, and BOX 115 of first wafer 11OA and trench isolation 125 of first wafer IOOA.
- Fourth type contacts 220 allows direct electrical connection between wires 170 of the first wiring level of second wafer HOB and contacts 160 of first wafer 11OA.
- contacts 220 are formed by a single damascene process.
- contacts 220 comprise a titanium/titanium nitride liner and a tungsten core.
- fourth type contacts 220 may be formed down to first wires 170 when no contact 160 is provided.
- First, second and fourth type contacts 205, 210 and 220 may be fabricated independently in separate operations or simultaneously. When fabricated simultaneously, first, second and fourth type contacts may be formed by etching the respective trenches in situ using a single mask or fabricated using various combinations of photolithographic and hard masks and etches to define the trenches separately, followed by a single metal fill and CMP operation.
- FIGs. 3A through 3C are cross-sectional drawings illustrating a second modification to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the second modification to the first embodiment of the present invention adds landing pads above BOX layer 115 of first wafer IOOA to reduce the critically of the alignment of wafers IOOA and IOOB to each other.
- FIG. 3 A is similar to FIG. 1C except that an inter- wafer dielectric layer 225 is formed over BOX 115 and dual-damascene landing pads 230 are formed in dielectric layer 225.
- Landing pads 230 extend from a top surface of dielectric layer 225, through dielectric layer 225 and BOX 115 to source/drain 135 and silicon regions 150. Landing pads 230 may also contact channel regions 140.
- a silicon oxide layer 235 is deposited on top of dielectric layer 225 and landing pads 230.
- optional backside metal suicide layer 212 may be formed on the exposed surfaces of silicon layer 120 (i.e. source/drains 135, channel regions 140 and silicon regions 150) to further reduce the resistance of the interconnection.
- FIG. 3B is similar to FIG. IG except silicon oxide layer 235 of first wafer
- IOOA is bonded to BOX 115 of second wafer HOB instead of BOX-to-BOX bonding. Fabrication continues in a manner similar to that described supra in reference to FIGs IH to IJ except that in FIG. 3C, the resulting double wafer IOOE includes dielectric layers 225 and 235 and landing pads 230 and contacts 205 and 210 are in direct physical and electrical contact with landing pads 230 rather than in direct physical contact with source/drains 135, channel regions 140 and silicon regions 150.
- Landing pads 230 can be fabricated from refractory metals (Ti/TiN/W) or copper (Ta/TanN/Cu) as described .
- FIGs. 4A through 4E are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- the second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the first embodiment of the present invention except that the first wafer does not include any wiring levels (i.e. does not include first ILD 165, second ILD 175 and corresponding wires 270 and 180 and pads 190. Therefore, in FIG. 4A, a wafer IOOF includes SOI substrate 105 A which includes a silicon bulk substrate HOA, BOX 115, single-crystal silicon layer 120, trench isolation 125, source/drains 135 and channel regions 140 of FETs 130A, optional silicon regions 150 gate dielectric (not shown) and gates 145 of FETs 130A.
- wafer IOOF may include electrically conductive contacts interconnecting source/drains 145, gates 145 and silicon regions 150.
- a passivation layer 240 is formed over PMD 155.
- passivation layer 240 comprises silicon nitride.
- handle wafer 200A is attached to passivation layer 240 and in
- FIG. 4C bulk silicon substrate HOA (see FIG. 4B) is removed as described supra to expose BOX 115.
- second wafer IOOB (described supra) is attached to first wafer 11OF bonding BOX 115 of first wafer IOOF to BOX 115 of wafer IOOB. Fabrication continues in a manner similar to that described supra in reference to FIGs IH to IJ resulting in double wafer IOOG of FIG. 4E.
- FIG. 5 a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a modification to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the modification to the second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the second modification to the first embodiment in that landing pads are added above BOX layer 115 of a first wafer IOOH (otherwise identical to wafer IOOF of FIG. 4E) to reduce the critically of the alignment of wafers IOOF and IOOB to each other.
- FIG. 5 is similar to FIG. 4E except that a dielectric layer 225 is formed over BOX 115 and dual-damascene landing pads 230 are formed in dielectric layer 225.
- Landing pads 230 extend from a top surface of dielectric layer 225, through dielectric layer 225 and BOX 115 to source/drain 135 and silicon regions 150. Landing pads 230 may also contact channel regions 140. A silicon oxide layer 235 is deposited on top of dielectric layer 225 and landing pads 230. Wafers IOOH is bonded to wafer 11OB by bonding BOX 115 of wafer IOOB to silicon oxide layer 235 of wafer IOOH.
- FIG. 6A is an orientation view and FIGs. 6B through 6D are cross-section views illustrating alternative methods of contacting the gates of devices according to the various embodiments of the present invention.
- gate 145 overlaps source/drains 135 in both the length and width directions.
- Channel region 140 has a channel length dimension of L and a channel width dimension of W.
- Source drains 135 and channel region 140 are surrounded by trench isolation (not shown).
- electrical connection to gate 145 in first wafer IOOA from second wafer IOOB is through contact 210, silicon region 150, a first contact 160, wire 170 and a second contact 160.
- electrical connection to gate 145 in first wafer IOOA from second wafer IOOB is through contact 210, silicon region 150, and an elongated contact 160.
- electrical connection to gate 145 in first wafer IOOA from second wafer IOOB is through contact 220 and an elongated contact 160.
- the use of two wafers allows devices (for example FETs) to be fabricated differently in each wafer in order to optimize certain device parameters, types, structures and fabrication processes in one wafer differently and without adversely effecting parameters, types, structures and fabrication processes in the second wafer.
- the thermal budget total time wafer is at a temperature greater than about 400 0 C during fabrication
- the thermal budget may be less than that of the second wafer. Examples, of fabrication and device combination possible include, but are not limited to those described in Table I.
- first wafer may be swapped with items listed under the second wafer for any option and that the first wafer may include one or more options and the second wafer may include one or more options, the number of options and the options themselves may be the same or different for the two wafers, provided the items selected for a particular wafer are not mutually exclusive. For example, ⁇ 100> and ⁇ 110> orientation are mutually exclusive.
- FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an optional alignment of two wafers during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention.
- the atoms, which make up the solid are spatially arranged in a periodic fashion called a lattice.
- a crystal lattice contains a volume, which is representative of the entire lattice and is regularly repeated throughout the crystal.
- the directions in a lattice are expressed as a set of three integers with the same relationship as the components of a vector in that direction.
- a body diagonal exists along the [111] direction with the [ ] brackets denoting a specific direction.
- Many directions in a crystal lattice are equivalent by a symmetry transformation, depending upon the arbitrary choice of orientation axes.
- the crystal directions in the cubic lattice [100], [010] and [001] are all crystallographically equivalent.
- a direction and all its equivalent directions are denoted by ⁇ > brackets.
- the designation of the ⁇ 100> direction includes the equivalent [100], [010] and [001] positive directions as well as the equivalent negative directions [-100], [0-10] and [00-1].
- Planes in a crystal may also be identified with a set of three integers. They are used to define a set of parallel planes and each set of integers enclosed in ( ) parentheses identifies a specific plane. For example the proper designation for a plane perpendicular to the [100] direction is (100). Thus, if either a direction or a plane of a cubic lattice is known, its perpendicular counterpart may be quickly determined without calculation.
- FETs FETs
- NFETs FETs
- the electron-mobility in the ⁇ 110 ⁇ plane is about half that in the ⁇ 100 ⁇ plane.
- the mobility of holes (inversion carriers) in the channels of P channel FETS (PFETs) is highest in the ⁇ 110 ⁇ plane and significantly lower in the ⁇ 100 ⁇ plane.
- the hole-mobility in the ⁇ 100 ⁇ plane is about less than half that in the ⁇ 110 ⁇ plane.
- wafer IOOA is aligned to wafer IOOB about a mutual axis CL through the center of each wafer; the [100] direction of wafer IOOA is aligned with the [110] direction of wafer HOB.
- PFETs 130B are formed in wafer IOOB so their channel length is along the [110] direction to maximize PFET inversion carrier mobility while NFETs in wafer IOOA are formed so their channel length is along the [100] direction to maximize NFET inversion carrier mobility.
- aligning the [100] direction of wafer IOOA with the [110] direction of wafer IOOB is optional, such alignment orientates the PFETs and NFETs in the same direction (the channel length direction) facilitating alignment of devices in the two wafers.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of optional fabrication steps during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention. Two optional fabrication steps are shown in FIG. 8.
- FET 130A of wafer IOOA is an NFET (source/drains 135 doped N-type, channel region 140 doped P-type) and FET 130B of wafer IOOB is a PFET (source/drains 136 doped P-type, channel region 141 doped N-type).
- a tensile layer 255 A is deposited over FET 130A and a compressive layer 255B is deposited over FET 130B.
- the respective tensile and compressive stresses induced in the silicon regions of FETs 130A and 130B by respective layers 255 A and 255B enhance the performance of FETs 130A and 130B.
- Suitable materials for layers 255A and 255B include but are not limited to silicon nitride, silicon carbide, hydrogenated silicon carbide, hydrogenated silicon carbon nitride, hydrogenated silicon oxycarbide, hydrogenated silicon oxy-carbon nitride and combinations thereof in a single layer and combinations of layers thereof.
- the amount of stress applied is between about 0.5 GPa and 4 GPa.
- Layers 255A and 255B may also serve as diffusion barrier layers.
- tensile and compressive stresses are introduced into respective FETs 130A and 130B by respective dielectric layers 2550A and 255B.
- Suitable dielectrics for imparting tensile or compressive stress to FET 's 130A and 130B include silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon carbonitride, and the like as known in the art.
- Tensile dielectrics are formed over NFETs and compressive dielectrics over PFETs as is known in the art.
- Metal suicide layers 260A and 260B may also be used to lower barrier heights and reduce the contact resistance to the source/drains of FETs.
- suitable suicides and their barrier heights include iridium suicide (0.22 eV), platinum suicide (0.26 eV) and palladium suicide (0.4 eV).
- suitable suicides and their barrier heights include hafnium suicide (0.50 eV), titanium suicide (0.60 eV), nickel suicide (0.65 eV) and cobalt suicide (0.65 eV).
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention.
- an SOI lower wafer (corresponding to wafer IOOA described supra) is fabricated through PMD.
- step 305 it is determined if the lower wafer is to be wired. If the lower wafer is to be wired, then in step 310, the lower wafer is completed through all the ILD levels otherwise the method proceeds to step 315.
- step 315 an optional passivation layer is deposited on the frontside of the lower wafer.
- step 320 optional landing pads are formed and a silicon oxide layer deposited.
- step 325 a lower handle wafer attached to the frontside of the lower wafer and in step 330 the silicon is removed from the backside of the lower wafer, exposing the BOX of the lower wafer.
- step 305 an optional passivation layer is deposited on the BOX. If the optional passivation layer is deposited on the BOX.
- step 335 an SOI upper wafer (corresponding to wafer IOOB described supra) is fabricated through PMD.
- step 340 an upper lower handle wafer attached to the frontside of the upper wafer and in step 345 the silicon is removed from the backside of the upper wafer, exposing the BOX of the upper wafer.
- step 350 the lower wafer is inverted and the BOX of the upper wafer is placed on the BOX (or the silicon oxide layer if landing pads are utilized) of the lower wafer, the wafers are aligned and then bonded together.
- step 355 the upper handle wafer is removed.
- step 360 contact openings are formed in the PMD of the upper wafer to the devices and FETs (source/drains gates) of the upper wafer.
- step 365 a metal suicide is optionally formed and the contact openings filled with an electrically conductive material.
- step 370 contact openings are formed through the PMD of the upper wafer and all intervening layers to source/drains of the devices and FETs and other silicon regions of the lower wafer.
- a metal suicide is optionally formed and the contact openings filled with an electrically conductive material.
- step 380 contact openings are formed through the PMD of the upper wafer and all intervening layers to the landing pads and/or contracts and/or first level wires of the lower wafer and the openings filled with an electrically conductive material.
- step 385 the upper wafer is fabricated though all ILD levels.
- the embodiments of the present invention provide integrated circuit chips and methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips wherein the fabrication process may be adjusted to enhance the performance of different types of devices in a cost effective manner.
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Abstract
A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon (110A and 110B) from two silicon-on- insulator wafers (110A and 100B), respectively, having devices (130A and 130B), respectively, fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers (115). Contacts (210) are then formed in the upper wafer (I00B) to devices (130A) in the lower wafer (100A) and wiring levels (170) are formed on the upper wafer (100B). The lower wafer (100A) may include wiring levels (170). The lower wafer (100A) may include landing pads (230) for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer (120) of the lower wafer (100A) may be silicided.
Description
DOUBLE-SIDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of integrated circuits; more specifically, it relates to double-sided integrated circuit chips and methods of fabricating double sided integrated circuit chips. BACKGROUND ART
[0002] To maximize the performance of integrated circuits the fabrication process is adjusted to enhance the performance of different devices and circuits in different regions of the integrated circuit chip. This can be difficult and costly to accomplish when; for example, thermal cycles that are required by one set of devices can adversely affect other devices on the same integrated circuit chip. Further, it is often difficult to center the fabrication process tightly around the device specifications for different types of device simultaneously. Therefore, there is a need for integrated circuit chips and methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips wherein the fabrication process may be adjusted to enhance the performance of different types of devices in a cost effective manner. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
[0003] A first aspect of the present invention is a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, comprising: fabricating one or more first devices in a
silicon-on-insulator first wafer, the first wafer comprising a first buried oxide layer between a first upper silicon layer and a first lower silicon layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on the first upper silicon layer; fabricating one or more second devices in a silicon-on-insulator second wafer, the second wafer comprising a second buried oxide layer between a second upper silicon layer and a second lower silicon layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on the second upper silicon layer; removing the first lower silicon layer from the first wafer to expose a surface of the first buried oxide layer and removing the second lower silicon layer from the second wafer to expose a surface of the second buried oxide layer; bonding the surface of the first buried oxide layer to the surface of the second buried oxide layer; forming electrically conductive first contacts to the second devices, the first contacts extending from a top surface of the second lowermost dielectric layer through the second lowermost dielectric layer to the first devices; forming electrically conductive second contacts to the first devices, the second contacts extending from the top surface of the second lowermost dielectric layer through the second lowermost dielectric layer, through the first and second buried oxide layers to those portions of the second devices formed in the second upper silicon layer; and forming one or more second wiring levels over the second lowermost dielectric layer, each wiring level of the second wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, one or more wires of a lowermost wiring level of the second wiring levels in physical and electrical contact with the first and second contacts. A second aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect further including: interconnecting the first devices with one or more first wiring levels formed over the first upper silicon layer, each wiring level of the first wiring levels comprising
electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, the one or more first wiring levels including electrically conductive wires formed in the first lowermost dielectric layer.
[0005] A third aspect of the present invention is a the second aspect further including: forming electrically conductive third contacts to one or more of the wires in the first lowermost dielectric layer, the third contacts extending from the top surface of the second lowermost dielectric layer through the second lowermost dielectric layer, through the first and second buried oxide layers and through the first upper silicon layer to one or more wires of the wires in the first lowermost dielectric layer, the third contacts electrically isolated from the first upper silicon layer.
[0006] A fourth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, further including: before the removing the first lower silicon layer, attaching a first handle wafer to an uppermost dielectric layer of the first wafer furthest away from the first upper silicon layer; before the removing the second lower silicon layer, attaching a second handle wafer to the first lowermost dielectric layer; and after the bonding, removing the second handle wafer.
[0007] A fifth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect, further including: after the removing the first and second lower silicon layers and before the bonding, aligning the first wafer to the second wafer.
[0008] A sixth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect further including: dicing the bonded first and second wafers into one or more integrated circuit chips.
[0009] A seventh aspect of the present invention is the first aspect, wherein the first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the second devices are P-channel field effect transistors.
[0010] An eighth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, wherein the first upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <100> crystal orientation, the first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of the N- channel field effect transistors is along the [100] crystal direction of the first upper silicon layer and wherein the second upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <110> crystal orientation, the second devices are P-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of the P-channel field effect transistors is along the [110] crystal direction of the second upper silicon layer.
[0011] A ninth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, wherein the first devices are N-channel field effect transistors, sources and drains thereof are in tension and the second devices are P-channel field effect transistors sources and drains thereof are in compression.
[0012] A tenth aspect of the present invention is a the first aspect, wherein the first and second devices are field effect transistors, the first devices having a higher threshold voltage than the second devices or wherein the first and second devices are field effect transistors, the first devices having a thicker gate dielectric than the second devices.
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[0013] The features of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, will be best understood by reference to the following
detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: [0014] FIGs. IA through IJ are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [0015] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a first modification to the first embodiment of the present invention; [0016] FIGs. 3A through 3C are cross-sectional drawings illustrating a second modification to the first embodiment of the present invention; [0017] FIGs. 4A through 4E are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a second embodiment of the present invention; [0018] FIG. 5 a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a modification to the second embodiment of the present invention; [0019] FIG. 6A is an orientation view and FIGs. 6B through 6D are cross-section views illustrating alternative methods of contacting the gates of devices according to the various embodiments of the present invention; [0020] FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an optional alignment of two wafers during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention; [0021] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of optional fabrication steps during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention; and [0022] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invetion. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
[0023] It should be understood that the integrated circuit chips of the embodiments of the present invention are advantageously formed on integrated circuit substrates called wafers and that multiple integrated circuits may be fabricated simultaneously on the same wafer and may be separated by a dicing process after fabrication is complete.
[0024] FIGs. IA through IJ are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. IA, a first wafer IOOA is fabricated through pad level. Wafer IOOA includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate 105 A which includes a silicon substrate HOA, a buried oxide layer (BOX) 115 formed on the silicon substrate and a single-crystal silicon layer 120 formed on the BOX. Formed in silicon layer 120 is trench isolation 125 and source/drains 135 and channel regions 140 of field effect transistors (FETs) 130A. Also formed in silicon layer 120 are optional silicon regions 150. Formed over channel regions 140 are a gate dielectric (not shown) and, in one example, polysilicon gates 145 of FETs 130A. In one example, silicon regions 150 are highly doped N or P-type (between about IEl 9 atm/cm3 and about 1E21 atm/cm3 in order to reduce the resistance of the contact to less than about 0.5 micro-ohms. An optional metal suicide layer 152 may be formed on exposed silicon surfaces of source/drains 135, gates 145 and diffusion contacts 150 prior to formation of a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer 155. Metal suicides are formed by deposition of a metal layer on a silicon surface, heating the silicon surface high enough to cause the metal layer to react with the silicon, and then dissolving away any unreacted metal. At this point, the high temperature anneals or rapid thermal anneals (RTAs) required to complete fabrication of FETs 130A are completed.
[0025] Formed on top of silicon layer 120 is PMD layer 155. Formed in PMD layer
155 are contacts 160. Contacts 160 are electrically conductive and electrically contact source/drains 135, gates 145 and silicon contact 150 or other active or passive elements on/in the silicon, such as bipolar junction transistors, thin film resistors, junction capacitors, gate polysilicon capacitors, and the like. PMD layer 155 and contacts 160 may be considered a pseudo wiring level, connecting the devices on the silicon to the first wiring level. In one example, contacts 160 are formed by a damascene process. Formed on PMD layer 155 is a first (inter-level dielectric) ILD 165 containing first wiring level conductive damascene wires 170 which may be in electrical contact with contacts 160. Formed on first ILD 165 is a second ILD 180 including electrically conductive dual-damascene wires 180 in electrical contact with wires 170. Formed on second ILD 175 is a third ILD 185 including electrically conductive dual-damascene I/O pads 190 in electrical contact with wires 180. Alternatively, wires 170, 180 and pads 190 may be single damascene wires or pads in combination with single damascene vias.
[0026] A damascene process is one in which wire trenches or via openings are formed in a dielectric layer, an electrical conductor of sufficient thickness to fill the trenches is deposited on a top surface of the dielectric, and a chemical-mechanical-polish (CMP) process is performed to remove excess conductor and make the surface of the conductor co-planar with the surface of the dielectric layer to form damascene wires (or damascene vias). When only a trench and a wire (or a via opening and a via) is formed the process is called single-damascene.
[0027] A dual-damascene process is one in which via openings are formed through the entire thickness of a dielectric layer followed by formation of trenches part of the
way through the dielectric layer in any given cross-sectional view. All via openings are intersected by integral wire trenches above and by a wire trench below, but not all trenches need intersect a via opening. An electrical conductor of sufficient thickness to fill the trenches and via opening is deposited on a top surface of the dielectric and a CMP process is performed to make the surface of the conductor in the trench co- planar with the surface the dielectric layer to form dual-damascene wires and dual- damascene wires having integral dual-damascene vias.
[0028] The etchs used in single-damascene and dual damascene processes to form trenches may advantageously be reactive ion etches (RIEs).
[0029] In one example, PMD layer 155 comprises boro-phospho-silicate glass
(BPSG). In one example, contacts 160 comprise a bilayer of titanium/titanium nitride liner and a tungsten core. In one example, ILD 165, 175 and 185 comprise one or more of silicon dioxide or carbon-doped oxide optionally formed over a layer of silicon nitride, silicon carbo-nitride, or silicon carbo-oxynitride. In one example, wires 170 and 180 and I/O pads 190 comprise a tantalum/tantalum nitride liner and a copper core.
[0030] In one example, first ILD 165, second ILD 175 and third 185 independently comprise silicon dioxide (SiO2), silicon nitride (Si3N4), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon oxy nitride (SiON), silicon oxy carbide (SiOC), organosilicate glass (SiCOH), plasma-enhanced silicon nitride (PSiNx) or NBLok (SiC(N5H)).
[0031] In one example, first ILD 165, second ILD 175 and third ILD 185 independently comprise a low K (dielectric constant) material, examples of which include but are not limited to hydrogen silsesquioxane polymer (HSQ), methyl silsesquioxane polymer (MSQ), SiLK ™ (polyphenylene oligomer) manufactured by
Dow Chemical, Midland, TX, Black Diamond ™ (methyl doped silica or SiOx(CHs )y or SiCxOyHy or SiOCH ) manufactured by Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA, organosilicate glass (SiCOH), and porous SiCOH. In one example, a low K dielectric material has a relative permittivity of about 2.4 or less.
[0032] In FIG. IB, a passivation layer 195 is formed on third ILD 185 and I/O pads
190 and a handle wafer 200A attached to passivation layer 195 using an adhesive (not shown) or by other methods known in the art. The handle wafer is thick enough (e.g. 200-1000 microns) to support the silicon wafer during subsequent processing.
[0033] In FIG. 1C, bulk substrate HOA (see FIG. IB) is removed to expose BOX
115. In one example, bulk substrate HOA is removed by a grinding operation to substantially thin of the bulk substrate operation followed by a chemical etch in a strong base such as aqueous potassium hydroxide to remove the remaining bulk substrate.
[0034] In FIG. ID, a second wafer IOOB is fabricated through PMD. Wafer IOOB includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate 105B which includes a silicon substrate HOB, a buried oxide layer (BOX) 115 formed on the silicon substrate and a single- crystal silicon layer 120 formed on the BOX. Formed in silicon layer 120 is trench isolation 125 and source/drains 136 and channel regions 141 of field effect transistors (FETs) 130B. Formed over channel regions 141 are a gate dielectric (not shown) and, in one example, polysilicon gates 146 of FETs 130B. Again, optional metal suicide layer 152) may be formed on exposed silicon surfaces of source/drains 136 and gates 146 prior to formation of pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer 155. Formed on top of silicon layer 120 is PMD layer 155. At this point, the high temperature anneals required to complete fabrication of FETs 130B are completed.
[0035] In FIG. IE, a handle wafer 200B attached to PMD layer 155 using an adhesive
(not shown) or by other methods known in the art.
[0036] In FIG. IF, bulk substrate HOB (see FIG. IE) is removed to expose BOX 115.
In one example, bulk substrate 11OB is removed by a grinding process to substantially thin of the bulk substrate operation followed by a chemical etch is a strong base such as aqueous potassium hydroxide to remove the remaining bulk substrate.
[0037] In FIG. 1 G, BOX 115 of first wafer 11 OA is placed over BOX 115 of second wafer HOB and the first and second wafers are aligned to each other so that when interconnections between devices on wafer IOOA and devices on wafers HOB are fabricated as described infra, the interconnections and devices will all be in alignment. After alignment, BOX 115 of first wafer IOOA is bonded to BOX 115 of second wafer 11OB by methods known in the art. To achieve good alignment between wafers, e.g. 0.1 - 10 micron overlay registration, alignment marks would need to be included on both wafers designed such that the wafers could be aligned as known in the art.
[0038] In FIG. IH, handle wafer 200B (see FIG. IG) is removed as known in the art and electrically conductive first type contacts 205 are formed in PMD layer 155 of second wafer 10OB. Contacts 205 extend from the top surface of PMD layer 155 to the suicide (if present) of source/drains 135 and gates 146 (not shown). In one example, contacts 205 are formed by a single damascene process. In one example, contacts 205 comprise a tantalum/tantalum nitride liner and a tungsten core.
[0039] In FIG. II, electrically conductive second type contacts 210 are formed through PMD layer 155 of second wafer HOB, trench isolation 125 of second wafer HOB, BOX of 115 of second wafer HOB and BOX 115 of first wafer 11OA to
source/drains 135 and silicon regions 150 in trench isolation 125 of first wafer 10OA. Contacts 210 may also be formed to channel regions 140. An optional backside metal suicide layer 212 may be formed on the exposed surfaces of silicon layer 120 (i.e. source/drains 135, channel regions 140 and silicon regions 150) to further reduce the resistance of the interconnection. However, the temperature of wafers IOOA and IOOB during the heating step of suicide formation is advantageously held to about 400 0C or less. In one example metal suicide layer 212 comprises nickel suicide. In one example, contacts 205 comprise a tantalum/tantalum nitride liner and a tungsten core.
[0040] Further, in FIG. II, a third type contact 215 has been formed when a contact
210 is formed abutting (physically and electrically) a contact 205. This allows a silicon region of silicon layer 120 of second wafer 11OB to be connected to a silicon region of silicon layer 120 of first wafer in a most direct manner and with the shortest physical path possible.
[0041] Note that the first, second, and third (205, 210, and 215) types of contacts could be metallized using damascene methods either separately or at the same time. First and second type contacts 205 and 210 may be fabricated independently in separate operations or simultaneously. When fabricated simultaneously, first and second type contacts may be formed by etching the respective trenches in situ using a single mask or fabricated using various combinations of photolithographic and hard masks and etches to define the trenches separately, followed by a single metal fill and CMP operation.
[0042] In FIG. IJ, formed on PMD layer 155 of second wafer IOOA is first ILD 165 including electrically conductive first wiring level damascene wires 170 in electrical contact with contacts 160. Formed on first ILD 165 is second ILD 180 including
electrically conductive dual-damascene wires 180 in electrical contact with wires 170. Formed on second ILD 175 is third ILD 185 including electrically conductive dual- damascene I/O pads 190 in electrical contact with wires 180. A passivation layer 195 is formed on third ILD 185 and I/O pads 190. Alternatively, wires 170, 180 and pads 190 of may be single damascene wires in combination with single damascene vias. This completes fabrication of a double wafer lOOC.
[0043] While each of wafers IOOA and HOB has been illustrated with a single contact levels, two wiring levels and a pad level, more or less contact and wiring levels may be fabricated and wafers IOOA and HOB may be fabricated with different numbers of contact and/or wiring levels. Handle wafer 200A may be detached from double wafer IOOC at this point in the fabrication process, after further fabrication steps, or after dicing of double wafer IOOC into individual integrated circuits.
[0044] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a first modification to the first embodiment of the present invention. The first modification to the first embodiment of the present invention adds contacts between structures in first wafer IOOA and first level wires 170 first ILD 165. FIG. 2 is similar to FIG. IJ, except that a fourth type contact 220 has been fabricated. Contact 220 extends through PMD layer 155 of second wafer HOB, trench isolation 125 of second wafer HOB, BOX of 115 of second wafer HOB, and BOX 115 of first wafer 11OA and trench isolation 125 of first wafer IOOA. Fourth type contacts 220 allows direct electrical connection between wires 170 of the first wiring level of second wafer HOB and contacts 160 of first wafer 11OA. In one example, contacts 220 are formed by a single damascene process. In one example, contacts 220 comprise a titanium/titanium nitride liner and a tungsten
core. Alternatively, fourth type contacts 220 may be formed down to first wires 170 when no contact 160 is provided.
[0045] First, second and fourth type contacts 205, 210 and 220 may be fabricated independently in separate operations or simultaneously. When fabricated simultaneously, first, second and fourth type contacts may be formed by etching the respective trenches in situ using a single mask or fabricated using various combinations of photolithographic and hard masks and etches to define the trenches separately, followed by a single metal fill and CMP operation.
[0046] FIGs. 3A through 3C are cross-sectional drawings illustrating a second modification to the first embodiment of the present invention. The second modification to the first embodiment of the present invention adds landing pads above BOX layer 115 of first wafer IOOA to reduce the critically of the alignment of wafers IOOA and IOOB to each other. FIG. 3 A is similar to FIG. 1C except that an inter- wafer dielectric layer 225 is formed over BOX 115 and dual-damascene landing pads 230 are formed in dielectric layer 225. Landing pads 230 extend from a top surface of dielectric layer 225, through dielectric layer 225 and BOX 115 to source/drain 135 and silicon regions 150. Landing pads 230 may also contact channel regions 140. A silicon oxide layer 235 is deposited on top of dielectric layer 225 and landing pads 230. Again, optional backside metal suicide layer 212 may be formed on the exposed surfaces of silicon layer 120 (i.e. source/drains 135, channel regions 140 and silicon regions 150) to further reduce the resistance of the interconnection.
[0047] FIG. 3B is similar to FIG. IG except silicon oxide layer 235 of first wafer
IOOA is bonded to BOX 115 of second wafer HOB instead of BOX-to-BOX bonding. Fabrication continues in a manner similar to that described supra in reference to FIGs
IH to IJ except that in FIG. 3C, the resulting double wafer IOOE includes dielectric layers 225 and 235 and landing pads 230 and contacts 205 and 210 are in direct physical and electrical contact with landing pads 230 rather than in direct physical contact with source/drains 135, channel regions 140 and silicon regions 150. Landing pads 230 can be fabricated from refractory metals (Ti/TiN/W) or copper (Ta/TanN/Cu) as described .
[0048] FIGs. 4A through 4E are cross-sectional drawings illustrating fabrication of an integrated circuit chip according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the first embodiment of the present invention except that the first wafer does not include any wiring levels (i.e. does not include first ILD 165, second ILD 175 and corresponding wires 270 and 180 and pads 190. Therefore, in FIG. 4A, a wafer IOOF includes SOI substrate 105 A which includes a silicon bulk substrate HOA, BOX 115, single-crystal silicon layer 120, trench isolation 125, source/drains 135 and channel regions 140 of FETs 130A, optional silicon regions 150 gate dielectric (not shown) and gates 145 of FETs 130A. While not illustrated in FIG 4A, wafer IOOF may include electrically conductive contacts interconnecting source/drains 145, gates 145 and silicon regions 150. A passivation layer 240 is formed over PMD 155. In one example, passivation layer 240 comprises silicon nitride.
[0049] In FIG. 4B, handle wafer 200A is attached to passivation layer 240 and in
FIG. 4C, bulk silicon substrate HOA (see FIG. 4B) is removed as described supra to expose BOX 115. In FIG. 4D, second wafer IOOB (described supra) is attached to first wafer 11OF bonding BOX 115 of first wafer IOOF to BOX 115 of wafer IOOB.
Fabrication continues in a manner similar to that described supra in reference to FIGs IH to IJ resulting in double wafer IOOG of FIG. 4E.
[0050] FIG. 5 a cross-sectional drawing illustrating a modification to the second embodiment of the present invention. The modification to the second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the second modification to the first embodiment in that landing pads are added above BOX layer 115 of a first wafer IOOH (otherwise identical to wafer IOOF of FIG. 4E) to reduce the critically of the alignment of wafers IOOF and IOOB to each other. FIG. 5 is similar to FIG. 4E except that a dielectric layer 225 is formed over BOX 115 and dual-damascene landing pads 230 are formed in dielectric layer 225. Landing pads 230 extend from a top surface of dielectric layer 225, through dielectric layer 225 and BOX 115 to source/drain 135 and silicon regions 150. Landing pads 230 may also contact channel regions 140. A silicon oxide layer 235 is deposited on top of dielectric layer 225 and landing pads 230. Wafers IOOH is bonded to wafer 11OB by bonding BOX 115 of wafer IOOB to silicon oxide layer 235 of wafer IOOH.
[0051] FIG. 6A is an orientation view and FIGs. 6B through 6D are cross-section views illustrating alternative methods of contacting the gates of devices according to the various embodiments of the present invention. In FIG. 6A, gate 145 overlaps source/drains 135 in both the length and width directions. Channel region 140 has a channel length dimension of L and a channel width dimension of W. Source drains 135 and channel region 140 are surrounded by trench isolation (not shown).
[0052] In FIG. 6B, electrical connection to gate 145 in first wafer IOOA from second wafer IOOB is through contact 210, silicon region 150, a first contact 160, wire 170 and a second contact 160. In FIG. 6C, electrical connection to gate 145 in first wafer
IOOA from second wafer IOOB is through contact 210, silicon region 150, and an elongated contact 160. In FIG. 6D, electrical connection to gate 145 in first wafer IOOA from second wafer IOOB is through contact 220 and an elongated contact 160. The use of two wafers (for example HOA and IOOB) allows devices (for example FETs) to be fabricated differently in each wafer in order to optimize certain device parameters, types, structures and fabrication processes in one wafer differently and without adversely effecting parameters, types, structures and fabrication processes in the second wafer. For example, the thermal budget (total time wafer is at a temperature greater than about 400 0C during fabrication) of the first wafer may be less than that of the second wafer. Examples, of fabrication and device combination possible include, but are not limited to those described in Table I.
TABLE I
[0054] It should be understood that items listed under the first wafer may be swapped with items listed under the second wafer for any option and that the first wafer may include one or more options and the second wafer may include one or more options, the number of options and the options themselves may be the same or different for the two wafers, provided the items selected for a particular wafer are not mutually exclusive. For example, <100> and <110> orientation are mutually exclusive.
[0055] FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an optional alignment of two wafers during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention. In crystalline solids, the atoms, which make up the solid, are spatially arranged in a periodic fashion called a lattice. A crystal lattice contains a volume, which is representative of the entire lattice and is regularly repeated throughout the crystal. In describing crystalline semiconductor materials in the present disclosure, the following conventions are used.
[0056] The directions in a lattice are expressed as a set of three integers with the same relationship as the components of a vector in that direction. For example, in cubic lattices, such as silicon, that has a diamond crystal lattice, a body diagonal exists along the [111] direction with the [ ] brackets denoting a specific direction. Many directions in a crystal lattice are equivalent by a symmetry transformation, depending upon the arbitrary choice of orientation axes. For example, the crystal directions in the cubic lattice [100], [010] and [001] are all crystallographically equivalent. A direction and all its equivalent directions are denoted by < > brackets. Thus, the designation of the <100> direction includes the equivalent [100], [010] and [001] positive directions as well as the equivalent negative directions [-100], [0-10] and [00-1].
[0057] Planes in a crystal may also be identified with a set of three integers. They are used to define a set of parallel planes and each set of integers enclosed in ( ) parentheses identifies a specific plane. For example the proper designation for a plane perpendicular to the [100] direction is (100). Thus, if either a direction or a plane of a cubic lattice is known, its perpendicular counterpart may be quickly determined without calculation. Many planes in a crystal lattice are equivalent by a symmetry transformation, depending upon the arbitrary choice of orientation axes. For example, the (100), (010) and (001) planes are all crystallographically equivalent. A plane and all its equivalent planes are denoted by { } parentheses. Thus, the designation of the {100} plane includes the equivalent (100), (010) and (001) positive planes as well as the equivalent planes (-100), (0-10) and (00-1).
[0058] The mobility of the electrons (inversion carriers) in the channels of N-channel
FETs (NFETs) is nearly at its highest in the {100} plane and significantly lower in the {110} plane. The electron-mobility in the {110} plane is about half that in the {100} plane. The mobility of holes (inversion carriers) in the channels of P channel FETS (PFETs) is highest in the {110} plane and significantly lower in the {100} plane. The hole-mobility in the {100} plane is about less than half that in the {110} plane.
[0059] In FIG. 7, after wafer-to-wafer bonding, wafer IOOA is aligned to wafer IOOB about a mutual axis CL through the center of each wafer; the [100] direction of wafer IOOA is aligned with the [110] direction of wafer HOB. PFETs 130B are formed in wafer IOOB so their channel length is along the [110] direction to maximize PFET inversion carrier mobility while NFETs in wafer IOOA are formed so their channel length is along the [100] direction to maximize NFET inversion carrier mobility. While aligning the [100] direction of wafer IOOA with the [110] direction of wafer
IOOB is optional, such alignment orientates the PFETs and NFETs in the same direction (the channel length direction) facilitating alignment of devices in the two wafers.
[0060] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of optional fabrication steps during fabrication of integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention. Two optional fabrication steps are shown in FIG. 8. In a first option, FET 130A of wafer IOOA is an NFET (source/drains 135 doped N-type, channel region 140 doped P-type) and FET 130B of wafer IOOB is a PFET (source/drains 136 doped P-type, channel region 141 doped N-type). A tensile layer 255 A is deposited over FET 130A and a compressive layer 255B is deposited over FET 130B. The respective tensile and compressive stresses induced in the silicon regions of FETs 130A and 130B by respective layers 255 A and 255B enhance the performance of FETs 130A and 130B. Suitable materials for layers 255A and 255B include but are not limited to silicon nitride, silicon carbide, hydrogenated silicon carbide, hydrogenated silicon carbon nitride, hydrogenated silicon oxycarbide, hydrogenated silicon oxy-carbon nitride and combinations thereof in a single layer and combinations of layers thereof. In one example the amount of stress applied (either tensile or compressive) is between about 0.5 GPa and 4 GPa. Layers 255A and 255B may also serve as diffusion barrier layers.
[0061] In a second option, tensile and compressive stresses are introduced into respective FETs 130A and 130B by respective dielectric layers 2550A and 255B. Suitable dielectrics for imparting tensile or compressive stress to FET 's 130A and 130B include silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon carbonitride, and the like as
known in the art. Tensile dielectrics are formed over NFETs and compressive dielectrics over PFETs as is known in the art.
[0062] Metal suicide layers 260A and 260B may also be used to lower barrier heights and reduce the contact resistance to the source/drains of FETs. For FET 130A, suitable suicides and their barrier heights include iridium suicide (0.22 eV), platinum suicide (0.26 eV) and palladium suicide (0.4 eV). For FET 130B, suitable suicides and their barrier heights include hafnium suicide (0.50 eV), titanium suicide (0.60 eV), nickel suicide (0.65 eV) and cobalt suicide (0.65 eV).
[0063] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips according to the embodiments of the present invention. In step 300 an SOI lower wafer (corresponding to wafer IOOA described supra) is fabricated through PMD. In step 305 it is determined if the lower wafer is to be wired. If the lower wafer is to be wired, then in step 310, the lower wafer is completed through all the ILD levels otherwise the method proceeds to step 315. In step 315 an optional passivation layer is deposited on the frontside of the lower wafer. In step 320 optional landing pads are formed and a silicon oxide layer deposited. In step 325, a lower handle wafer attached to the frontside of the lower wafer and in step 330 the silicon is removed from the backside of the lower wafer, exposing the BOX of the lower wafer. In step 305, an optional passivation layer is deposited on the BOX. If the optional passivation layer is deposited on the BOX.
[0064] In step 335, an SOI upper wafer (corresponding to wafer IOOB described supra) is fabricated through PMD. In step 340, an upper lower handle wafer attached to the frontside of the upper wafer and in step 345 the silicon is removed from the backside of the upper wafer, exposing the BOX of the upper wafer. In step 350, the
lower wafer is inverted and the BOX of the upper wafer is placed on the BOX (or the silicon oxide layer if landing pads are utilized) of the lower wafer, the wafers are aligned and then bonded together. In step 355, the upper handle wafer is removed.
[0065] In step 360, contact openings are formed in the PMD of the upper wafer to the devices and FETs (source/drains gates) of the upper wafer. In step 365, a metal suicide is optionally formed and the contact openings filled with an electrically conductive material. In step 370, contact openings are formed through the PMD of the upper wafer and all intervening layers to source/drains of the devices and FETs and other silicon regions of the lower wafer. In step 375, a metal suicide is optionally formed and the contact openings filled with an electrically conductive material. In step 380, contact openings are formed through the PMD of the upper wafer and all intervening layers to the landing pads and/or contracts and/or first level wires of the lower wafer and the openings filled with an electrically conductive material. In step 385, the upper wafer is fabricated though all ILD levels.
[0066] Thus, the embodiments of the present invention provide integrated circuit chips and methods of fabricating integrated circuit chips wherein the fabrication process may be adjusted to enhance the performance of different types of devices in a cost effective manner.
[0067] The description of the embodiments of the present invention is given above for the understanding of the present invention. It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various modifications, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, it is intended that the following claims cover all such modifications and changes as fall
within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
Claims
1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, comprising: fabricating one or more first devices in a silicon-on-insulator first wafer, said first wafer comprising a first buried oxide layer between a first upper silicon layer and a first lower silicon layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first upper silicon layer; fabricating one or more second devices in a silicon-on-insulator second wafer, said second wafer comprising a second buried oxide layer between a second upper silicon layer and a second lower silicon layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second upper silicon layer; removing said first lower silicon layer from said first wafer to expose a surface of said first buried oxide layer and removing said second lower silicon layer from said second wafer to expose a surface of said second buried oxide layer; bonding said surface of said first buried oxide layer to said surface of said second buried oxide layer; forming electrically conductive first contacts to said second devices, said first contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; forming electrically conductive second contacts to said first devices, said second contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said first and second buried oxide layers to those portions of said second devices formed in said second upper silicon layer; and forming one or more second wiring levels over said second lowermost dielectric layer, each wiring level of said second wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, one or more wires of a lowermost wiring level of said second wiring levels in physical and electrical contact with said first and second contacts.
2. The method of claim 1, further including: interconnecting said first devices with one or more first wiring levels formed over said first upper silicon layer, each wiring level of said first wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, said one or more first wiring levels including electrically conductive wires formed in said first lowermost dielectric layer.
3. The method of claim 2, further including: forming electrically conductive third contacts to one or more of said wires in said first lowermost dielectric layer, said third contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said first and second buried oxide layers and through said first upper silicon layer to one or more wires of said wires in said first lowermost dielectric layer, said third contacts electrically isolated from said first upper silicon layer.
4. The method of claim 1, further including: before said removing said first lower silicon layer, attaching a first handle wafer to an uppermost dielectric layer of said first wafer furthest away from said first upper silicon layer; before said removing said second lower silicon layer, attaching a second handle wafer to said first lowermost dielectric layer; and after said bonding, removing said second handle wafer.
5. The method of claim 1, further including: after said removing said first and second lower silicon layers and before said bonding, aligning said first wafer to said second wafer.
6. The method of claim 1, further including: dicing said bonded first and second wafers into one or more integrated circuit chips.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said first upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <100> crystal orientation, said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said N-channel field effect transistors is along the [100] crystal direction of said first upper silicon layer and wherein said second upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <110> crystal orientation, said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said P-channel field effect transistors is along the [110] crystal direction of said second upper silicon layer.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors, sources and drains thereof are in tension and said second devices are P- channel field effect transistors sources and drains thereof are in compression.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a higher threshold voltage than said second devices or wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a thicker gate dielectric than said second devices.
11. A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, comprising: fabricating one or more first devices in a silicon-on-insulator first wafer, said first wafer comprising a first buried oxide layer between a first upper silicon layer and a first lower silicon layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first upper silicon layer; fabricating one or more second devices in a silicon-on-insulator second wafer, said second wafer comprising a second buried oxide layer between a second upper silicon layer and a second lower silicon layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second upper silicon layer; removing said first lower silicon layer from said first wafer to expose a surface of said first buried oxide layer and removing said second lower silicon layer from said second wafer to expose a surface of said second buried oxide layer; forming an inter- wafer dielectric layer on top of said first buried oxide layer, forming an electrically conductive landing pad in said inter-wafer dielectric layer, said landing pad extending from a top surface of said inter- wafer dielectric layer, through said first buried oxide layer to those portions of said first devices formed in said first upper silicon layer; forming a silicon oxide bonding layer on top of said inter-wafer dielectric layer; bonding a top surface of said bonding layer to said surface of said second buried oxide layer; forming electrically conductive first contacts to said second devices, said first contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; forming electrically conductive second contacts to said landing pads, said second contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said second buried oxide layer to said landing pads; and forming one or more second wiring levels over said second lowermost dielectric layer, each wiring level of said second wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, one or more wires of a lowermost wiring level of said second wiring levels in physical and electrical contact with said first and second contacts.
12. The method of claim 11, further including: interconnecting said first devices with one or more first wiring levels formed over said first upper silicon layer, each wiring level of said first wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, said one or more first wiring levels including electrically conductive wires formed in said first lowermost dielectric layer.
13. The method of claim 12, further including: before said removing said first lower silicon layer, attaching a first handle wafer to an uppermost dielectric layer of said first wafer furthest away from said first upper silicon layer; before said removing said second lower silicon layer, attaching a second handle wafer to said first lowermost dielectric layer; and after said bonding, removing said second handle wafer.
14. The method of claim 11, further including: after said removing said first and second lower silicon layers and before said bonding, aligning said first wafer to said second wafer.
15. The method of claim 11, further including: dicing said bonded first and second wafers into one or more integrated circuit chips.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein said first upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <100> crystal orientation, said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said N-channel field effect transistors is along the [100] crystal direction of said first upper silicon layer and wherein said second upper silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <110> crystal orientation, said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said P-channel field effect transistors is along the [110] crystal direction of said second upper silicon layer.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors, sources and drains thereof are in tension and said second devices are P- channel field effect transistors sources and drains thereof are in compression.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a higher threshold voltage than said second devices or wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a thicker gate dielectric than said second devices.
20. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: fabricating one or more first devices in a silicon-on-insulator first wafer, said first wafer comprising a first buried oxide layer between a first upper silicon layer and a first lower silicon layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first upper silicon layer; fabricating one or more second devices in a silicon-on-insulator second wafer, said second wafer comprising a second buried oxide layer between a second upper silicon layer and a second lower silicon layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second upper silicon layer; removing said first lower silicon layer from said first wafer to expose a surface of said first buried oxide layer and removing said second lower silicon layer from said second wafer to expose a surface of said second buried oxide layer; bonding said surface of said first buried oxide layer to said surface of said second buried oxide layer; forming first contact openings to said second devices and filling said first contact openings with electrically conductive material to form first contacts to said second devices, said first contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; forming second contact openings to those regions of said first devices formed in said first upper silicon layer, said second contact openings extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer and said first and second buried dielectric layers to said first devices; and forming a metal suicide layer on surfaces of said first upper silicon layer exposed in bottoms of said second contact openings and filling said second contact openings with electrically conductive material to form second electrically conductive contacts.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein said forming a metal suicide includes: forming a metal layer on said surfaces of said first upper silicon layer exposed in said bottoms of said second contact openings; heating said metal layer to 400 0C or less; and removing all of said metal layer remaining after said heating.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein said metal layer comprises nickel.
23. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: fabricating one or more first devices in a silicon-on-insulator first wafer, said first wafer comprising a first buried oxide layer between a first upper silicon layer and a first lower silicon layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first upper silicon layer; fabricating one or more second devices in a silicon-on-insulator second wafer, said second wafer comprising a second buried oxide layer between a second upper silicon layer and a second lower silicon layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second upper silicon layer; removing said first lower silicon layer from said first wafer to expose a surface of said first buried oxide layer and removing said second lower silicon layer from said second wafer to expose a surface of said second buried oxide layer; forming an inter- wafer dielectric layer on top of said first buried oxide layer, forming an landing pad opening in said inter-wafer dielectric layer, said landing pad opening extending from a top surface of said inter- wafer dielectric layer, through said first buried oxide layer to those portions of said first devices formed in said first upper silicon layer; forming a metal suicide layer on surfaces of said first upper silicon layer exposed in bottoms of said second landing pad openings and filling said landing pad openings with electrically conductive material to form electrically conductive landing pads; forming a silicon oxide bonding layer on top of said inter-wafer dielectric layer; bonding a top surface of said bonding layer to said surface of said second buried oxide layer; forming first contact openings to said second devices and filling said first contact openings with an electrically conductive material to form first contacts to said second devices, said first contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; and forming electrically conductive second contacts to said landing pads, said second contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said second buried oxide layer said landing pads.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein said forming a metal suicide includes: forming a metal layer on said surfaces of said first upper silicon layer exposed in said bottoms of said second contact openings; heating said metal layer to 400 0C or less; and removing all of said metal layer remaining after said heating.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein said metal layer comprises nickel.
26. A semiconductor structure, comprising: one or more first devices of a first substrate, said first substrate comprising a first oxide layer, a first silicon layer on said first oxide layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first silicon layer; one or more second devices of a second substrate, said second substrate comprising a second oxide layer, a second silicon layer on said second oxide layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second silicon layer; a top surface of said first oxide layer bonded to a top surface of said second oxide layer; electrically conductive first contacts to said second devices, said first contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; electrically conductive second contacts to said first devices, said second contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said first and second oxide layers to those portions of said second devices formed in said second silicon layer; and one or more second wiring levels over said second lowermost dielectric layer, each wiring level of said second wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, one or more wires of a lowermost wiring level of said second wiring levels in physical and electrical contact with said first and second contacts.
27. The structure of claim 26, further including: one or more first wiring levels over said first silicon layer and interconnecting said first devices, each wiring level of said first wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, said one or more first wiring levels including electrically conductive wires formed in said first lowermost dielectric layer.
28. The structure of claim 27, further including: electrically conductive third contacts, said third contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said first and second oxide layers and through said first silicon layer to one or more wires of said wires in said first lowermost dielectric layer, said third contacts electrically isolated from said first silicon layer.
29. The structure of claim 26, further including: a handle substrate attached to an uppermost dielectric layer of said first substrate furthest away from said first silicon layer.
30. The structure of claim 26, further including: said first and second devices aligned to each other.
31. The structure of claim 26, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors.
32. The structure of claim 26, wherein said first silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <100> crystal orientation, said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said N-channel field effect transistors is along the [100] crystal direction of said first upper silicon layer and wherein said second silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <110> crystal orientation, said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said P-channel field effect transistors is along the [110] crystal direction of said second upper silicon layer.
33. The structure of claim 26, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors, sources and drains thereof are in tension and said second devices are P- channel field effect transistors sources and drains thereof are in compression.
34. The structure of claim 26, wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a higher threshold voltage than said second devices or wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a thicker gate dielectric than said second devices.
35. A semiconductor structure, comprising: one or more first devices of a first substrate, said first substrate comprising a first oxide layer, a first silicon layer on said first oxide layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first silicon layer; one or more second devices of a second substrate, said second substrate comprising a second oxide layer, a second silicon layer on said second oxide layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second silicon layer; an inter-substrate dielectric layer on top of said first oxide layer, electrically conductive landing pads in said inter-substrate dielectric layer, said landing pads extending from a top surface of said inter-substrate dielectric layer, through said first oxide layer to those portions of said first devices formed in said first silicon layer; a silicon oxide bonding layer on top of said inter-substrate dielectric layer, a top surface of said bonding layer bonded to a top surface of said second oxide layer; electrically conductive first contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; electrically conductive second contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer, through said second oxide layer, through said bonding layer to said landing pads; and one or more second wiring levels over said second lowermost dielectric layer, each wiring level of said second wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, one or more wires of a lowermost wiring level of said second wiring levels in physical and electrical contact with said first and second contacts.
36. The structure of claim 35, further including: one or more first wiring levels formed over said first silicon layer interconnecting said first devices, each wiring level of said first wiring levels comprising electrically conductive wires in a corresponding dielectric layer, said one or more first wiring levels including electrically conductive wires formed in said first lowermost dielectric layer.
37. The structure of claim 35, further including: a handle substrate attached to an uppermost dielectric layer of said first substrate furthest away from said first silicon layer.
38. The structure of claim 35, further including: said first substrate aligned to said second substrate.
39. The structure of claim 35, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors.
40. The structure of claim 35, wherein said first silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <100> crystal orientation, said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said N-channel field effect transistors is along the [100] crystal direction of said first upper silicon layer and wherein said second silicon layer is a single crystal silicon layer having a <110> crystal orientation, said second devices are P-channel field effect transistors and the channel length of said P-channel field effect transistors is along the [110] crystal direction of said second upper silicon layer.
41. The structure of claim 35, wherein said first devices are N-channel field effect transistors, sources and drains thereof are in tension and said second devices are P- channel field effect transistors sources and drains thereof are in compression.
42. The structure of claim 35, wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a higher threshold voltage than said second devices or wherein said first and second devices are field effect transistors, said first devices having a thicker gate dielectric than said second devices.
43. A semiconductor device, comprising: one or more first devices of a first substrate, said first substrate comprising a first oxide layer, a first silicon layer on said first oxide layer and a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first silicon layer; one or more second devices of a second substrate, said second substrate comprising a second buried oxide, a second silicon layer on said second oxide layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second silicon layer; a top surface of said first oxide layer bonded to a top surface of said second oxide layer; extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said first devices; and second electrically conductive contacts to metal suicide layers on surfaces of regions of said first silicon layer forming portions of said first devices, said second contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer and said first and second buried dielectric layers to said metal suicide layers.
44. The structure of claim 43, wherein said metal suicide layers comprise nickel suicide.
45. A semiconductor device, comprising: one or more first devices of a first substrate, said first substrate comprising a first buried oxide, a first silicon layer on said first oxide layer a first lowermost dielectric layer on said first silicon layer; one or more second devices of a second substrate, said second substrate comprising a second buried oxide, a second silicon layer on said second oxide layer and a second lowermost dielectric layer on said second silicon layer; an inter-substrate dielectric layer on top of said first oxide layer, an electrically conductive landing pad extending from a top surface of said inter-substrate dielectric layer, through said first oxide layer to metal suicide layers on those portions of said first devices formed in said first silicon layer; a silicon oxide bonding layer on top of said inter-substrate dielectric layer, a top surface of said silicon oxide layer bonded to a top surface of said bonding layer to said surface of said second oxide layer; electrically conductive first contacts extending from a top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second lowermost dielectric layer to said second devices; and electrically conductive second contacts to said landing pads, said second contacts extending from said top surface of said second lowermost dielectric layer through said second oxide layer, through said bonding layer to said landing pads.
46. The structure of claim 45, wherein said metal suicide layer comprises nickel suicide.
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