IP Library Granted Patent US 12667007
Granted Patent B2
US 12667007 · App. 17/969,402 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Diode and bipolar junction transistor for 3D SFET with BSPDN structure

Inventors: Byounghak Hong (Albany, NY); Wookhyun Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jaehong Lee (Albany, NY)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10W90/00H10D88/00H10D89/711H10W20/427
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Patent No.
US 12667007
App. No.
17/969,402
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A (3D) stacked field effect transistors (SFETs) device includes a first transistor structure including a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region, the second S/D region including a first side and a second side facing opposite to the first side, and a second transistor structure including a third S/D region and a fourth S/D region, the fourth S/D region including a first side and a second side facing opposite to the first side. The first transistor structure and the second transistor structure are merged such that the second side of the second S/D region is merged with the first side of the fourth S/D region.

Claims (66)

1 . A three-dimensional (3D) stacked field effect transistor (SFET) device, comprising:

a first transistor structure comprising a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region, the second S/D region comprising a first side and a second side facing opposite to the first side; and

a second transistor structure comprising a third S/D region and a fourth S/D region, the fourth S/D region comprising a first side and a second side facing opposite to the first side,

wherein the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure are merged such that the second side of the second S/D region is directly merged with the first side of the fourth S/D region.

2 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , wherein the fourth S/D region comprises a collector electrode.

3 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , wherein the second S/D region comprises a base region and an emitter electrode.

4 . The 3D SFET device of claim 3 , wherein a first surface of the base region is substantially coplanar with a first surface of the emitter electrode,

wherein the first surface of the base region and the first surface of an electrode face of the emitter electrode opposite to a surface of the second side of the second S/D region.

5 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , further comprising an emitter electrode positioned in a channel of the first transistor structure and outside of the second S/D region.

6 . The 3D SFET device of claim 5 , wherein the second S/D region comprises a base region,

wherein a first surface of the base region is substantially coplanar with a first surface of the emitter electrode, and

wherein the first surface of the base region and the first surface of an electrode face of the emitter electrode opposite to a surface of the second side of the second S/D region.

7 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , wherein the first side of the fourth S/D region comprises:

an overlapping section that is merged with the second side of the second S/D region, and

a non-overlapping section.

8 . The 3D SFET device of claim 7 , wherein the 3D SFET device is connected to a backside power distribution network (BSPDN) by a contact provided on the non-overlapping section of the fourth S/D region.

9 . The 3D SFET device of claim 7 , wherein the non-overlapping section extends in a longitudinal direction with respect to the third S/D region.

10 . The 3D SFET device of claim 7 , further comprising a metal shim formed on the non-overlapping section of the fourth S/D region.

11 . The 3D SFET device of claim 10 , further comprising a contact provided on the metal shim.

12 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , wherein the second S/D region is larger than the fourth S/D region.

13 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first contact provided on the first side of the second S/D region;

a second contact provided on the first side of the second S/D region; and

a third contact provided on a second side of the fourth S/D region.

14 . The 3D SFET device of claim 13 , wherein the 3D SFET device is connected to a backside power distribution network (BSPDN) by at least one of the first contact, the second contact, and the third contact.

15 . The 3D SFET device of claim 1 , wherein

the first S/D region is connected to the second S/D in a first direction,

the third S/D region is connected to the fourth S/D region in the first direction, and

the second side of the second S/D region is merged with the first side of the fourth S/D region in a second direction different from the first direction.

16 . A three-dimensional (3D) stacked field effect transistor (SFET) device, comprising:

a first transistor structure comprising a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region, wherein the second S/D region comprises:

a first side,

a second side facing opposite to the first side,

a base region, and

an emitter electrode; and

a second transistor structure comprising a third S/D region and a fourth S/D region, the fourth S/D region comprising a first side and a second side facing opposite to the first side,

wherein the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure are merged such that the second side of the second S/D region is merged with the first side of the fourth S/D region,

wherein a first surface of the base region is substantially coplanar with a first surface of the emitter electrode, and

wherein the first surface of the base region and the first surface of an electrode face of the emitter electrode opposite to a surface of the second side of the second S/D region.

17 . The 3D SFET device of claim 16 , wherein the first side of the fourth S/D region comprises:

an overlapping section that is merged with the second side of the second S/D region, and

a non-overlapping section.

18 . The 3D SFET device of claim 17 , further comprising a contact provided on the non-overlapping section.

19 . The 3D SFET device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a first contact provided on the first side of the second S/D region;

a second contact provided on the first side of the second S/D region; and

a third contact provided on the second side of the fourth S/D region.

20 . A three-dimensional (3D) stacked field effect transistor (SFET) device, comprising:

a first transistor structure comprising a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region, wherein the second S/D region comprises:

a first side,

a second side facing opposite to the first side,

a base region, and

an emitter electrode; and

a second transistor structure comprising a third S/D region and a fourth S/D region, wherein the fourth S/D region comprises:

a first side,

a second side facing opposite to the first side, and

a collector electrode,

wherein the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure are merged such that the second side of the second S/D region is merged with the first side of the fourth S/D region,

wherein the fourth S/D region further comprises:

an overlapping section that is merged with the second side of the second S/D region;

a non-overlapping section; and

a metal shim provided on the non-overlapping section.

21 . The 3D SFET device of claim 20 , further comprising:

a first contact provided on a first surface of the base region;

a second contact provided on the first surface of the base region; and

a third contact provided on a first surface of the metal shim.