Self-aligned backside contact with increased contact area
A first and a second source drain region, an upper source drain contact connected to the first source drain region, a bottom source drain contact connected to the second source drain region, a dielectric spacer surrounds opposite vertical side surfaces of the bottom source drain contact and overlaps a vertical side surface and a lower horizontal surface of a bottom isolation region. A width of the bottom source drain contact wider than a width of the second source drain. Forming an undoped silicon buffer epitaxy in an opening between and below a first and a second nanosheet stack, forming a contact to a first source drain adjacent to that, removing the undoped silicon buffer epitaxy below a second source drain between the first and the second nanosheet stack, forming a bottom contact to that, a width of the bottom contact is wider than a width of the second source drain.
1 . A semiconductor device comprising:
a first source drain region;
a second source drain region;
an upper source drain contact vertically aligned above and electrically connected to the first source drain region;
a bottom source drain contact vertically aligned below and electrically connected to the second source drain region, wherein the bottom source drain contact and the upper source drain contact are on opposite sides of the semiconductor device,
a dielectric spacer surrounding all sides of the bottom source drain contact; and
a bottom dielectric isolation region vertically aligned below a nanosheet stack of the semiconductor device, wherein a bottom surface of the bottom source drain contact is below a bottommost surface of the bottom dielectric isolation region.
2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein both the bottom source drain contact and the dielectric spacer directly contact a vertical sidewall of the bottom dielectric isolation region.
3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shallow trench isolation region entirely below the bottom dielectric isolation region, wherein the dielectric spacer is between and directly contacts both the shallow trench isolation region and the bottom source drain contact.
4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a backside power rail below the bottom source drain contact, connected to the bottom source drain contact.
5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a backside power delivery network below the backside power rail.
6 . A semiconductor device comprising:
a first source drain region;
a second source drain region;
an upper source drain contact vertically aligned above and electrically connected to the first source drain region; and
a bottom source drain contact vertically aligned below and electrically connected to the second source drain region, wherein the bottom source drain contact and the upper source drain contact are on opposite sides of the semiconductor device,
wherein a dielectric spacer surrounds opposite vertical side surfaces of the bottom source drain contact,
wherein the dielectric spacer overlaps a vertical side surface and a lower horizontal surface of a bottom isolation region,
wherein a width of the bottom source drain contact is wider than a width of the second source drain.
7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein
the bottom dielectric isolation region is below a nanosheet stack of the semiconductor device.
8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a shallow trench isolation region entirely below both the first source drain region and the second source drain region, wherein the dielectric spacer is between and directly contacts both the shallow trench isolation region and the bottom source drain contact.
9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a backside power rail below the bottom source drain contact, connected to the bottom source drain contact.
10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a backside power delivery network below the backside power rail.
11 . A method comprising:
forming a double nanosheet stack on a substrate;
forming a shallow trench isolation between adjacent double nanosheet stacks;
dividing the double nanosheet stack into a first nanosheet stack and a second nanosheet stack;
forming a shallow trench isolation in the divided double nanosheet stack;
forming an undoped silicon buffer epitaxy in an opening between and below the first nanosheet stack and the second nanosheet stack;
forming a top source drain contact to an upper horizontal surface of a first source drain region adjacent to the first nanosheet stack;
bonding a carrier wafer to an upper surface of the substrate above the first nanosheet stack and the second nanosheet stack;
removing the undoped silicon buffer epitaxy below a second source drain region between the first nanosheet stack and the second nanosheet stack; and
forming a bottom source drain contact to a lower horizontal surface of the second source drain region, the bottom source drain contact and the second source drain region are vertically aligned,
wherein a width of the bottom source drain contact is wider than a width of the second source drain region.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the bottom source drain contact comprises a vertical side surface adjacent to a vertical side surface of a bottom dielectric isolation region below the second nanosheet stack.
13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the bottom source drain contact comprises a vertical side surface adjacent to a vertical side surface of a liner of the second source drain, wherein the liner of the second source drain is between the second source drain and a work function metal of a gate of the second nanosheet stack.
14 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
an epitaxial region between the bottom source drain contact and the second source drain region.
15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein a lower horizontal surface of the epitaxial region is below a lower horizontal surface of a bottom dielectric isolation region below the second nanosheet stack.
16 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a buried power rail above the bottom source drain contact, connect to the bottom source drain contact; and
a backside power delivery network above the buried power rail.
17 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a bottom dielectric isolation region below the first nanosheet stack and below the second nanosheet stack.
18 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first nanosheet stack comprising alternating layers of a work function metal and a semiconductor channel material vertically aligned and stacked one on top of another; and
the second nanosheet stack comprising alternating layers of a work function metal and the semiconductor channel material vertically aligned and stacked one on top of another, vertically aligned and stacked one on top of another.
19 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
an undoped silicon buffer epitaxial region between the bottom source drain contact and the first source drain region.
20 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
vertical spacers on opposite sides of the first source drain region.