公开(公告)号：US12302632B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18523637

申请日：2023-11-29

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Jun Sung Kang ,  Kai Loon Cheong ,  Erica J. Thompson ,  Biswajeet Guha ,  William Hsu ,  Dax M. Crum ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Bruce Beattie

IPC: H10D84/85 ,  H10D30/01 ,  H10D30/62 ,  H10D62/10 ,  H10D62/832 ,  H10D64/01 ,  H10D64/27 ,  H10D64/68 ,  H10D84/01 ,  H10D84/03

Abstract: Non-planar integrated circuit structures having mitigated source or drain etch from replacement gate process are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin or nanowire. A gate stack is over the fin or nanowire. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. A first dielectric spacer is along a first side of the gate stack, and a second dielectric spacer is along a second side of the gate stack. The first and second dielectric spacers are over at least a portion of the fin or nanowire. An insulating material is vertically between and in contact with the portion of the fin or nanowire and the first and second dielectric spacers. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at the first side of the gate stack, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at the second side of the gate stack.

公开(公告)号：US12288803B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18540544

申请日：2023-12-14

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Willy Rachmady ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Matthew V. Metz ,  Nicholas G. Minutillo ,  Sean T. Ma ,  Anand S. Murthy ,  Jack T. Kavalieros ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Gilbert Dewey

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78

Abstract: A transistor includes a body of semiconductor material, where the body has laterally opposed body sidewalls and a top surface. A gate structure contacts the top surface of the body. A source region contacts a first one of the laterally opposed body sidewalls and a drain region contacts a second one of the laterally opposed body sidewalls. A first isolation region is under the source region and has a top surface in contact with a bottom surface of the source region. A second isolation region is under the drain region and has a top surface in contact with a bottom surface of the drain region. Depending on the transistor configuration, a major portion of the inner-facing sidewalls of the first and second isolation regions contact respective sidewalls of either a subfin structure (e.g., FinFET transistor configurations) or a lower portion of a gate structure (e.g., gate-all-around transistor configuration).

公开(公告)号：US12272737B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-08

申请号：US18368428

申请日：2023-09-14

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Biswajeet Guha ,  William Hsu ,  Chung-Hsun Lin ,  Kinyip Phoa ,  Oleg Golonzka ,  Tahir Ghani

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/786

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent structures for sub-fin electrical contact are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor island on a semiconductor substrate. A vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate. A channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is electrically isolated from the fin. The fin is electrically coupled to the semiconductor island. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

公开(公告)号：US12243875B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US18409519

申请日：2024-01-10

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Seung Hoon Sung ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Christopher M. Neumann ,  Susmita Ghose ,  Varun Mishra ,  Cory Weber ,  Stephen M. Cea ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Jack T. Kavalieros

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/84

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include forksheet transistor devices having a dielectric or a conductive spine. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a dielectric spine. A first transistor device includes a first vertical stack of semiconductor channels spaced apart from a first edge of the dielectric spine. A second transistor device includes a second vertical stack of semiconductor channels spaced apart from a second edge of the dielectric spine. An N-type gate structure is on the first vertical stack of semiconductor channels, a portion of the N-type gate structure laterally between and in contact with the first edge of the dielectric spine and the first vertical stack of semiconductor channels. A P-type gate structure is on the second vertical stack of semiconductor channels, a portion of the P-type gate structure laterally between and in contact with the second edge of the dielectric spine and the second vertical stack of semiconductor channels.

公开(公告)号：US12191395B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US18494384

申请日：2023-10-25

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Abhishek A. Sharma ,  Van H. Le ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Jack T. Kavalieros ,  Shriram Shivaraman ,  Benjamin Chu-Kung ,  Yih Wang ,  Tahir Ghani

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H10B12/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are dual gate trench shaped thin film transistors and related methods and devices. Exemplary thin film transistor structures include a non-planar semiconductor material layer having a first portion extending laterally over a first gate dielectric layer, which is over a first gate electrode structure, and a second portion extending along a trench over the first gate dielectric layer, a second gate electrode structure at least partially within the trench, and a second gate dielectric layer between the second gate electrode structure and the first portion.

公开(公告)号：US20250006806A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18346087

申请日：2023-06-30

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Anand Murthy ,  Alexander Badmaev ,  Zhiyi Chen ,  Debaleena Nandi ,  Tahir Ghani

IPC: H01L29/417 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/786

Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus may include a substrate having silicon. In addition, the apparatus may include a first layer of a source or drain region of a p-type transistor, the first layer positioned above the substrate, the first layer having boron, silicon and germanium. The apparatus may include a second layer coupled to the source or drain region, the second layer having a metal contact for the source or drain region. Moreover, the apparatus may include a third layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer, the third layer having at least one monolayer having gallium, where the third layer is adjacent to the first layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240389300A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18789756

申请日：2024-07-31

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Wilfred Gomes ,  Mauro J. Kobrinsky ,  Abhishek A. Sharma ,  Rajesh Kumar ,  Kinyip Phoa ,  Elliot Tan ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Swaminathan Sivakumar

IPC: H10B12/00 ,  G11C5/06 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/786

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory array may include a first memory array and a second memory array, stacked above the first. Some memory cells of the first array may be coupled to a first layer selector transistor, while some memory cells of the second array may be coupled to a second layer selector transistor. The first and second layer selector transistor may be coupled to one another and to a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the first and/or second memory arrays. A different layer selector transistor may be used for each row of memory cells of a given memory array and/or for each column of memory cells of a given memory array. Such designs may allow increasing density of memory cells in a memory array having a given footprint area, or, conversely, reducing the footprint area of the memory array with a given memory cell density.

公开(公告)号：US12142667B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US18093776

申请日：2023-01-05

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Andrew W. Yeoh ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Atul Madhavan ,  Michael L. Hattendorf ,  Christopher P. Auth

IPC: H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/033 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/167 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H10B10/00 ,  H01L23/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes first and second gate dielectric layers over a fin. First and second gate electrodes are over the first and second gate dielectric layers, respectively, the first and second gate electrodes both having an insulating cap having a top surface. First dielectric spacer are adjacent the first side of the first gate electrode. A trench contact structure is over a semiconductor source or drain region adjacent first and second dielectric spacers, the trench contact structure comprising an insulating cap on a conductive structure, the insulating cap of the trench contact structure having a top surface substantially co-planar with the insulating caps of the first and second gate electrodes.

公开(公告)号：US12080643B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US16583691

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Travis W. Lajoie ,  Abhishek A. Sharma ,  Juan G. Alzate Vinasco ,  Chieh-Jen Ku ,  Shem O. Ogadhoh ,  Allen B. Gardiner ,  Blake C. Lin ,  Yih Wang ,  Pei-Hua Wang ,  Jack T. Kavalieros ,  Bernhard Sell ,  Tahir Ghani

IPC: H01L23/522 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/528

CPC classification number: H01L23/5283 ,  H01L21/76816 ,  H01L21/76829 ,  H01L23/5223 ,  H01L23/5226

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having differentiated interconnect lines in a same dielectric layer, and methods of fabricating integrated circuit structures having differentiated interconnect lines in a same dielectric layer, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer above a substrate. A plurality of conductive interconnect lines is in the ILD layer. The plurality of conductive interconnect lines includes a first interconnect line having a first height, and a second interconnect line immediately laterally adjacent to but spaced apart from the first interconnect line, the second interconnect line having a second height less than the first height.

公开(公告)号：US12068314B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17026047

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Leonard P. Guler ,  William Hsu ,  Biswajeet Guha ,  Martin Weiss ,  Apratim Dhar ,  William T. Blanton ,  John H. Irby, IV ,  James F. Bondi ,  Michael K. Harper ,  Charles H. Wallace ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Benedict A. Samuel ,  Stefan Dickert

IPC: H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/7851 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent island structures are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor island on a semiconductor substrate. A first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a first fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate. A channel region of the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is electrically isolated from the fin. A second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a second fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate. A channel region of the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is electrically isolated from the second fin. The semiconductor island is between the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.