A structure includes a substrate having a frontside and a backside. A first electrode is in a first insulator layer and is adjacent to the frontside of the substrate. The first electrode is part of a redistribution layer (RDL). A second electrode is between the substrate and the first electrode. A dielectric-filled trench in the substrate is under the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric-filled trench may extend fully to the backside of the substrate. The structure provides a galvanic isolation that exhibits less parasitic capacitance to the substrate from the lower electrode.

A microelectronic device including an isolation device. The isolation device includes a lower isolation element, an upper isolation element, and an inorganic dielectric plateau between the lower isolation element and the upper isolation element. The inorganic dielectric plateau contains an upper etch stop layer and a lower etch stop layer between the upper isolation element and the lower isolation element. The upper etch stop layer provides an end point signal during the plateau etch process which provides feedback on the amount of inorganic dielectric plateau which has been etched. The lower etch stop layer provides a traditional etch stop function to provide for a complete plateau etch and protection of an underlying metal bond pad. The inorganic dielectric plateau also contains alternating layers of high stress and low stress silicon dioxide, which provide a means of reinforcement of the inorganic dielectric plateau.

A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface facing opposite to the front surface; a filling material extending from the front surface into the semiconductor substrate without penetrating through the semiconductor substrate, the filling material including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being in contact with the semiconductor substrate; and an epitaxial layer lined between the lower portion of the filling material and the semiconductor substrate. An associated manufacturing method is also disclosed.

A semiconductor device structure and a formation method are provided. The method includes forming a sacrificial base layer over a substrate and forming a semiconductor stack over the sacrificial base layer. The semiconductor stack has multiple sacrificial layers and multiple semiconductor layers laid out alternately. The method also includes forming a gate stack to partially cover the sacrificial base layer, the semiconductor layers, and the sacrificial layers. The method further includes removing the sacrificial base layer to form a recess between the substrate and the semiconductor stack. In addition, the method includes forming a metal-containing dielectric structure to partially or completely fill the recess. The metal-containing dielectric structure has multiple sub-layers.

In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device a fin structure is formed in which first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers are alternately stacked over a substrate. A sacrificial gate structure is formed over the fin structure. A source/drain region of the fin structure that is not covered by the sacrificial gate structure is etched to form a source/drain space. An isolation region is formed at a bottom portion of the source/drain space. A source/drain epitaxial layer is formed over the isolation region in the source/drain space, and a void region in the isolation region is produced between the source/drain epitaxial layer and the substrate to cause electrical isolation between the source/drain region and the substrate.

A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells configured to store a data bit; a first interconnect structure operatively configured as a bit line and coupled to each of the plurality of memory cells; and a second interconnect structure operatively configured to carry a supply voltage and coupled to each of the plurality of memory cells. The data bit stored by a first one of the plurality of memory cells presents a first logic state when the first memory cell includes a first channel structure, with a first end and a second end of the first channel structure connected to a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure, respectively, and wherein the first epitaxial structure is overlaid by a dielectric structure and the second epitaxial structure is overlaid by a first contact structure.

A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a high resistance impedance layer between a gate and a first metal structure in a vertical direction, wherein the first metal structure comprises at least one equipotential first metal and at least one non-equipotential first metal, wherein the equipotential first metal and the high resistance impedance layer have the same potential, the non-equipotential first metal and high resistance impedance layer have not the same potential, and the non-equipotential first metal and the high resistance impedance layer do not overlap in the vertical direction, and a minimum distance, between an edge of the high resistance impedance layer and an edge of the non-equipotential first metal in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, is larger than a size of a random defect.

A semiconductor device includes a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) and a second MTJ on a substrate, a passivation layer on the first MTJ and the second MTJ, and an ultra low-k (ULK) dielectric layer on the passivation layer. Preferably, a top surface of the passivation layer between the first MTJ and the second MTJ is lower than a top surface of the passivation layer directly on top of the first MTJ.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor processing including epitaxial growth of a semiconductor material, and more particularly for some examples, to semiconductor processing integration for a bipolar junction transistor (BJT). In an example, a device includes a semiconductor substrate, a pedestal dielectric stack over the substrate, and a BJT on the substrate. The pedestal dielectric stack includes nitrogen at an interface between first and second sub-layers of the pedestal dielectric stack. An opening is through the pedestal dielectric stack to the substrate. The opening is defined at least in part by a retrograde sidewall, which is retrograde into the pedestal dielectric stack from distal from the substrate to proximate the substrate. At least a first portion of the BJT is on an upper surface of the substrate and in the opening through the pedestal dielectric stack. At least a second portion of the BJT is over the pedestal dielectric stack.