A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first metal layers; a second level, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level includes at least one single crystal silicon layer, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where each transistor of the plurality of transistors includes a single crystal channel, where the second level includes a plurality of second metal layers, where the plurality of second metal layers include interconnections between the transistors of the plurality of transistors, where the second level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; and a connective path between the plurality of transistors and the plurality of first metal layers, where the connective path includes a via disposed through at least the single crystal silicon layer, and where at least one of the plurality of transistors includes a gate all around structure.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a main surface, a first conductivity type drift layer formed in a surface layer portion of the main surface, a trench gate structure formed in the main surface such as to be in contact with the drift layer, a second conductivity type channel region formed in the drift layer such as to cover a side wall of the trench gate structure, and first and second source/drain regions formed at intervals in a region along the side wall of the trench gate structure in the drift layer such as to oppose each other across the channel region.

A semiconductor structure includes the first semiconductor stack and the second semiconductor stack formed over the first region and the second region of a substrate, respectively. The first and second semiconductor stacks extend in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other in the second direction. Each of the first semiconductor stack and the second semiconductor stack includes channel layers and a gate structure. The channel layers are formed above the substrate and are spaced apart from each other in the third direction. The gate structure includes the gate dielectric layers formed around the respective channel layers, and the gate electrode layer formed on the gate dielectric layers to surround the channel layers. The number of channel layers in the first semiconductor stack is different from the number of channel layers in the second semiconductor stack.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of fins on a semiconductor substrate. In the method, sacrificial spacer layers are formed on the plurality of fins, and portions of the semiconductor substrate located under the sacrificial spacer layers and located at sides of the plurality of fins are removed. Bottom source/drain regions are grown in at least part of an area where the portions of the semiconductor substrate were removed, and sacrificial epitaxial layers are grown on the bottom source/drain regions. The method also includes diffusing dopants from the bottom source/drain regions and the sacrificial epitaxial layers into portions of the semiconductor substrate under the plurality of fins. The sacrificial epitaxial layers are removed, and bottom spacers are formed in at least part of an area where the sacrificial epitaxial layers were removed.

A method includes: forming a dielectric fin protruding above a substrate; forming a channel layer over an upper surface of the dielectric fin and along first sidewalls of the dielectric fin, the channel layer including a low dimensional material; forming a gate structure over the channel layer; forming metal source/drain regions on opposing sides of the gate structure; forming a channel enhancement layer over the channel layer; and forming a passivation layer over the gate structure, the metal source/drain regions, and the channel enhancement layer.

A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single crystal silicon layer and a plurality of first transistors each including a single crystal channel; a first metal layer overlaying the plurality of first transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; a second level, where the second level overlays the first level and includes a plurality of second transistors; a fourth metal layer overlaying the second level; and a connective path between the fourth metal layer and either the third metal layer or the second metal layer, where the connective path includes a via disposed through the second level and has a diameter of less than 500 nm and greater than 5 nm, where the third metal layer is connected to provide a power or ground signal to at least one of the second transistors.

A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, a single diffusion break (SDB) structure adjacent to the gate structure, a first spacer adjacent to the gate structure, a second spacer adjacent to the SDB structure, a source/drain region between the first spacer and the second spacer, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure and the SDB structure, and a contact plug in the ILD layer and on the source/drain region. Preferably, a top surface of the second spacer is lower than a top surface of the first spacer.

An embodiment of the invention provides a fabrication method of a field-effect transistor. The method includes: forming a support structure with a superlattice feature on a semiconductor substrate, where the support structure includes a first semiconductor material layer and a second semiconductor material layer that are alternately disposed, and an isolation layer is disposed on two sides of the support structure; forming, along a boundary between the isolation layer and the support structure, a dummy gate structure that covers the support structure, where a length of the dummy gate structure in a gate length direction is less than the first semiconductor material layer; removing, along the gate length direction, an area other than a sacrificial layer in the first semiconductor material layer to form an insulation groove; and forming a source and a drain in a preset source drain area along the gate length direction.

Nanowire structures having non-discrete source and drain regions are described. For example, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of vertically stacked nanowires disposed above a substrate. Each of the nanowires includes a discrete channel region disposed in the nanowire. A gate electrode stack surrounds the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires. A pair of non-discrete source and drain regions is disposed on either side of, and adjoining, the discrete channel regions of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires.

A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor fin over a substrate and multiple semiconductor nanostructures suspended over the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device structure also includes a gate stack extending across the semiconductor fin, and the gate stack wraps around each of the semiconductor nanostructures. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure sandwiching the semiconductor nanostructures. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes an isolation structure between the semiconductor fin and the gate stack. The isolation structure extends exceeding opposite sidewalls of the first epitaxial structure.