Patent ID: 7939896

Claim:
A structure, comprising: dielectric isolation in an upper silicon layer of a substrate, said substrate comprising a buried oxide layer between said upper silicon layer and a lower silicon layer, said dielectric isolation coplanar with and extending from a top surface of said upper silicon layer to said buried oxide layer, said dielectric isolation completely surrounding a perimeter of a contact region; a polysilicon region extending through said contact region and through said buried oxide layer to said lower silicon layer, said contact region completely surrounding a perimeter of said polysilicon region, said polysilicon region doped a same dopant type as said lower silicon layer; and a contiguous metal silicide layer in remaining portions of said contact region and said polysilicon region, said metal silicide layer extending from a top surface of said polysilicon region into said polysilicon region and extending from a top surface of said remaining portions of said contact region into said remaining portions of said contact region.