Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first gate electrode, a ferroelectric insulating layer over the first gate electrode, a semiconductor member over the ferroelectric insulating layer, a gate dielectric layer over the semiconductor member, and a second gate electrode over the gate dielectric layer.

Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises forming a first stack structure and a second stack structure in a first area over a substrate, wherein each of the stack structures includes semiconductor layers separated and stacked up; depositing a first interfacial layer around each of the semiconductor layers of the stack structures; depositing a gate dielectric layer around the first interfacial layer; forming a dipole oxide layer around the gate dielectric layer; removing the dipole oxide layer around the gate dielectric layer of the second stack structure; performing an annealing process to form a dipole gate dielectric layer for the first stack structure and a non-dipole gate dielectric layer for the second stack structure; and depositing a first gate electrode around the dipole gate dielectric layer of the first stack structure and the non-dipole gate dielectric layer of the second stack structure.

Disclosed are semiconductor devices including a double gate metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and methods for fabricating the same. The double gate MOS transistor includes a first back gate, a second back gate, and a first dielectric layer disposed on the first back gate and on the second back gate. An MX2 material layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the MX2 material layer, and a work function metal (WFM) is disposed on the second dielectric layer. A front gate is disposed on the WFM, which fills a space between the first back gate and the second back.

A method of fabricating a metal gate transistor includes providing a substrate. Then, a high-k dielectric layer is formed to cover the substrate. Later, an ion implantation process is performed to implant fluoride ions into the high-k dielectric layer. After the ion implantation process, a polysilicon gate is formed on the high-k dielectric layer. Next, an interlayer dielectric layer is formed to cover the substrate and the polysilicon gate. Finally, the polysilicon gate is replaced by a metal gate.

Techniques are disclosed for an integrated circuit including a ferroelectric gate stack including a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial oxide layer, and a gate electrode. The ferroelectric layer can be voltage activated to switch between two ferroelectric states. Employing such a ferroelectric layer provides a reduction in leakage current in an off-state and provides an increase in charge in an on-state. The interfacial oxide layer can be formed between the ferroelectric layer and the gate electrode. Alternatively, the ferroelectric layer can be formed between the interfacial oxide layer and the gate electrode.

Provided are techniques for generating fully depleted silicon on insulator (SOI) transistor with a ferroelectric layer. The techniques include forming a first multi-layer wafer comprising a semiconductor layer and a buried oxide layer, wherein the semiconductor layer is formed over the buried oxide layer. The techniques also including forming a second multi-layer wafer comprising the ferroelectric layer, and bonding the first multi-layer wafer to the second multi-layer wafer, wherein the bonding comprises a coupling between the buried oxide layer and the second multi-layer wafer.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a scaled gate contact and source/drain cap and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure comprising an active region; source and drain contacts adjacent to the gate structure; a capping material over the source and drain contacts; a gate contact formed directly above the active region of the gate structure and over the capping material; a U-shape dielectric material around the gate contact, above the source and drain contacts; and a contact in direct electrical contact to the source and drain contacts.

Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a memory cell vertically above a substrate. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor at a lower device portion, and a transistor at an upper device portion above the lower device portion. The MIM capacitor includes a first plate, and a second plate separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer. The first plate includes a first group of metal contacts coupled to a metal electrode vertically above the substrate. The first group of metal contacts are within one or more metal layers above the substrate in a horizontal direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the metal electrode of the first plate of the MIM capacitor is also a source electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a gate layer located on the substrate; a first conduction layer and a second conduction layer located on the gate layer and including a perovskite as the material thereof; a first source and a first drain spaced apart from each other and connected with either end of the first conduction layer respectively; a second source and a second drain spaced apart from each other and connected with either end of the second conduction layer respectively.

A semiconductor device includes an active region. A metal gate electrode is disposed over the active region. A conductive layer is disposed over the metal gate electrode. A silicon-containing layer is disposed over a first portion of the conductive layer. A dielectric layer is disposed over a second portion of the conductive layer. A gate via vertically extends through the silicon-containing layer. The gate via is disposed over, and electrically coupled to, the metal gate electrode.