公开(公告)号：US20240321738A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18125455

申请日：2023-03-23

申请人： Intel Corporation

发明人： Leonard P. Guler ,  Prabhjot Kaur Luthra ,  Nidhi Khandelwal ,  Marie T. Conte ,  Saurabh Acharya ,  Shengsi Liu ,  Gary Allen ,  Clifford J. Engel ,  Charles H. Wallace

IPC分类号： H01L23/528 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/778

CPC分类号： H01L23/5283 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/0665 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/778

摘要： Techniques to form an integrated circuit having a bridging contact structure. A bridging contact structure may, for example, bridge between source/drain contacts and to an adjacent gate electrode within the same device layer. In an example, a gate cut structure extends in a first direction to separate the source or drain regions and gate structures of neighboring semiconductor devices. Contacts may be formed over the source or drain regions of the neighboring devices on opposite sides of the gate cut along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A portion of the gate cut is replaced with a first conductive bridge between the source or drain contacts. A portion of one or more dielectric barriers between one of the source or drain contacts and an adjacent gate electrode is replaced with a second conductive bridge in the first direction between the source or drain contact and the gate structure.

公开(公告)号：US20240321872A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18125447

申请日：2023-03-23

申请人： Intel Corporation

发明人： Leonard P. Guler ,  Shengsi Liu ,  Saurabh Acharya ,  Thomas Obrien ,  Krishna Ganesan ,  Ankit Kirit Lakhani ,  Prabhjot Kaur Luthra ,  Nidhi Khandelwal ,  Clifford J. Engel ,  Baofu Zhu ,  Meenakshisundaram Ramanathan

IPC分类号： H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/786

CPC分类号： H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/823437 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L29/0665 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/78696

摘要： Techniques to form an integrated circuit having a gate cut between adjacent pairs of semiconductor devices. At least one of those adjacent pairs of semiconductor devices includes a conductive link (e.g., a bridge) through the gate cut to connect the adjacent gates together. In an example, neighboring semiconductor devices each include a semiconductor region extending between a source region and a drain region, and a gate structure extending over the semiconductor regions of the neighboring semiconductor devices. A gate cut is present between each pair of neighboring semiconductor devices thus interrupting the gate structure and isolating the gate of one semiconductor device from the gate of the other semiconductor device. A conductive link extends over a given gate cut to electrically connect the adjacent gate electrodes together. A dielectric layer extends over the bridged gate electrodes and the conductive link, and may have different thicknesses over those respective features.

公开(公告)号：US20240355915A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18137731

申请日：2023-04-21

申请人： Intel Corporation

发明人： Leonard P. Guler ,  Clifford J. Engel ,  Debaleena Nandi ,  Gary Allen ,  Nicholas A. Thomson ,  Saurabh Acharya ,  Umang Desai ,  Vivek Vishwakarma ,  Charles H. Wallace

IPC分类号： H01L29/775 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423

CPC分类号： H01L29/775 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392

摘要： Techniques are provided herein to form an integrated circuit that includes one or more backside conductive structures that extend through the device layer to contact one or more frontside contacts, such as frontside source or drain contacts. In an example, a given semiconductor device along a row of such devices may be separated from an adjacent semiconductor device along the row by a gate cut. The gate cut may be a dielectric wall that extends through an entire thickness of the gate structure around the semiconductor regions of the devices and also extends between source or drain regions of the devices. A backside conductive structure may extend through portions of the source or drain regions and also through a portion of one of the dielectric walls within the gate trench to contact one or more frontside contacts on the source or drain regions.

公开(公告)号：US20240321978A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18125456

申请日：2023-03-23

申请人： Intel Corporation

发明人： Leonard P. Guler ,  Shengsi Liu ,  Baofu Zhu ,  Charles H. Wallace ,  Clifford J. Engel ,  Gary Allen ,  Saurabh Acharya ,  Thomas Obrien

IPC分类号： H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775

CPC分类号： H01L29/41733 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/401 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/775

摘要： Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices that include a contact over a given source or drain region that extends over the top of an adjacent source or drain region without contacting it. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a gate structure around a fin of semiconductor material that extends from a source or drain region, or one or more nanowires or nanoribbons or nanosheets of semiconductor material that extend from the source or drain region. A conductive contact is formed over the source or drain region that extends laterally across the source/drain trench above an adjacent source or drain region without contacting the adjacent source or drain region. The contact may extend along the source/drain trench through a dielectric wall (e.g., a gate cut) that extends orthogonally through the source/drain trench.