Patent classifications
H01L29/417
Spacers for semiconductor devices including backside power rails
Semiconductor devices including air spacers formed in a backside interconnect structure and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a device includes a first transistor structure; a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure; and a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure including a first dielectric layer on the backside of the first transistor structure; a first via extending through the first dielectric layer, the first via being electrically coupled to a source/drain region of the first transistor structure; a first conductive line electrically coupled to the first via; and an air spacer adjacent the first conductive line in a direction parallel to a backside surface of the first dielectric layer.
Display device including a test unit
A display device includes a pixel connected to a data line, a data pad connected to the data line, and a first test area. The first test area includes a test control line transmitting a test control signal, a test signal line transmitting a test signal, and a first switch connected to the data pad. The first switch includes a gate electrode connected to the test control line, first and second semiconductor layers overlapping the gate electrode, a source electrode connected to the first and second semiconductor layers, and a drain electrode spaced from the source electrode and connected to the first and second semiconductor layers. The source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to the test signal line and data pad, respectively. One of the first or second semiconductor layers includes an oxide semiconductor and the other of the first or second semiconductor layer includes a silicon-based semiconductor.
Hybrid semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a switch element having a surface and first and second regions and including a first semiconductor material having a band-gap. The first region of the switch element is coupled to a source contact. A floating electrode has first and second ends. The first end of the floating electrode is coupled to the second region of the switch element. A voltage-support structure includes a second semiconductor material having a band-gap that is larger than the band-gap of the first semiconductor material. The voltage-support structure is in contact with the second end of the floating electrode. A drain contact is coupled to the voltage-support structure.
Device and method of forming with three-dimensional memory and three-dimensional logic
In a method for forming a semiconductor device, a layer of logic devices is formed on a substrate. The layer of logic devices includes a stack of gate-all-around field-effect transistors (GAA-FETs) positioned over the substrate, where the stack of GAA-FETs includes a first layer of GAA-FETs stacked over a second layer of GAA-FETs. A first wiring layer is formed over the layer of logic devices, where the first wiring layer includes one or more metal routing levels. A memory stack is formed over the first wiring layer. The memory stack includes wordline layers and insulating layers that alternatingly arranged over the first wiring layer. A three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory device is formed in the memory stack. The 3D NAND memory device includes a channel structure that extends into the memory stack and further is coupled to the wordline layers of the memory stack.
METHOD OF CONTROLLING CHARGE DOPING IN VAN DER WAALS HETEROSTRUCTURES
The present disclosure is directed to controlling charge transfer in 2D materials. A charge-transfer controlled 2D device comprises a 2D active conducting material, a 2D charge transfer source material, and at least one overlapping portion wherein the 2D active conducting material overlaps the 2D charge transfer source material including at least one edge of the 2D charge transfer source material.
Integrated Assemblies and Methods of Forming Integrated Assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having first and second pillars of semiconductor material laterally offset from one another. The pillars have source/drain regions and channel regions vertically offset from the source/drain regions. Gating structures pass across the channel regions, and extend along a first direction. An insulative structure is over regions of the first and second pillars, and extends along a second direction which is crosses the first direction. Bottom electrodes are coupled with the source/drain regions. Leaker-device-structures extend upwardly from the bottom electrodes. Ferroelectric-insulative-material is laterally adjacent to the leaker-device-structures and over the regions of the bottom electrodes. Top-electrode-material is over the ferroelectric-insulative-material and is directly against the leaker-device-structures. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an isolation structure, a semiconductor fin, a semiconductor layer, and a gate structure. The isolation structure is disposed over the substrate. The semiconductor fin extends from the substrate and in contact with the isolation structure. The semiconductor layer is disposed on and in contact with the isolation structure. The gate structure covers the semiconductor layer and spaced apart from the semiconductor fin.
STACKED COMPLEMENTARY FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS
A complementary field effect transistor (CFET) structure including a first transistor disposed above a second transistor, a first source/drain region of the first transistor disposed above a second source/drain region of the second transistor, wherein the first source/drain region comprises a smaller cross-section than the second source/drain region, a first dielectric material disposed in contact with a bottom surface and vertical surfaces of the first source/drain region and further in contact with a vertical surface and top surface of the second source/drain region, and a second dielectric material disposed as an interlayer dielectric material encapsulating the first and second transistors.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A GATE CONTACT ON A LOW-K LINER
A device includes a substrate. A channel region of a transistor overlies the substrate and a source/drain region is in contact with the channel region. The source/drain region is adjacent to the channel region along a first direction. A source/drain contact is disposed on the source/drain region. A gate electrode is disposed on the channel region and a gate contact is disposed on the gate electrode. A first low-k dielectric layer is disposed between the gate contact and the source/drain contact along the first direction.
REDUCED PARASITIC CAPACITANCE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE LOCAL INTERCONNECT PASSTHROUGH STRUCTURE
A semiconductor device is provided that includes a local passthrough interconnect structure present in a non-active device region of the device. A dielectric fill material structure is located between the local passthrough interconnect structure and a functional gate structure that is present in an active device region that is laterally adjacent to the non-active device region. The semiconductor device has reduced capacitance (and thus circuit speed is not compromised) as compared to an equivalent device in which a metal-containing sacrificial gate structure is used instead of the dielectric fill material structure.