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公开(公告)号:US20240055499A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US17819482
申请日:2022-08-12
发明人: Ching-Yu Huang , Kuan Yu Chen , Shih-Wei Peng , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
IPC分类号: H01L29/423 , H01L29/06 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/48 , H01L21/768
CPC分类号: H01L29/4238 , H01L29/0665 , H01L23/5286 , H01L23/481 , H01L21/76898
摘要: A device includes a first row of active areas, a second row of active areas, and a first power via. The first row of active areas includes first active areas that extend in a first direction and second active areas that extend in the first direction. Each of the first active areas has a first width in a second direction and each of the second active areas has a second width in the second direction that is smaller than the first width. The second row of active areas is situated above or below the first row of active areas and includes third active areas that extend in the first direction. Each of the third active areas has the second width in the second direction. The first power via extends in a third direction between a transistor level of the device and a backside metal layer of the device and is situated between the first row of active areas and the second row of active areas.
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公开(公告)号:US11894375B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17846080
申请日:2022-06-22
发明人: Shih-Wei Peng , Te-Hsin Chiu , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
IPC分类号: H01L27/092 , H01L23/528 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/786 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/8238
CPC分类号: H01L27/0922 , H01L21/02532 , H01L21/02603 , H01L21/823807 , H01L21/823814 , H01L21/823828 , H01L21/823871 , H01L23/5286 , H01L29/0673 , H01L29/42392 , H01L29/66545 , H01L29/66742 , H01L29/78618 , H01L29/78696
摘要: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is of a first type in a first layer and includes a gate extending in a first direction and a first active region extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second transistor is of a second type arranged in a second layer over the first layer and includes the gate and a second active region extending in the second direction. The semiconductor device further includes a first conductive line in a third layer between the first and second layers. The first conductive line electrically connects a first source/drain region of the first active region to a second source/drain region of the second active region. The gate includes an upper portion and a lower portion, and the first conductive line crosses the first gate between the upper portion and the lower portion.
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公开(公告)号:US11842137B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17406699
申请日:2021-08-19
发明人: Shih-Wei Peng , Chih-Liang Chen , Charles Chew-Yuen Young , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng , Shun Li Chen , Wei-Cheng Lin
IPC分类号: G06F30/00 , G06F30/398 , H01L27/02 , H01L27/118 , G06F30/39 , G06F30/394
CPC分类号: G06F30/398 , G06F30/39 , G06F30/394 , H01L27/0207 , H01L27/11807 , H01L2027/11875
摘要: An integrated circuit includes a set of gates, a first, second and third conductive structure, and a first, second and third via. The set of gates includes a first, second and third gate. The first, second and third conductive structure extend in the first direction and are located on a second level. The first via couples the first conductive structure and the first gate. The second via couples the second conductive structure and the second gate. The third via couples the third conductive structure and the third gate. The first, second and third via are in a right angle configuration. The first and second gate are separated from each other by a first pitch. The first and third gate are separated from each other by a removed gate portion. The first and second conductive structure are separated from each other in the first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11783109B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US17395148
申请日:2021-08-05
IPC分类号: G06F30/392 , G03F7/20 , G03F1/36 , G06F30/398 , G03F7/00
CPC分类号: G06F30/392 , G03F1/36 , G03F7/70441 , G06F30/398
摘要: A method of forming an IC device includes creating a recess by removing at least a portion of a channel of a first transistor and a portion of a gate electrode, the gate electrode being common to the first transistor and an underlying second transistor. The method includes filling the recess with a dielectric material to form an isolation layer, and constructing a slot via overlying the isolation layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11769723B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-26
申请号:US17237443
申请日:2021-04-22
发明人: Shih-Wei Peng , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng , Kam-Tou Sio , Wei-Cheng Lin , Wei-An Lai
IPC分类号: H01L23/522 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/02 , H01L27/06
CPC分类号: H01L23/5226 , H01L23/5283 , H01L27/0207 , H01L27/0688
摘要: A monolithic three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) device includes a lower tier including a lower tier cell and an upper tier arranged over the lower tier. The upper tier has a first upper tier cell and a second upper tier cell separated by a predetermined lateral space. A monolithic inter-tier via (MIV) extends from the lower tier through the predetermined lateral space, and the MIV has a first end electrically connected to the lower tier cell and a second end electrically connected to the first upper tier cell.
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公开(公告)号:US11755812B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17342137
申请日:2021-06-08
发明人: Shih-Wei Peng , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
IPC分类号: G06F30/39 , G06F30/398 , G03F1/82 , G03F1/70 , G03F1/36
CPC分类号: G06F30/398 , G03F1/36 , G03F1/70 , G03F1/82
摘要: An integrated circuit includes a first buried power rail, a second buried power rail, a first power pad in a first metal layer, and a first conductive segment beneath the first metal layer. The first buried power rail and the second buried power rail are both located beneath the first metal layer. The first power pad is configured to receive a first supply voltage through at least one first via. The first conductive segment is conductively connected to the first power pad through at least one second via between the first conductive segment and the first metal layer. The first conductive segment is conductively connected to the first buried power rail through at least one third via between the first conductive segment and the first buried power rail.
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公开(公告)号:US11741288B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17581848
申请日:2022-01-21
发明人: Shih-Wei Peng , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jay Yang
IPC分类号: G06F7/00 , G06F30/392 , G06F30/394
CPC分类号: G06F30/392 , G06F30/394
摘要: A method (of manufacturing a semiconductor device) includes, for a layout diagram stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the semiconductor device being based on the layout diagram, the layout diagram including a first level of metallization (M_1st level) and a first level of interconnection (VIA_1st level) thereover corresponding to a first layer of metallization and a first layer of interconnection thereover in the semiconductor device, generating the layout diagram including: selecting a candidate pattern in the layout diagram, the candidate pattern being a first conductive pattern in the M_1st level (first M_1st pattern); determining that the candidate pattern satisfies one or more criteria; and increasing a size of the candidate pattern thereby revising the layout diagram.
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公开(公告)号:US11735517B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17590439
申请日:2022-02-01
发明人: Kam-Tou Sio , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
IPC分类号: H01L23/522 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/528
CPC分类号: H01L23/5226 , H01L21/76804 , H01L21/76877 , H01L23/528
摘要: A method including depositing a first dielectric layer over a first conductive line. The method further includes forming a first opening in the first dielectric layer. The method further includes filling the first opening with a first conductive material to define a second conductive line. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a second opening in the second dielectric layer. The method further includes filling the second opening with a second conductive material to define a third conductive line. The method further includes forming a supervia opening in the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The method further includes filling the supervia opening with a third conductive material to define a supervia, wherein the supervia directly connects to the first conductive line and the third conductive line.
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公开(公告)号:US11626369B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US17237530
申请日:2021-04-22
发明人: Te-Hsin Chiu , Kam-Tou Sio , Shih-Wei Peng , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
IPC分类号: H01L21/8238 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/092
摘要: An integrated circuit includes a first, second and third active region and a first, second and third conductive line. The first, second and third active regions extend in a first direction, and are on a first level of a front-side of a substrate. The second active region is between the first active region and the third active region. The first and second conductive line extend in the first direction, and are on a second level of a back-side of the substrate. The first conductive line is between the first and second active region. The second conductive line is between the second and third active region. The third conductive line extends in the second direction, is on a third level of the back-side of the substrate, overlaps the first and second conductive line, and electrically couples the first and second active regions.
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公开(公告)号:US11569167B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-31
申请号:US17115422
申请日:2020-12-08
发明人: Shih-Wei Peng , Hui-Ting Yang , Wei-Cheng Lin , Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
IPC分类号: H01L23/528 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/535 , H01L27/02 , H01L23/48
摘要: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: arranging a first and a second gate strip separating in a first distance, wherein each of the first and the second gate strip is a gate terminal of a transistor; depositing a first contact via on the first gate strip; forming a first conductive strip on the first contact via, wherein the first conductive strip and the first gate strip are crisscrossed from top view; arranging a second and a third conductive strip, above the first conductive strip, separating in a second distance, wherein each of the second and the third conductive strip is free from connecting to the first conductive strip, the first and the second conductive strip are crisscrossed from top view. The first distance is twice as the second distance. A length of the first conductive strip is smaller than two and a half times as the first distance.
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