A method includes forming a conductive feature through a first dielectric layer, sequentially forming a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, and etching the third dielectric layer to form an opening. A first width of the opening at a top surface of the third dielectric layer is greater than a second width of the opening at a first interface between the third dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The method also includes etching the second dielectric layer until the opening extends to the conductive feature, thereby forming an enlarged opening, and forming a metal material in the enlarged opening. A third width of the enlarged opening at the first interface is equal to or less than a fourth width of the enlarged opening at a second interface between the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer.

In a semiconductor process, a seamless tungsten plug is formed in an inter-layer dielectric by forming the inter-layer dielectric from multiple oxide layers having different wet etch rates, from lowest wet-etch rate for the lowest layer to highest wet-etch rate for the highest layer, forming a hole or trench in the inter-layer dielectric using a dry etch process, reconfiguring the hole or trench to have sloped side walls by performing a wet etch step, and filling the hole or trench with tungsten and etching back the tungsten to form a seamless tungsten plug.

A method includes placing a semiconductor substrate in a deposition chamber, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a trench, and performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to deposit a dielectric material within the trench, including flowing a first precursor of the dielectric material into the deposition chamber as a gas phase; flowing a second precursor of the dielectric material into the deposition chamber as a gas phase; and controlling the pressure and temperature within the deposition chamber such that the second precursor condenses on surfaces within the trench as a liquid phase of the second precursor, wherein the liquid phase of the second precursor has capillarity.

A device includes a device layer including a first transistor, a first interconnect structure on a front-side of the device layer, and a second interconnect structure on a backside of the device layer. The second interconnect structure includes a first dielectric material on the backside of the device layer, a contact extending through the first dielectric material to a first source/drain region of the first transistor, and a first conductive layer including a first conductive line electrically connected to the first source/drain region through the contact.

A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. A source/drain region is formed next to a spacer, which is adjacent to a gate electrode. An implantation is performed through an implantation mask into the source/drain region as well as the first spacer, forming an implantation region within the spacer.

There is provided a semiconductor device including an etching stop film which is placed disposed on a substrate; an interlayer insulating film which is disposed on the etching stop film; a trench which penetrates the interlayer insulating film and the etching stop film; a spacer which extends along side walls of the trench; a barrier film which extends along the spacer and a bottom surface of the trench; and a filling film which fills the trench on the barrier film. The trench includes a first trench and a second trench which are spaced apart from each other in a first direction and have different widths from each other in the first direction. A bottom surface of the second trench is placed disposed below a bottom surface of the first trench.

A semiconductor device includes an etching stop film disposed on a substrate; an interlayer insulating film on the etching stop film; a first trench and a second trench which are spaced apart in a first direction, and penetrate the etching stop film and the interlayer insulating film, the first trench having a side wall that exposes the interlayer insulating film, and the second trench having a side wall that exposes the interlayer insulating film; a first spacer which covers the interlayer insulating film exposed by the side wall of the first trench and does not cover a portion of the side wall of the first trench; a second spacer which covers the interlayer insulating film exposed by the side wall of the second trench and does not cover a portion of the side wall of the second trench; a first barrier layer which extends along a side wall of the first spacer, the portion of the side wall of the first trench not covered by the first spacer, and a bottom surface of the first trench; a first filling film which fills the first trench, on the first barrier layer; a second barrier layer which extends along a side wall of the second spacer, the portion of the side wall of the second trench not covered by the second spacer, and a bottom surface of the second trench; and a second filling film which fills the second trench on the second barrier layer. I In the first direction, a width of the first trench and a width of the second trench are different from each other, and at a first height from a bottom surface of the substrate, a thickness of the first spacer on the side wall of the first trench is different from a thickness of the second spacer on the side wall of the second trench.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip that includes a lower conductive structure arranged over a substrate. An etch stop layer is arranged over the lower conductive structure, and a first interconnect dielectric layer is arranged over the etch stop layer. The integrated chip further includes an interconnect via that extends through the first interconnect dielectric layer and the etch stop layer to directly contact the lower conductive structure. A protective layer surrounds outermost sidewalls of the interconnect via.

Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) chip comprising a front-end-of-line (FEOL) through semiconductor-on-substrate via (TSV), as well as a method for forming the IC chip. In some embodiments, a semiconductor layer overlies a substrate. The semiconductor layer may, for example, be or comprise a group III-V semiconductor and/or some other suitable semiconductor(s). A semiconductor device is on the semiconductor layer, and a FEOL layer overlies the semiconductor device. The FEOL TSV extends through the FEOL layer and the semiconductor layer to the substrate at a periphery of the IC chip. An intermetal dielectric (IMD) layer overlies the FEOL TSV and the FEOL layer, and an alternating stack of wires and vias is in the IMD layer.

The present application discloses a semiconductor device with a contact having tapered profile and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region; a first gate structure positioned on the first region; and a second gate structure positioned on the second region; a first contact including a first lower portion positioned on a top surface of the first gate structure, and a first upper portion positioned on the first lower portion; and a second contact including a second lower portion positioned on a top surface of the second gate structure and a sidewall of the second gate structure, and a second upper portion positioned on the second lower portion. Sidewalls of the first lower portion are tapered and sidewalls of the second lower portion are substantially vertical.