公开(公告)号：US20240105452A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17952695

申请日：2022-09-26

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Reza Bayati ,  Matthew J. Prince ,  Alison V. Davis ,  Chun C. Kuo ,  Andrew Arnold ,  Ramy Ghostine ,  Li Huey Tan

IPC: H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775

CPC classification number: H01L21/28123 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/775

Abstract: Techniques are provided to form semiconductor devices that include one or more gate cuts having a layer of polymer material at edges of the gate cut. The polymer layer may be provided as a byproduct of the etching process used to form the gate cut recess through the gate structure, and can protect any exposed portions of the source or drain regions from certain subsequent processes. The gate structure may be interrupted between two transistors with a gate cut that extends through an entire thickness of the gate structure and includes a dielectric material to electrically isolate the portions of the gate structure on either side of the gate cut. The edges of the gate cut may be lined with a polymer layer that is also on any exposed portions of the source or drain regions that were exposed during the etching process used to form the gate cut recess.

公开(公告)号：US20240404917A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18204864

申请日：2023-06-01

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Sikandar Abbas ,  Chanaka Munasinghe ,  Leonard Guler ,  Reza Bayati ,  Madeleine Stolt ,  Makram Abd El Qader ,  Pratik Patel ,  Anindya Dasgupta

IPC: H01L23/48 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/528

Abstract: Devices, transistor structures, systems, and techniques are described herein related to coupling backside and frontside metallization layers that are on opposite sides of a device layer. A device includes a transistor having semiconductor structures extending between a source and a drain, and a gate between the source and drain, a bridge via extending between a frontside metallization over the transistor and a backside metallization below the transistor, and a thin insulative liner between the bridge via and components of the transistor.

公开(公告)号：US20240105800A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17951532

申请日：2022-09-23

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Reza Bayati ,  Alison V. Davis ,  Ramy Ghostine ,  Matthew J. Prince

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/42392 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823437 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: Techniques are described to form semiconductor devices that include one or more gate cuts having a very high aspect ratio (e.g., an aspect ratio of 5:1 or greater). A semiconductor device includes a conductive material that is part of a transistor gate structure around or otherwise on a semiconductor region. The gate structure may be interrupted between two transistors with a gate cut that extends through an entire thickness of the gate structure. A plasma etching process may be performed to form the gate cut with a very high height-to-width aspect ratio with little to no tapering in its sidewall profile, so as to enable densely integrated devices. Furthermore, an etching process may be performed on a gate masking structure used to pattern the location of the gate cuts to ensure that the gate masking structure has low sidewall taper and sufficiently opened enough to expose the underlying gate.

公开(公告)号：US20240213026A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18085768

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Matthew J. Prince ,  Lawrence Zaino ,  Barry B. Butler ,  Girish Sharma ,  Robert R. Mitchell ,  Rajaram A. Pai ,  Niels Sveum ,  Alison V. Davis ,  Chun Chen Kuo ,  Reza Bayati ,  Swapnadip Ghosh

IPC: H01L21/28 ,  B24B37/04 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775

CPC classification number: H01L21/28123 ,  B24B37/04 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823828 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/41733 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/775

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices that include a gate cut formed after the formation of source or drain contacts and with a top surface that is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the source or drain contacts. An example semiconductor device includes a gate structure around or otherwise on a semiconductor region and a dielectric layer present on a top surface of the gate structure. Conductive contacts are formed over source and drain regions along a source/drain contact recess or trench. The gate structure may be interrupted with a gate cut that extends through an entire thickness of the gate structure and includes a dielectric material. A top surface of the gate cut may be polished until it is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the dielectric layer over the gate structure and a top surface of the source or drain contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20240112916A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US17936934

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Swapnadip Ghosh ,  Matthew J. Prince ,  Alison V. Davis ,  Chun C. Kuo ,  Andrew Arnold ,  Reza Bayati

IPC: H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775

CPC classification number: H01L21/28123 ,  H01L21/02603 ,  H01L21/823412 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L21/823481 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/41733 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/775

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices that include a gate cut formed after the formation of source/drain contacts. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a gate structure around or otherwise on a semiconductor region that extends from a source region to a drain region. Conductive contacts formed over the source and drain regions along a source/drain trench. The gate structure may be interrupted with a dielectric gate cut that further extends past the gate trench and into the source/drain trench where it can cut into one or more of the contacts. The contacts are formed before the gate cut to ensure complete fill of conductive material when forming the contacts. Accordingly, a liner structure on the conductive contacts is also broken by the intrusion of the gate cut and does not extend further up or down the sidewalls of the gate cut.

公开(公告)号：US20240332088A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18129617

申请日：2023-03-31

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Reza Bayati ,  Swapnadip Ghosh ,  Chiao-Ti Huang ,  Matthew Prince ,  Jeffrey Miles Tan ,  Ramy Ghostine ,  Anupama Bowonder

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775

CPC classification number: H01L21/823456 ,  H01L21/32136 ,  H01L21/32139 ,  H01L21/823412 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/775

Abstract: One or more transistors may have gate structures with differing sidewall slopes. The gate structures may be over stacks of channel regions in nanosheets (or nanoribbons or nanowires), and the differing gate profiles may correspond to differing electrical characteristics. Transistors with metal gate structures may be tuned by strategically etching the gate structures, for example, using lower etch powers, higher etch temperatures, and/or longer etch durations, to achieve substantially vertical gate profiles.

公开(公告)号：US20240113105A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US17937212

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Alison V. Davis ,  Bern Youngblood ,  Reza Bayati ,  Swapnadip Ghosh ,  Matthew J. Prince ,  Jeffrey Miles Tan

IPC: H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/76229 ,  H01L23/5226 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices that include gate cuts with different widths (e.g., at least a 1.5× difference in width) but substantially the same height (e.g., less than 5 nm difference in height). A given gate structure extending over one or more semiconductor regions may be interrupted with any number of gate cuts that each extend through an entire thickness of the gate structure. According to some embodiments, gate cuts of a similar first width are formed via a first etching process while gate cuts of a similar second width that is greater than the first width are formed via a second etching process that is different from the first etching process. Using different etch processes for gate cuts of different widths maintains a similar height for the gate cuts of different widths.

公开(公告)号：US20240105453A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17953873

申请日：2022-09-27

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Reza Bayati ,  Matthew J. Prince ,  Alison V. Davis ,  Ramy Ghostine ,  Piyush M. Sinha ,  Oleg Golonzka ,  Swapnadip Ghosh ,  Manish Sharma

IPC: H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775

CPC classification number: H01L21/28123 ,  H01L21/02274 ,  H01L21/0228 ,  H01L21/31116 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/775

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices that include one or more gate cuts having a very high aspect ratio (e.g., an aspect ratio of 5:1 or greater, such as 10:1). In an example, a semiconductor device includes a conductive material that is part of a transistor gate structure around or otherwise on a semiconductor region. The semiconductor region can be, for example, a fin of semiconductor material that extends between a source region and a drain region, or one or more nanowires or nanoribbons of semiconductor material that extend between a source region and a drain region. The gate structure may be interrupted between two transistors with a gate cut that extends through an entire thickness of the gate structure. A particular plasma etching process may be performed to form the gate cut with a very high height-to-width aspect ratio so as to enable densely integrated devices.