EARLY BACKSIDE FIRST POWER DELIVERY NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20230128985A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17508113

    申请日:2021-10-22

    IPC分类号: H01L23/528 H01L27/12

    摘要: A semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure having a front side and an opposing backside. An early power delivery network (EBPDN) of wires is built above a substrate layer. Buried power rails (BPRs) are built above levels of the PDN and connected to the EBPDN by short length via connections that can be self-aligned to the back side buried power rails. Both BPRs and vias connections have a common metallization. A front side level of transistor devices are built at the front side of the structure above the BPRs. The resulting formed buried power rail structure has an aspect ratio of height:width greater than 4:1, a height >3 times a height of the formed via structure; and a via structure having a length greater than a height of the formed conductive power rail structure.

    ULTRA-SHORT-HEIGHT STANDARD CELL ARCHITECTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20230101678A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17485088

    申请日:2021-09-24

    IPC分类号: G06F30/392

    摘要: Semiconductor integrated circuit devices are provided which have standard cells with ultra-short standard cell heights. For example, a device comprises an integrated circuit comprising a standard cell which comprises a first cell boundary and a second cell boundary. The standard cell comprises an n-track cell height defined by a distance between the first cell boundary and the second cell boundary, wherein n is four or less.

    TOP VIA PROCESS WITH DAMASCENE METAL

    公开(公告)号:US20230094757A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17481362

    申请日:2021-09-22

    IPC分类号: H01L21/768 H01L23/522

    摘要: An approach providing a semiconductor wiring structure with a self-aligned top via on a first metal line and under a second metal line. The semiconductor wiring structure includes a plurality of first metal lines in a bottom portion of a first dielectric material. The semiconductor wiring structure includes a top via in a top portion of the first dielectric material, where the top via is over a first metal line of the plurality of first metal lines. The semiconductor wiring structure includes a second dielectric material above each of the plurality of first metal lines except the first metal line of the plurality of first metal lines. Furthermore, the semiconductor wiring structure includes a second metal line above the top via, wherein the second metal line is in a third dielectric material and a hardmask layer that is under the third dielectric material.

    TOP VIA WITH DAMASCENE LINE AND VIA

    公开(公告)号:US20220005732A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17479346

    申请日:2021-09-20

    摘要: A method of forming a top via is provided. The method includes forming a sacrificial trench layer and conductive trench plug in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on a conductive line. The method further includes forming a cover layer on the ILD layer, sacrificial trench layer, and conductive trench plug, and forming a sacrificial channel layer and a conductive channel plug on the conductive trench plug. The method further includes removing the cover layer and the ILD layer to expose the sacrificial trench layer and the sacrificial channel layer. The method further includes removing the sacrificial trench layer and the sacrificial channel layer, and forming a barrier layer on the conductive channel plug and conductive trench plug.

    ETCH STOP LAYER REMOVAL FOR CAPACITANCE REDUCTION IN DAMASCENE TOP VIA INTEGRATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210327751A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US16851167

    申请日:2020-04-17

    IPC分类号: H01L21/768 H01L23/522

    摘要: A method of forming an interconnect structure includes forming at least one second-level interconnect in a sacrificial dielectric layer that is formed on an upper surface of a sacrificial etch stop layer, and removing the sacrificial dielectric layer and the sacrificial etch stop layer while maintaining the at least one second-level interconnect so as to expose an underlying dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing a replacement dielectric layer on an upper surface of the underlying dielectric layer to embed the at least one second-level interconnect in the replacement dielectric layer. Accordingly, an interconnect structure can be formed that includes one or more first-level interconnect in a dielectric layer and one or more second-level interconnects in a replacement dielectric layer stacked on the dielectric layer. The replacement dielectric layer directly contacts the dielectric layer.

    INVERTED, SELF-ALIGNED TOP-VIA STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20210305152A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16830550

    申请日:2020-03-26

    摘要: A multilayered integrated circuit includes a first layer with a first conductive element overlaying a substrate, a second layer with a second conductive element overlaying the first layer, an intermediate layer between the first layer and the second layer, and a via structure. The via structure is partially embedded within the intermediate layer and is communicatively coupled to the first conductive element and the second conductive element. The via structure extends from the first conductive element and has a first end with a first end width and a second end with a second end width. The second end is further from the substrate than the first end and the first end width is greater than the second end width such that the via structure tapers between the first end and the second end of the via structure.