In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a device that includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A first semiconductor device is disposed on a frontside of the SOI substrate. An interconnect structure is arranged over the frontside of the SOI substrate and coupled to the first semiconductor device. A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is arranged within the frontside of the SOI substrate and surrounds the first semiconductor device. First and second deep trench isolation (DTI) structures extend from the STI structure to an insulator layer of the SOI substrate. Portions of the first and second DTI structures are spaced apart from one another by an active layer of the SOI substrate. A backside through substrate via (BTSV) extends completely through the SOI substrate from a backside to the frontside of the SOI substrate. The BTSV is arranged directly between the first and second DTI structures.

Provided are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a carrier substrate, a trap-rich layer, a dielectric layer, an interconnect structure, a device structure layer and a circuit structure. The trap-rich layer is disposed on the carrier substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the trap-rich layer. The interconnect structure is disposed on the dielectric layer. The device structure layer is disposed on the interconnect structure and electrically connected to the interconnect structure. The circuit structure is disposed on the device structure layer and electrically connected to the device structure layer.

A manufacturing method of a chip-attached substrate includes preparing a stacked substrate including multiple chips, a first substrate to which the multiple chips are temporarily bonded, and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with the multiple chips therebetween; and separating the multiple chips bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate from the first substrate to bond the multiple chips to one surface of a third substrate including a device layer.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of fabricating IC devices using layer transfer and resulting IC devices, assemblies, and systems. An example method includes fabricating a device layer over a semiconductor support structure, the device layer comprising a plurality of frontend devices; attaching the semiconductor support structure with the device layer to a carrier substrate so that the device layer is closer to the carrier substrate than the semiconductor support structure; removing at least a portion of the semiconductor support structure to expose the device layer; and bonding a support structure of a non-semiconductor material having a dielectric constant that is smaller than a dielectric constant of silicon (e.g., a glass wafer) to the exposed frontend layer. The carrier substrate may then be removed.

A system and method for performing is laser induced forward transfer (LIFT) of 2D materials is disclosed. The method includes generating a receiver substrate, generating a donor substrate, wherein the donor substrate comprises a back surface and a front surface, applying a coating to the front surface, wherein the coating includes donor material, aligning the front surface of the donor substrate to be parallel to and facing the receiver substrate, wherein the donor material is disposed adjacent to the target layer, and irradiating the coating through the back surface of the donor substrate with one or more laser pulses produced by a laser to transfer a portion of the donor material to the target layer. The donor material may include Bi.sub.2S.sub.3-xS.sub.x, MoS.sub.2, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) or graphene. The method may be used to create touch sensors and other electronic components.

A cost effective process flow for manufacturing semiconductor on insulator structures is parallel is provided. Each of the multiple semiconductor-on-insulator composite structures prepared in parallel comprises a charge trapping layer (CTL).

Provided is a method of manufacturing a nanorod. The method comprising comprises the steps of: providing a growth substrate and a support substrate; epitaxially growing a nanomaterial layer onto one surface of the growth substrate; forming a sacrificial layer on one surface of the support substrate; bonding the nanomaterial layer with the sacrificial layer; separating the growth substrate from the nanomaterial layer; flattening the nanomaterial layer; forming a nanorod by etching the nanomaterial layer; and separating the nanorod by removing the sacrificial layer.

An apparatus and method enabling a reduction in a resistance of a conductive path electrically connecting an upper substrate and a lower substrate. The apparatus includes a first semiconductor layer with element formation regions disposed adjacent to one another via element isolation regions, each of the element formation regions having a first active element, contact regions on an element isolation region side of a front layer portion of the element formation regions, conductive pads connected to the contact regions and extending across the element isolation region, a first insulating layer, a second semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer and having a second active element, a second insulating layer covering the second semiconductor layer, and conductive plugs extending from the second insulating layer to the conductive pad, the conductive plugs including a material identical to a material of the conductive pad and formed integrally with the conductive pad.

A semiconductor structure includes a ceramic substrate, a first bonding layer, a second bonding layer, a cavity, and a semiconductor layer. The ceramic substrate includes holes on its surface. The first bonding layer is disposed on the surface of the ceramic substrate, and the second bonding layer is bonded to the first bonding layer. The cavity is disposed above the hole and enclosed by the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. The semiconductor layer extends over the cavity and is disposed along the surface of the second bonding layer.

A method for producing a 3D semiconductor device including: providing a first level, the first level including a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits in and/or on the first level, where the control circuits include first single crystal transistors and at least two interconnection metal layers; forming at least one second level disposed above the control circuits; performing a first etch step into the second level; forming at least one third level disposed on top of the second level; performing additional processing steps to form first memory cells within the second level and second memory cells within the third level, where each of the first memory cells include at least one second transistor, where each of the second memory cells include at least one third transistor, performing bonding of the first level to the second level, where the bonding includes oxide to oxide bonding.