A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a fin structure over a substrate. The fin structure includes a protection layer and alternating first and second semiconductor layers over the protection layer. The method also includes etching the fin structure to form a source/drain recess, forming a sacrificial contact in the source/drain recess, forming a source/drain feature over the sacrificial contact in the source/drain recess, removing the first semiconductor layers of the fin structure, thereby forming a plurality of nanostructures, forming a gate stack wrapping around the nanostructures, removing the substrate thereby exposing the protection layer and the sacrificial contact and replacing the sacrificial contact with a contact plug.

Provided is a semiconductor structure with shared gated devices. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate and a bottom dielectric isolation (BDI) layer on top of the substrate. The structure further comprises a pFET region that includes a p-doped Source-Drain epitaxy material and a first nanowire matrix above the BDI layer. The structure further comprises an nFET region that includes a n-doped Source-Drain epitaxy material and a second nanowire matrix above the BDI layer. The structure further comprises a conductive gate material on top of a portion of the first nanowire matrix and the second nanowire matrix. The structure further comprises a vertical dielectric pillar separating the pFET region and the nFET region. The vertical dielectric pillar extends downward through the BDI layer into the substrate. The vertical dielectric pillar further extends upward through the conductive gate material to a dielectric located above the gate region.

Techniques for recovering the width of a top gate spacer in a field-effect transistor (FET) device are provided. In one aspect, a FET device includes: at least one gate; source/drain regions present on opposite sides of the at least one gate; gate spacers offsetting the at least one gate from the source/drain regions, wherein each of the gate spacers includes an L-shaped spacer alongside the at least one gate and a dielectric liner disposed on the L-shaped spacer; and at least one channel interconnecting the source/drain regions. A method of forming a FET device is also provided which includes recovering the width of the top gate spacer using the dielectric liner.

As a display device has a higher definition, the number of pixels, gate lines, and signal lines are increased. When the number of the gate lines and the signal lines are increased, a problem of high manufacturing cost, because it is difficult to mount an IC chip including a driver circuit for driving of the gate and signal lines by bonding or the like. A pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion are provided over the same substrate, and at least part of the driver circuit includes a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor interposed between gate electrodes provided above and below the oxide semiconductor. Therefore, when the pixel portion and the driver portion are provided over the same substrate, manufacturing cost can be reduced.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, active regions extending in a first horizontal direction on the substrate, and including first and second active regions spaced apart from each other in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and third and fourth active regions spaced apart from each other in the second horizontal direction, first to fourth source/drain regions on the first to fourth active regions, first to fourth contact plugs connected to the first to fourth source/drain regions, a first isolation insulating pattern disposed between the first and second contact plugs, and a second isolation insulating pattern disposed between the third and fourth contact plugs, wherein a first length of the first isolation insulating pattern is smaller than a second length of the second isolation insulating pattern in a vertical direction.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second stack units disposed over the semiconductor substrate, and a feature disposed between the first and second stack units. Each of the first and second stack units includes at least one stack that includes a conductive film and a dielectric film stacked on each other. The feature includes a plurality of repeating units and a plurality of separators disposed to alternate with the repeating units. Each of the repeating units includes an inner portion including a pair of conductive pillars, and an outer portion including a memory film and a channel film. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The thin film transistor includes: a base substrate; an active layer, an insulating layer, and a source-drain layer sequentially stacked on the base substrate, wherein the source-drain layer is electrically connected to the active layer through a via hole penetrating the insulating layer; and a transition layer arranged between the source-drain layer and the active layer at a position of the via hole, wherein the transition layer covers a bottom of the via hole and covers at least part of a sidewall of the via hole, and the transition layer comprises elements of the active layer and elements of a part of the source-drain layer, the part of the source-drain layer being in contact with the transition layer.

A semiconductor device includes an underlying substrate, two stack units disposed over the underlying substrate, and a feature disposed between the stack units. The stack units are spaced apart from each other. Each of the stack units includes a plurality of conductive films and a plurality of dielectric films disposed to alternate with the conductive films, an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) portion, and a hard mask film. An uppermost one of the dielectric films of each of the stack units is disposed over the conductive films, and has a dimension smaller than those of the conductive films and those of remaining ones of the dielectric films of each of the stack units. The feature includes a plurality of repeating units and a plurality of separators which are disposed to alternate with the repeating units. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer including polymers and liquid crystal molecules, and a light-emitting element. The first substrate includes a transparent substrate, a scanning line, a signal line crossing the scanning line, a switching element electrically connected to the scanning line and the signal line, an organic insulating film overlapping the switching element, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element. A thickness of the organic insulating film located between the transparent substrate and the pixel electrode is less than a thickness of the organic insulating film overlapping the switching element.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a 1.sup.st transistor formed above the substrate, and having a 1.sup.st transistor stack including a plurality of 1.sup.st channel structures, a 1.sup.st gate structure surrounding the 1.sup.st channel structures, and 1.sup.st and 2.sup.nd source/drain regions at both ends of the 1.sup.st transistor stack in a 1.sup.st channel length direction; and a 2.sup.nd transistor formed above the 1.sup.st transistor in a vertical direction, and having a 2.sup.nd transistor stack including a plurality of 2.sup.nd channel structures, a 2.sup.nd gate structure surrounding the 2.sup.nd channel structures, and 3.sup.rd and 4.sup.th source/drain regions at both ends of the 2.sup.nd transistor stack in a 2.sup.nd channel length direction, wherein the 3.sup.rd source/drain region does not vertically overlap the 1.sup.st source/drain region or the 2.sup.nd source/drain region, and the 4.sup.th source/drain region does not vertically overlap the 1.sup.st source/drain region or the 2.sup.nd source/drain region.