Patent ID: 8679933

Claim:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: fabricating a fabrication substrate having an active surface and an opposing back side; fabricating at least one of transistors and capacitors at the active surface of the fabrication substrate; disposing an imperforate dielectric material over the at least one of the transistors and the capacitors; subsequently forming contact openings associated with the at least one of the transistors and the capacitors in the fabrication substrate with the dielectric material remaining imperforate; introducing conductive material into the contact openings to operatively connect to respective transistors or capacitors; and fabricating laterally extending conductive elements over the back side of the fabrication substrate and in communication with the conductive material in the contact openings, wherein at least one laterally extending conductive element operatively connected to a first transistor or capacitor extends laterally underneath a second, different transistor or capacitor to which the laterally extending conductive element is not operatively connected.