Method of Manufacturing a Wafer Assembly with Junction-Isolated Vias

摘要

A process for forming a junction-isolated, electrically conductive via in a silicon substrate and a conductive apparatus to carry electrical signal from one side of a silicon wafer to the other side are provided. The conductive via is junction-isolated from the bulk of the silicon substrate by diffusing the via with a dopant that is different than the material of the silicon substrate. Several of the junction-isolated vias can be formed in a silicon substrate and the silicon wafer coupled to a second silicon substrate comprised of a device that requires electrical connection. This process for forming junction-isolated, conductive vias is simpler than methods of forming metallized vias, especially for electrical devices more tolerant of both resistance and capacitance.