Carrier structure for etch-back silicon-on-insulator process

Abstract

Some implementations herein describe a carrier structure and techniques of forming a semiconductor device using the carrier structure. The carrier structure includes a core layer formed from a layer of a high bandgap material, a backside layer stack formed on a backside surface of the layer of the high bandgap material, and a frontside layer stack formed on a frontside surface of the layer of the high bandgap material. The backside layer stack includes a backside chucking layer (e.g., a layer of a polysilicon material) that intervenes between a backside diffusion barrier layer and a backside adhesion layer. The frontside layer stack includes a corresponding frontside diffusion barrier layer that interfaces directly with a corresponding frontside adhesion layer. A corresponding frontside chucking layer has been eliminated. By eliminating the frontside chucking layer, a likelihood of thermally-induced stresses and/or strains due to a coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between layers of the frontside layer stack and other layers of the semiconductor device, during formation of the semiconductor device, is reduced.