公开(公告)号：US11908856B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US16719257

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Biswajeet Guha ,  William Hsu ,  Chung-Hsun Lin ,  Kinyip Phoa ,  Oleg Golonzka ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Kalyan Kolluru ,  Nathan Jack ,  Nicholas Thomson ,  Ayan Kar ,  Benjamin Orr

IPC: H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06

CPC classification number: H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/0653 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: Gate-all-around structures having devices with source/drain-to-substrate electrical contact are described. An integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a first fin. A first gate stack is over the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is at first and second ends of the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. One or both of the first pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is directly electrically coupled to the first fin. A second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a second fin. A second gate stack is over the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A second pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is at first and second ends of the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. Both of the second pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is electrically isolated from the second fin.

公开(公告)号：US11869987B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17860056

申请日：2022-07-07

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ayan Kar ,  Saurabh Morarka ,  Carlos Nieva-Lozano ,  Kalyan Kolluru ,  Biswajeet Guha ,  Chung-Hsun Lin ,  Brian Greene ,  Tahir Ghani

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/93 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: H01L29/93 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/02603 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/66174

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures including varactors are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a varactor structure on a semiconductor substrate. The varactor structure includes a plurality of discrete vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. A plurality of gate stacks is over and surrounding corresponding ones of the plurality of discrete vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. The integrated circuit structure also includes a tap structure adjacent to the varactor structure on the semiconductor substrate. The tap structure includes a plurality of merged vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. A plurality of semiconductor structures is over and surrounding corresponding ones of the plurality of merged vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires.

公开(公告)号：US20230089395A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17448373

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： Benjamin Orr ,  Nicholas A. Thomson ,  Ayan Kar ,  Nathan D. Jack ,  Kalyan C. Kolluru ,  Patrick Morrow ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Charles C. Kuo

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8238

Abstract: Integrated circuits including vertical diodes. In an example, a first transistor is above a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor body extending laterally from a first source or drain region. The first source or drain region includes one of a p-type dopant or an n-type dopant. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor body extending laterally from a second source or drain region. The second source or drain region includes the other of the p-type dopant or the n-type dopant. The first source or drain region and second source or drain region are at least part of a diode structure, which may have a PN junction (e.g., first and second source/drain regions are merged) or a PIN junction (e.g., first and second source/drain regions are separated by an intrinsic semiconductor layer, or a dielectric layer and the first and second semiconductor bodies are part of the junction).

公开(公告)号：US20210167180A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US16699566

申请日：2019-11-30

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ayan Kar ,  Kalyan C. Kolluru ,  Nicholas A. Thomson ,  Mark Armstrong ,  Sameer Jayanta Joglekar ,  Rui Ma ,  Sayan Saha ,  Hyuk Ju Ryu ,  Akm A. Ahsan

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/40

Abstract: Disclosed herein are transistor arrangements of field-effect transistors with dual thickness gate dielectrics. An example transistor arrangement includes a semiconductor channel material, a source region and a drain region, provided in the semiconductor material, and a gate stack provided over a portion of the semiconductor material that is between the source region and the drain region. The gate stack has a thinner gate dielectric in a portion that is closer to the source region and a thicker gate dielectric in a portion that is closer to the drain region, which may effectively realize tunable ballast resistance integrated with the transistor arrangement and may help increase the breakdown voltage and/or decrease the gate leakage of the transistor.

公开(公告)号：US20240088136A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US17943557

申请日：2022-09-13

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ayan Kar ,  Nicholas A. Thomson ,  Kalyan C. Kolluru ,  Benjamin Orr

IPC: H01L27/02

CPC classification number: H01L27/027

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a sub-fin, a source region in contact with a first portion of the sub-fin, and a drain region in contact with a second portion of the sub-fin. A body including semiconductor material is above the sub-fin, where the body extends laterally between the source region and the drain region. A gate structure is on the body and includes (i) a gate electrode, and (ii) a gate dielectric between the gate electrode and the body. In an example, a first distance between the drain region and the gate electrode is at least two times a second distance between the source region and the gate electrode, where the first and second distances are measured in a same horizontal plane that runs in a direction parallel to the body. In an example, the body is a nanoribbon, a nanosheet, a nanowire, or a fin.

公开(公告)号：US20230420578A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US17848660

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ayan Kar ,  Kalyan C. Kolluru ,  Nicholas A. Thomson ,  Vijaya Bhaskara Neeli ,  Said Rami ,  Saurabh Morarka ,  Karthik Krishaswamy ,  Mauro J. Kobrinsky

IPC: H01L29/93 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/417

CPC classification number: H01L29/93 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/42392

Abstract: A varactor device includes a support structure, an electrically conductive layer at the backside of the support structure, two semiconductor structures including doped semiconductor materials, two contact structures, and a semiconductor region. Each contract structure is electrically conductive and is connected to a different one of the semiconductor structures A contract structure couples the corresponding semiconductor structure to the electrically conductive layer. The semiconductor region is between the two semiconductor structures and can be connected to the two semiconductor structures. The semiconductor region may include non-planar semiconductor structures coupled with a gate. The gate may be coupled to another electrically conductive layer at the frontside of the support structure. The varactor device may further include a pair of additional semiconductor regions that are electrically insulated from each other. The additional semiconductor regions may be coupled to two oppositely polarized gates, respectively.

公开(公告)号：US20230402449A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18457453

申请日：2023-08-29

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nicholas A. Thomson ,  Kalyan C. Kolluru ,  Adam Clay Faust ,  Frank Patrick O'Mahony ,  Ayan Kar ,  Rui Ma

IPC: H01L27/02

CPC classification number: H01L27/0292 ,  H01L27/0288 ,  H01L27/0255

Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) structures including backside vias, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an IC structure may include: a device layer, wherein the device layer includes a plurality of active devices; a first metallization layer over the device layer, wherein the first metallization layer includes a first conductive pathway in conductive contact with at least one of the active devices in the device layer; a second metallization layer under the device layer, wherein the second metallization layer includes a second conductive pathway; and a conductive via in the device layer, wherein the conductive via is in conductive contact with at least one of the active devices in the device layer and also in conductive contact with the second conductive pathway.

公开(公告)号：US11837641B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US16719281

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Biswajeet Guha ,  William Hsu ,  Chung-Hsun Lin ,  Kinyip Phoa ,  Oleg Golonzka ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Kalyan Kolluru ,  Nathan Jack ,  Nicholas Thomson ,  Ayan Kar ,  Benjamin Orr

IPC: H01L29/41 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L25/18 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/41791 ,  H01L25/18 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/401 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/6681 ,  H01L29/7853 ,  H01L2029/7858

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent deep via substrate contact for sub-fin electrical contact are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a conductive via 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 conductive via. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

公开(公告)号：US20240413147A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18332918

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ayan Kar ,  Kalyan C. Kolluru

IPC: H01L27/02

Abstract: A two-terminal IC device may be used for ESD protection. The IC device may include a deep N-well may be between a P-type substrate and a group of wells that includes a first P-well, a second P-well, and a N-well. There may be another well between the second P-well and the N-well. A P-type semiconductor structure may be formed in the P-well. Two N-type semiconductor structures may be formed in the second P-well and the N-well, respectively. A contact of the P-type semiconductor structure may be electrically coupled to a contact of the N-type semiconductor structure in the second P-well. The two contacts may constitute the first terminal of the IC device. The contact of the N-type semiconductor structure in the N-well may constitute the second terminal of the IC device. The first P-well may have a greater dimension but lower dopant concentration than the second P-well or the N-well.

公开(公告)号：US20240393186A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18324578

申请日：2023-05-26

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： David E. Duarte ,  Ayan Kar ,  Sameer Jayanta Joglekar ,  You Li ,  James S. Ayers

IPC: G01K7/22 ,  H01C7/00

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a temperature-sensing circuit for a semiconductor device. The circuit has a remote temperature-sensing element (RTSE) including a metal thermistor formed in a metal layer on the front side or backside of a substrate. The metal thermistor may be serpentine or spiral shaped. The RTSE communicates with a separate sense circuit at another location such as on the substrate. The RTSE can further include a thin film resistor (TFR) in an adjacent dielectric layer of the stack or within the sense circuit. The RTSE is driven alternately at opposing ends to cancel out the effects of power supply variations. An output voltage which represents a sensed temperature is obtained from a point between the metal thermistor and the TFR for processing by an analog-to-digital converter.