Vertical transport field-effect transistors are formed on active regions wherein the active regions each include a wrap-around metal silicide contact on vertically extending side walls of the active region. Such wrap-around contacts form self-aligned and reliable strapping for SRAM bottom nFET and pFET source/drain regions. Buried contacts of SRAM cells may be used to strap the wrap-around metal silicide contacts with the gates of inverters thereof. Wrap-around metal silicide contacts provide additional contacts for logic FETs and reduce parasitic bottom source/drain resistance.

Apparatuses, devices and methods for fabricating one or more vertically integrated single bit capacitor-based memory cells is disclosed. A single bit capacitor-based memory cell can include a vertically oriented transistor and a vertically oriented capacitor that is vertically integrated with the transistor, so as to form a memory cell. Aspects of the disclosure include process steps for forming the transistor and the capacitor, including a first metal part of a capacitor, a second metal part of a capacitor and an electrically insulating layer disposed between the two. The transistor and the capacitor also include an electrical contact between them and a layer that insulates the transistor from the base layer or the underlying substrate.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a base; a plurality of channel pillars perpendicularly provided on the base; a plurality of parallel bit lines, each of the bit lines wrapping lower parts of one column of the channel pillars; and a plurality of parallel word lines, each of the word lines wrapping upper parts of one row of the channel pillars, where the word lines and the bit lines are perpendicular to each other on a same projection plane; an insulating material layer is formed around the channel pillars below the bit lines, between adjacent bit lines, around the channel pillars between the bit lines and the word lines, and between adjacent word lines, separately; and gaps are formed in at least one of the insulating material layers.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming, on a lower structure, a mold structure having interlayer insulating layers and gate layers alternately and repeatedly stacked. Each of the gate layers is formed of a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer sequentially stacked. The first and third layers include a first material, and the second layer includes a second material having an etch selectivity different from an etch selectivity of the first material. A hole formed to pass through the mold structure exposes side surfaces of the interlayer insulating layers and side surfaces of the gate layers. Gate layers exposed by the hole are etched, with an etching speed of the second material differing from an etching speed of the first material, to create recessed regions.

A vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) includes: a fin structure on a substrate; a gate structure including a gate dielectric layer on an upper portion of a sidewall of the fin structure, and a conductor layer on a lower portion of the gate dielectric layer; a top source/drain (S/D) region above the fin structure and the gate structure; a bottom S/D region below the fin structure and the gate structure; a top spacer on an upper portion of the gate dielectric layer, and between the top S/D region and a top surface of the conductor layer; and a bottom spacer between the gate structure and the bottom S/D region. A top surface of the gate dielectric layer is positioned at the same or substantially same height as or positioned lower than a top surface of the top spacer, and higher than the top surface of the conductor layer.

A semiconductor structure includes vertical stacks located over a substrate, wherein each of the vertical stacks includes from bottom to top, a bottom electrode, a dielectric pillar structure including a lateral opening therethrough, and a top electrode; layer stacks located over the vertical stacks, wherein each of the layer stacks includes an active layer and an outer gate dielectric and laterally surrounds a respective one of the vertical stacks; inner gate electrodes passing through a respective subset of the lateral openings in a respective row of vertical stacks that are arranged along a first horizontal direction; and outer gate electrodes laterally extending along the first horizontal direction and laterally surrounding a respective row of layer stacks.

Embodiments of the present disclosure belong to the technical field of semiconductor structure manufacturing, and specifically provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method specifically includes: a first gate structure on a substrate, a first conductive region and a second conductive region, wherein the first conductive region and the second conductive region are located at two sides of the first gate structure, and in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the first conductive region and the second conductive region are located at different height positions.

A method of manufacturing a parallel structure of semiconductor devices includes: disposing a semiconductor stack, which includes source/drain layers disposed vertically in sequence and channel layers therebetween, on a substrate; patterning the semiconductor stack into a predetermined shape to define an active region; forming gate stacks around at least part of peripheries of the channel layers; forming an isolation layer on peripheries of the active region and the gate stack; forming first to third conductive channels on a sidewall of the isolation layer; determining the pre-determined shape and a shape of the gate stacks, such that one of the source/drain layers on two sides of the channel layer passes through the isolation layer to contact the first conductive channel, while the other one passes through the isolation layer to contact the second conductive channel, and the gate stack passes through the isolation layer to contact the third conductive channel.

A memory device includes a first field effect transistor (FET) stack on a first bottom source/drain region, which includes a first vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET) device between a second VTFET device and the first source/drain region, and a second FET stack on a second bottom source/drain region, which includes a third VTFET device between a fourth VTFET device and the bottom source/drain region. The memory device includes a third FET stack on a third bottom source/drain region, which includes a fifth VTFET between a sixth VTFET and the third source/drain region, which is laterally adjacent to the first and second source/drain regions. The memory device includes a first electrical connection interconnecting a gate structure of the third VTFET with a gate structure of the fifth VTFET, and a second electrical connection interconnecting a gate structure of the second VTFET with a gate structure of the sixth VTFET.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a device with a vertical nanowire channel region and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a bottom source/drain region; a top source/drain region; a gate structure extending between the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region; and a vertical nanowire in a channel region of the gate structure.