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Polysilicon interconnections (FEOL): Fabrication and characterization

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In this article, the authors present a vias-first process to realize vertical interconnects that is fully FEOL compatible, where the vias are filled by doped polysilicon and wafers with such pre-fabricated vias can be used as the starting wafer for any CMOS device processing.
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Three dimensional silicon integration technologies are gaining considerable attention as the traditional CMOS scaling becoming more challenging and less beneficial. The advanced packaging solutions based on thin silicon carrier are being developed to interconnect integrated circuits and other devices at high densities. A key enabling technology element of the silicon carrier is Through Silicon Via (TSV), which can provide vertical interconnects in stacked ICs. In this paper, we present vias-first process to realize vertical interconnects that is fully FEOL compatible. The vias are filled by doped polysilicon and wafers with such pre-fabricated vias can be used as the starting wafers for any CMOS device processing. The process details and their characterization are elaborated along with the physical and electrical analysis of such vias.

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3-D Integration and Through-Silicon Vias in MEMS and Microsensors

TL;DR: The 3-D integration is also an enabling technology for hetero-integration of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)/microsensors with different technologies, such as CMOS and optoelectronics as discussed by the authors.
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Microsystems using three-dimensional integration and TSV technologies: Fundamentals and applications

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Power Distribution in TSV-Based 3-D Processor-Memory Stacks

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Semiconductor structure having a through substrate via (TSV) and method for forming

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Fabrication and electrical characterization of high aspect ratio poly-silicon filled through-silicon vias

TL;DR: In this paper, the fabrication and electrical characterization of poly-Si filled through-silicon vias, which were etched in a 180 µm thin silicon device wafer, were bonded to a handle wafer by plasma activated oxide-tosilicon bonding.
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Fabrication and characterization of robust through-silicon vias for silicon-carrier applications

TL;DR: The evolution in both TSV design and process flow that has led to TSV technology which produces vias with resistances on the order of 10-20 mΩ and yields on the orders of 99.99% at wafer level in a research laboratory environment is discussed.
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3D-LSI technology for image sensor

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the process and structure of the chip size package (CSP), developed on the basis of current and advanced 3D-LSI technologies, to be used in CMOS image sensors.
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Via First Technology Development Based on High Aspect Ratio Trenches Filled with Doped Polysilicon

TL;DR: In this paper, a new via-first technology for TSV which is compatible with CMOS high temperature steps is presented, which is based on filling high aspect ratio trenches with doped polysilicon and thinning the silicon after active device bonding onto a wafer carrier.
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Integration of High Aspect Ratio Tapered Silicon Via for Silicon Carrier Fabrication

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed overview of silicon carrier-based packaging for 3D system in packaging application is provided, where various critical process modules that play a vital role in the integration and fabrication of silicon carriers with high aspect ratio tapered through-silicon interconnections have been explained and discussed with experimental data.
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