Integrated circuits with buried interconnect conductors

    公开(公告)号:US11456217B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17306633

    申请日:2021-05-03

    Abstract: Examples of an integrated circuit with an interconnect structure that includes a buried interconnect conductor and a method for forming the integrated circuit are provided herein. In some examples, the method includes receiving a substrate that includes a plurality of fins extending from a remainder of the substrate. A spacer layer is formed between the plurality of fins, and a buried interconnect conductor is formed on the spacer layer between the plurality of fins. A set of capping layers is formed on the buried interconnect conductor between the plurality of fins. A contact recess is etched through the set of capping layers that exposes the buried interconnect conductor, and a contact is formed in the contact recess that is electrically coupled to the buried interconnect conductor.

    Backside Vias in Semiconductor Device

    公开(公告)号:US20220278213A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17743992

    申请日:2022-05-13

    Abstract: Methods of forming backside vias connected to source/drain regions of long-channel semiconductor devices and short-channel semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first transistor structure; a second transistor structure adjacent the first transistor structure; a first interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure; and a second interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure, the second interconnect structure including a first dielectric layer on the backside of the first transistor structure; a second dielectric layer on the backside of the second transistor structure; a first contact extending through the first dielectric layer and electrically coupled to a first source/drain region of the first transistor structure; and a second contact extending through the second dielectric layer and electrically coupled to a second source/drain region of the second transistor structure, the second contact having a second length less than a first length of the first contact.

    Semiconductor devices with backside contacts and isolation

    公开(公告)号:US11430789B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US17104351

    申请日:2020-11-25

    Abstract: A method includes forming a fin structure over a substrate, wherein the fin structure includes a base layer, an isolating layer over the base layer, and a stack of channel layers and first sacrificial layers alternately stacked over the isolating layer. The method further includes forming an isolation structure adjacent to sidewalls of the fin structure, wherein a top surface of the isolation structure is above a bottom surface of the isolating layer and below a top surface of the isolating layer. The method further includes depositing a second sacrificial layer over the isolation structure and over the sidewalls of the fin structure; etching the second sacrificial layer and the fin structure to form two source/drain trenches, wherein the source/drain trenches expose the base layer; partially removing the first and the second sacrificial layers through the source/drain trenches to form gaps; and depositing a dielectric spacer in the gaps.

    Nanosheet device with dipole dielectric layer and methods of forming the same

    公开(公告)号:US11374105B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16835759

    申请日:2020-03-31

    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers over a substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers are separated and stacked up, and a thickness of each second semiconductor layer is less than a thickness of each first semiconductor layer; a first interfacial layer around each first semiconductor layer; a second interfacial layer around each second semiconductor layer; a first dipole gate dielectric layer around each first semiconductor layer and over the first interfacial layer; a second dipole gate dielectric layer around each second semiconductor layer and over the second interfacial layer; a first gate electrode around each first semiconductor layer and over the first dipole gate dielectric layer; and a second gate electrode around each second semiconductor layer and over the second dipole gate dielectric layer.

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