Power distribution fabrics and methods of forming the same include forming a first layer of parallel conductive lines, having a first width. At least one additional layer of conductive lines is formed over the first layer of conductive lines, with the conductive lines of each successive layer in the at least one additional layer having a different orientation and a different width relative to the conductive lines of the preceding layer.

A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. In an embodiment, an exemplary semiconductor structure includes a gate structure disposed over a channel region of an active region, a drain feature disposed over a drain region of the active region; a source feature disposed over a source region of the active region, a backside source contact disposed under the source feature, an isolation feature disposed on and in contact with the source feature, a drain contact disposed over and electrically coupled to the drain feature, and a gate contact via disposed over and electrically coupled to the gate structure. A distance between the gate contact via and the drain contact is greater than a distance between the gate contact via and the isolation feature. The exemplary semiconductor structure would have a reduced parasitic capacitance and an enlarged leakage window.

A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A semiconductor structure includes a first nitride-containing layer on a side of a carrier substrate, first semiconductor devices thermally coupled to the first nitride-containing layer, a first interconnect structure physically and electrically coupled to first sides of the first semiconductor devices, and a first metal-containing dielectric layer bonding the first nitride-containing layer to the first interconnect structure. A thermal conductivity of the first nitride-containing layer is greater than a thermal conductivity of the first metal-containing dielectric layer.

An integrated circuit (IC) assembly method is provided. The method includes fabricating a first wafer including a first device with a back end of line (BEOL) and first terminals of first and second types at the BEOL and fabricating a second wafer including a second device for back side power delivery network (BSPDN) processing, second terminals of the first type, first vias and second vias. The first and second wafers are bonded at the BEOL to connect the second terminals of the first type to a subset of the first terminals of the first type, the first vias to remaining first terminals of the first type, and the second vias to the first terminals of the second type. A BSPDN is built onto a backside of the second wafer to include first and second BSPDN terminals connected to the first and second vias, respectively.

Embodiments of present invention provide a semiconductor structure. The structure includes a device die including a device layer; a back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure on a frontside of the device layer and a frontside substrate attached to the BEOL structure; and a backside power distribution network (BSPDN) structure on a backside of the device layer and a backside substrate attached to the BSPDN structure; and a device package including a base element and a lid element, wherein the device die is attached to the base element of the device package through multiple C4 bumps at the frontside substrate and is attached to the lid element of the device package at the backside substrate. A method of forming the same is also provided.

A method of making a semiconductor device may include providing a large semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects with a first encapsulant disposed over four side surfaces of the large semiconductor die, over the active surface of the large semiconductor die, and around the conductive interconnects. A first build-up interconnect structure may be formed over the large semiconductor die and over the first encapsulant. Vertical conductive interconnects may be formed over the first build-up interconnect structure and around an embedded device mount site. An embedded device comprising through silicon vias (TSVs) may be disposed over the embedded device mount site. A second encapsulant may be disposed over the build-up structure, and around at least five sides of the embedded device. A second build-up structure may be formed disposed over the planar surface and configured to be electrically coupled to the TSVs of the embedded device and the vertical conductive interconnects.

An example integrated circuit includes a plurality of cells positioned in a plurality of rows extending in a first horizontal direction. The plurality of cells include a first cell disposed in a first row. The first cell comprises a first active pattern extending in the first horizontal direction and a first backside pattern overlapping the first active pattern in a vertical direction and extending in the first horizontal direction in a first backside wiring layer below the first active pattern. The first backside pattern is removed from a first inspection region that overlaps the first active pattern and extends in a second horizontal direction.

Techniques are provided herein to form an integrated circuit having stacked semiconductor devices with their source or drain regions coupled together via matching backside connections. In an example, FET (field effect transistor) devices may be formed on two different substrates and bonded together at their backsides such that backside contacts beneath each device substantially align at or near the bonding interface. The substrate beneath both the first FET and the second FET is removed, and backside contacts are formed beneath the source or drain regions of the first and second FETs. A bonding layer may also be formed on the backside of either the first FET or the second FET. The second FET is then flipped upside down and bonded to the backside of the first FET, such that the backside contacts from the first and second FET's are substantially aligned and are conductively coupled through the bonding layer.

Methods of forming an integrated circuit devices may include providing first and second active regions, an isolation layer, and first and second sacrificial stack structures. The first and second sacrificial stack structures may contact the first and second active regions, and the first and second sacrificial stack structures may each include a channel layer and a sacrificial layer. The methods may also include forming an etch stop layer on the isolation layer, replacing portions of the first and second sacrificial stack structures with first and second source/drain regions, forming a front contact including a front contact plug, forming a back-side insulator, and forming a back contact plug in the isolation layer and the back-side insulator. At least one of a portion of the front contact plug and a portion of the back contact plug may be in the etch stop layer.

Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices within a standard unit cell having topside metal tracks that are offset from backside metal tracks. Stacked transistors are provided such that a source or drain region of one device is located vertically over the source or drain region of the other device. Both frontside and backside contacts may be formed to contact either top or bottom surfaces of the corresponding source or drain regions. Topside metal tracks are used to provide signal and power to various transistor elements of the top semiconductor device while backside metal tracks are used to provide signal and power to various transistor elements of the bottom semiconductor device. The topside tracks are offset from the backside tracks such that one topside track is aligned along one boundary of a standard unit cell and one backside track is aligned along the opposite standard unit cell boundary.