Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Wei-Ting Yeh

Yu-Yun Peng

Zheng-Yong Liang

Keng-Chu Lin

Shih-Cheng Chen

Hsu-Kai Chang

Fu-Ting Yen

Chen-Hao Wu

Han-De Chen

Kenichi Sano

De-Yang Chiou

Huang-Lin Chao

Kuei-Lin Chan

Yi-Rui Chen

Zheng Yong Liang

Chia-Yun Cheng

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: forming a first bonding layer on a device substrate formed with a semiconductor device so as to cover the semiconductor device, wherein the first bonding layer includes a first metal oxide material in an amorphous state; forming a second bonding layer on a carrier substrate, wherein the second bonding layer includes a second metal oxide material in an amorphous state; conducting a surface modification process on the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer; bonding the device substrate and the carrier substrate to each other through the first and second bonding layers; and annealing the first and second bonding layers so as to convert the first and second metal oxide materials from the amorphous state to a crystalline state.

Wafer bonding method and semiconductor structure obtained by the same

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: forming a first bonding layer on a device substrate, the first bonding layer including a first bonding sub-layer and a second bonding sub-layer, the first bonding sub-layer including a first metal oxide material in an amorphous state and a plurality of metal nanoparticles, the second bonding sub-layer including a second metal oxide material in an amorphous state; forming a second bonding layer on a carrier substrate, the second bonding layer including a third metal oxide material in an amorphous state; conducting a surface modification process on the first and second bonding layers; bonding the device and carrier substrates to each other through the first and second bonding layers; and annealing the first and second bonding layers to convert the first, second, and third metal oxide materials from the amorphous state to a crystalline state.

Metal nanoparticles in an amorphous bonding layer between a device substrate and carrier substrate

A semiconductor device with isolation structures and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes forming a fin structure on a substrate forming a superlattice structure with first and second nanostructured layers on the fin structure, forming a source/drain (S/D) opening in the superlattice structure, forming an isolation opening in the fin structure and below the S/D opening, forming a first isolation layer in the isolation opening, selectively forming an oxide layer on sidewalls of the S/D opening, selectively forming an inhibitor layer on the oxide layer, selectively depositing a second isolation layer on the first isolation layer, and forming S/D regions in the S/D opening on the second isolation layer.

Isolation structures in semiconductor devices

The present disclosure describes a method to form a bonded semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a first bonding layer on a first wafer, forming a debonding structure on a second wafer, forming a second bonding layer on the debonding structure, bonding the first and second wafers with the first and second bonding layers, and debonding the second wafer from the first wafer via the debonding structure. The debonding structure includes a first barrier layer, a second barrier layer, and a water-containing dielectric layer between the first and second barrier layers.

Debonding structures for wafer bonding

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Wei-Ting Yeh