Scalability of Direct Silicon Bonded (DSB) Technology for 32nm Node and Beyond

When DSB bonding interface falls into highly doped S/D direct silicon bonded (DSB) technology is shown to be scalable regions, there are concerns of high S/D leakage (due to the possible for 32 nm node and beyond for two integration schemes: solid phase defects in the DSB interface) and high S/D resistance due to epitaxy (SPE)-before-shallow trench isolation (STI) and STI-before-SPE. For SPE-before-STI, 32 nm node ground rules can be met by thinning DSB thickness to ~70 nm, which ensures complete removal of boundary defects by STI. For STI-before-SPE, a scaling-independent solution is provided by the use of 45deg rotated (100) base wafers which allow trench-defect-free SPE at the STI edges.