A semiconductor device including a cell area including a first substrate, gate electrodes on the first substrate, a channel structure extending through the gate electrodes, cell contact plugs, a through contact plug, and first bonding pads, the first peripheral circuit area including second bonding pads on the first bonding pads; a second peripheral circuit area connected to the first peripheral circuit area; and a second substrate between the first peripheral circuit area and the second peripheral circuit area, the second substrate including a first surface in the first peripheral circuit area and a second surface in the second peripheral circuit area, wherein the second peripheral circuit area includes a device on the second surface, and a through electrode extending vertically through the second substrate and connected to the first peripheral circuit area.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, an insulation gate-type first transistor which is formed in the semiconductor layer, an insulation gate-type second transistor which is formed in the semiconductor layer, and a control wiring which is formed on the semiconductor layer such as to be electrically connected to the first transistor and the second transistor, and transmits control signals that control the first transistor and the second transistor to be in ON states in a normal operation and that control the first transistor to be in an OFF state and the second transistor to be in an ON state in an active clamp operation.

A semiconductor device includes a first cell on a first side of a substrate, wherein the first cell includes a first transistor. The semiconductor device further includes a second cell on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side, wherein the second cell includes a second transistor. The semiconductor device further includes a source/drain (S/D) via extending through the substrate, wherein the S/D via electrically connects a first S/D region of the first transistor to a second S/D region of the second transistor. The semiconductor device further includes a gate via extending through the substrate, wherein the gate via electrically connects a first gate of the first transistor to a second gate of the second transistor.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an integrated circuit die includes: a substrate; a head structure including a first device layer in a head side of the substrate, a first wiring layer on the first device layer, and a first passivation layer on the first wiring layer, and a tail structure including a second device layer in a tail side of the substrate opposite to the head side, a second wiring layer on the second device layer, and a second passivation layer on the second wiring layer, wherein the tail structure is horizontally symmetrical to the head structure at least partially in view of an integrated circuit layout perspective.

Semiconductor devices including backside capacitors and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first transistor structure; a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure, the front-side interconnect structure including a front-side conductive line; a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure including a backside conductive line, the backside conductive line having a line width greater than a line width of the front-side conductive line; and a first capacitor structure coupled to the backside interconnect structure.

A semiconductor device including a cell area including a first substrate, gate electrodes on the first substrate, a channel structure extending through the gate electrodes, cell contact plugs, a through contact plug, and first bonding pads, the first peripheral circuit area including second bonding pads on the first bonding pads; a second peripheral circuit area connected to the first peripheral circuit area; and a second substrate between the first peripheral circuit area and the second peripheral circuit area, the second substrate including a first surface in the first peripheral circuit area and a second surface in the second peripheral circuit area, wherein the second peripheral circuit area includes a device on the second surface, and a through electrode extending vertically through the second substrate and connected to the first peripheral circuit area.

A method includes doping a region through a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of doped structures within the semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the plurality of doped structures extends along a vertical direction and is in contact with the doped region; forming a plurality of transistors over the first surface, wherein each of the transistors comprises one or more source/drain structures electrically coupled to the doped region through a corresponding one of the doped structures; forming a plurality of interconnect structures over the first surface, wherein each of the interconnect structures is electrically coupled to at least one of the transistors; and testing electrical connections between the interconnect structures and the transistors based on detecting signals present on the doped region through a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the second surface opposite to the first surface.

A semiconductor structure includes at least a first chip, the first chip comprising a semiconductor substrate and an active layer formed on an upper surface of the substrate, one or more lateral metal-oxide semiconductor devices being formed in the active layer of the first chip. The semiconductor structure further includes at least a first integrated capacitor disposed on a back-side of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip. The first integrated capacitor includes a first conductive layer in electrical connection with the back-side of the substrate, an insulating layer formed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the insulating layer.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, an insulation gate-type first transistor which is formed in the semiconductor layer, an insulation gate-type second transistor which is formed in the semiconductor layer, and a control wiring which is formed on the semiconductor layer such as to be electrically connected to the first transistor and the second transistor, and transmits control signals that control the first transistor and the second transistor to be in ON states in a normal operation and that control the first transistor to be in an OFF state and the second transistor to be in an ON state in an active clamp operation.

A semiconductor structure includes at least a first chip, the first chip comprising a semiconductor substrate and an active layer formed on an upper surface of the substrate, one or more lateral metal-oxide semiconductor devices being formed in the active layer of the first chip. The semiconductor structure further includes at least a first integrated capacitor disposed on a back-side of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip. The first integrated capacitor includes a first conductive layer in electrical connection with the back-side of the substrate, an insulating layer formed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the insulating layer.