A method for producing an electric device with a multi-layer contact is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a carrier, the carrier having a metallic layer disposed on its surface, providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a layer stack on the semiconductor substrate and attaching the layer stack of the semiconductor substrate to the metallic layer of the carrier so that an intermetallic phase is formed between the metallic layer and the solder layer.

An electronic device includes: a semiconductor body; a front metallization region; a top buffer region, arranged between the front metallization region and the semiconductor body; and a conductive wire, electrically connected to the front metallization region. The top buffer region is at least partially sintered.

Methods for forming an integrated device using CMOS processing with wafer bonding. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes defining an integrated circuit function using a front-end substrate having one or more active devices and a back-end substrate having connections formed in metal layers in dielectric material, wherein the back-end substrate is free from active devices; manufacturing the front-end substrate in a first semiconductor process; more or less simultaneously, manufacturing the back-end substrate in a second semiconductor process; physically contacting bonding surfaces of the front-end substrate and the back-end substrate; and performing wafer bonding to form bonds between the front-end and back-end substrates to form an integrated circuit. Additional methods are disclosed.

The invention relates to a power semiconductor chip (10) having at least one upper-sided potential surface and contacting thick wires (50) or strips, comprising a connecting layer (I) on the potential surfaces, and at least one metal molded body (24, 25) on the connecting layer(s), the lower flat side thereof facing the potential surface being provided with a coating to be applied to the connecting layer (I) according to a connection method, and the material composition thereof and the thickness of the related thick wires (50) or strips arranged on the upper side of the molded body used according to the method for contacting are selected corresponding to the magnitude.

An electronic device with a multi-layer contact and a system is disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first electrode terminal located on a first surface and a second surface electrode terminal located on a second surface, the first surface being opposite to the second surface, an electrical contact layer disposed directly on the first electrode terminal, a functional layer directly disposed on the electrical contact layer, an adhesion layer directly disposed on the functional layer, a solder layer directly disposed on the adhesion layer; and a protection layer directly disposed on the solder layer, wherein the semiconductor device is a power semiconductor device configured to provide a vertical current flow.

An electric device with a multi-layer contact is disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic device includes a carrier, a semiconductor substrate attached to the carrier, and a layer system disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the carrier. The layer system includes an electrical contact layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate. A functional layer is disposed on the electrical contact layer. An adhesion layer is disposed on the functional layer. A solder layer is disposed between the adhesion layer and the carrier.