Provided is a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a 1.sup.st source/drain region connected to a 1.sup.st channel structure; a 2.sup.nd source/drain region, above the 1.sup.st source/drain region, connected to a 2.sup.nd channel structure above the 1.sup.st channel structure; a backside contact structure on a bottom surface of the 1.sup.st source/drain region; and a backside isolation structure surrounding the backside contact structure, wherein the bottom surface of the 1.sup.st source/drain region is at a level below a top surface of the backside isolation structure.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate. An active pattern is on the substrate and extends in a first horizontal direction. First to third nanosheets are sequentially stacked on the active pattern and are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. A gate electrode is on the active pattern and extends in a second horizontal direction. The gate electrode surrounds each of the first to third nanosheets. A source/drain region is on the active pattern on at least one side of the gate electrode. An interlayer insulating layer covers the source/drain region. A source/drain contact penetrates the interlayer insulating layer in the vertical direction and is connected to the source/drain region. At least a portion of the interlayer insulating layer is disposed between sidewalls of the source/drain contact and the source/drain region in the first horizontal direction and overlaps sidewalls of the third nanosheet along the first horizontal direction.

Semiconductor structures and methods of forming the same are provided. An example semiconductor structure includes a fin structure arising from a substrate and extending lengthwise along a direction, an isolation feature over the substrate and around the fin structure, a gate structure wrapping over a channel region of the fin structure, a first gate spacer extending along a sidewall of the gate structure, a second gate spacer over the first gate spacer, a filler dielectric layer over the second gate spacer, an epitaxial feature disposed over a source/drain region of the fin structure, a portion of the epitaxial feature being disposed over the filler dielectric layer, an contact etch stop layer (CESL) over the epitaxial feature and the filler dielectric layer, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over the CESL. A portion of the CESL extends between the epitaxial feature and the sidewall of gate structure along the direction.

A method includes forming a stack of layers, which includes a plurality of semiconductor nanostructures, and a plurality of sacrificial layers. The plurality of semiconductor nanostructures and the plurality of sacrificial layers are arranged alternatingly. The method further includes laterally recessing the plurality of sacrificial layers to form lateral recesses, depositing a spacer layer extending into the lateral recesses, trimming the spacer layer to form inner spacers, and performing a treatment process to reduce dielectric constant values of the inner spacers.

A method includes forming a stack of channel layers and sacrificial layers on a substrate. The channel layers and the sacrificial layers have different material compositions and being alternatingly disposed in a vertical direction. The method further includes patterning the stack to form a semiconductor fin, forming an isolation feature on sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, recessing the semiconductor fin, thereby forming a source/drain recess, such that a recessed top surface of the semiconductor fin is below a top surface of the isolation feature, growing a base epitaxial layer from the recessed top surface of the semiconductor fin, depositing an insulation layer in the source/drain recess, and forming an epitaxial feature in the source/drain recess, wherein the epitaxial feature is above the insulation layer. The insulation layer is above the base epitaxial layer and above a bottommost channel layer.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a transistor on a semiconductor substrate, in which the transistor includes a gate structure and a source/drain structure; forming a patterned dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, in which the patterned dielectric layer includes an opening extending from a top surface of the patterned dielectric layer to a top surface of the source/drain structure; forming a dielectric contact spacer to cover a sidewall of the opening; and forming a conductive contact in the opening such that the conductive contact is connected to the source/drain structure and is isolated from the gate structure by the dielectric contact spacer and the patterned dielectric layer.

A semiconductor device, a semiconductor chip and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes: channel structures, vertically spaced apart from one another; a gate structure, intersecting the channel structures and wrapping around each of the channel structures; source/drain structures, in lateral contact with the channel structures from opposite sides of the channel structures; and protection structures, separately disposed along a bottom surface of the gate structure, wherein the channel structures are located between the protection structures, and the protection structures comprise a semiconductor material.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices and their fabrication methods. An example semiconductor device comprises a substrate including an active pattern, a channel pattern including semiconductor patterns, a source/drain pattern connected to the semiconductor patterns, an inner gate electrode between two neighboring semiconductor patterns, an inner gate dielectric layer, and an inner high-k dielectric layer between the inner gate electrode and the inner gate dielectric layer. The inner gate dielectric layer includes an upper dielectric layer, a lower dielectric layer, and an inner spacer. A first thickness of the inner spacer is greater than a second thickness of the upper or lower dielectric layer. The first thickness is greater than a third thickness of the inner high-k dielectric layer.

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active patterns respectively extending on a substrate in a first direction, a separation pattern extending on the substrate in a second direction, and dividing each of the plurality of active patterns into first and second active patterns, the separation pattern including a first separation pattern and a second separation pattern, the second separation pattern being shifted from the first separation pattern in the first direction to partially overlap the first separation pattern in the second direction, first and second dummy gate structures on first and second sides of the separation pattern, respectively, and extending along corresponding end portions of the first and second active patterns in the second direction, respectively, and a plurality of first and second gate structures crossing portions of the first and second active patterns, respectively, and extending in the second direction.

A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device comprises an n-channel GAA transistor and a p-channel GAA transistor, which are spaced apart. Each of the n-channel GAA transistor and the p-channel GAA transistor comprises a source, a drain, and at least one nanostructure layer located between the source and the drain. The p-channel GAA transistor further comprises a gate stack structure and a gate sidewall. In the p-channel GAA transistor, the at least one nanostructure layer comprises a channel portion that is covered by the gate stack structure and a connecting portion that is covered by the gate sidewall, and germanium content in the channel portion is greater than germanium content in the connecting portion and is greater than germanium content in the at least one nanostructure layer of the n-channel GAA transistor.