H01L21/743

COMPLEMENTARY FET (CFET) BURIED SIDEWALL CONTACT WITH SPACER FOOT
20230062819 · 2023-03-02 ·

A CFET includes a fin that has a bottom channel portion, a top channel portion, and a channel isolator between the bottom channel portion and the top channel portion. The CFET further includes a source and drain stack that has a bottom source or drain (S/D) region connected to the bottom channel portion, a top S/D region connected to the top channel portion, a source-drain isolator between the bottom S/D region and the top S/D region. The CFET further includes a spacer foot physically connected to a base sidewall portion of the bottom S/D region and a buried S/D contact that is physically connected to an upper sidewall portion of the bottom S/D region. The CFET may further include a common gate around the bottom channel portion, around the top channel portion, and around the channel isolator.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device having a standard cell, includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a first gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAA FET) disposed over a substrate, and a second GAA FET disposed above the first GAA FET. The first power supply line and the second power supply line are located at vertically different levels from each other.

Method and structure to reduce cell width in semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an active region on the first surface of the dielectric layer; a power rail under the second surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is between the active region and the power rail; a spacer physically dividing the active region into a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part being conductively isolated from each other by the spacer; an intermediate layer comprising: first and second conductive segments; and wherein the spacer joins the first conductive segment and the second conductive segment, and electrically isolates the first conductive segment from the second conductive segment, wherein a join length between the first conductive segment and the spacer is equal to a join length between the second conductive segment and the spacer.

Memory devices and methods for forming the same
11665916 · 2023-05-30 · ·

A memory device includes a substrate, a buried word line, a connecting structure, an air gap, and a first dielectric layer. The buried word line is disposed in the substrate. The connecting structure is disposed on the buried word line. The air gap is disposed on the buried word line and is adjacent to the connecting structure. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the connecting structure and the air gap, wherein the buried word line, the connecting structure, and the first dielectric layer are disposed in the first direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate.

BURIED POWER RAIL AFTER REPLACEMENT METAL GATE

Embodiments herein include semiconductor structures with a first source/drain (S/D) connected to a first field-effect transistor (FET) region, a second S/D connected to a second FET region, and a buried power rail (BPR) region. The BPR region may include a BPR, a first dielectric liner lining a first lateral side of the BPR region, and a second dielectric liner lining a second lateral side. The first dielectric liner isolates the BPR from the first FET region and the first S/D, and the second dielectric liner isolates the BPR from the second FET region. Embodiments may also include a contact electrically connecting the second S/D and the BPR through a second lateral side of the BPR region. The liners enable the BPR to be formed after the formation of gates and the S/Ds, so that the BPR does not cause problems during annealing processes of the gates and the S/Ds.

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES INCLUDING A POWER RAIL AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME

Methods of forming an integrated circuit devices may include forming a transistor on a first surface of a substrate. The transistor may include an active region, a source/drain region contacting the active region and a gate electrode on the active region. The methods may also include forming a conductive wire that is electrically connected to the source/drain region, forming a trench extending through the substrate by etching a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite the first surface of the substrate, and forming a power rail in the trench. The power rail is electrically connected to conductive wire.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH CONTACTS HAVING DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
20230062967 · 2023-03-02 ·

The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a dense area and an open area; a dielectric structure positioned on the substrate; a landing pad positioned in the dielectric structure and above the dense area; a first contact positioned on the landing pad and in the dielectric structure; and a second contact positioned in the dielectric structure and on the open area of the substrate. A top surface of the first contact and a top surface of the second contact are substantially coplanar. A width of the first contact is less than the one half of a width of the second contact.

Construction of integrated circuitry and a method of forming an elevationally-elongated conductive via to a diffusion region in semiconductive material
11469158 · 2022-10-11 · ·

A construction of integrated circuitry comprises a trench isolation region in semiconductive material. The trench isolation region comprises laterally-opposing laterally-outermost first regions which comprise a first material and a second region laterally-inward of the first regions. The second region comprises a second material of different composition from that of the first material. A diffusion region is in the uppermost portion of the semiconductive material directly against a sidewall of one of the first regions. Insulator material is above the trench isolation region and the diffusion region. An elevationally-elongated conductive via is in the insulator material and extends to the diffusion region and the trench isolation region. The conductive via laterally overlaps the diffusion region and the one first region. The conductive via is directly against a top surface of the diffusion region, is directly against an upper portion of a sidewall of the diffusion region, and is directly against a laterally-outer sidewall of the second material of the second region of the trench isolation material. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.

Method for preparing semiconductor device structure with series-connected transistor and resistor
11605629 · 2023-03-14 · ·

A method for preparing a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming an isolation structure in a semiconductor substrate, and recessing the semiconductor substrate to form a first opening and a second opening. The first opening and the second opening are on opposite sides of the isolation structure, and a width of the second opening is greater than a width of the first opening. The method also includes forming an electrode layer over the semiconductor substrate. The first opening and the second opening are filled by the electrode layer. The method further includes polishing the electrode layer to form a gate electrode in the first opening and a resistor electrode in the second opening, and forming a source/drain (S/D) region in the semiconductor substrate. The S/D region is between the gate electrode and the isolation structure

THERMAL BUDGET ENHANCED BURIED POWER RAIL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

Provided is a semiconductor architecture including a wafer, a semiconductor device provided on the wafer, the semiconductor device including an epitaxial layer, an epitaxial contact provided on the epitaxial layer, a first via provided on the epitaxial contact, and metal lines provided on the first via, the metal lines being configured to route signals, an oxide layer provided on a first surface of the wafer and adjacent to the semiconductor device, and a buried power rail (BPR) configured to deliver power, at least a portion of the BPR being included inside of the wafer, wherein a portion of the BPR contacts the oxide layer.