IP Library Granted Patent US 12696746
Granted Patent B2
US 12696746 · App. 17/961,281 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Backside BPR/BSPDN integration with backside local interconnect

Inventors: Albert M. Chu (Nashua, NH); Lawrence A. Clevenger (Saratoga Springs, NY); Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo (Wynantskill, NY); Huai Huang (Clifton Park, NY); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H10W20/20H10D30/014H10D30/43H10D30/6757H10D62/121H10D62/151H10D84/0128H10D84/013H10D84/0149H10D84/038H10D84/834
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Patent No.
US 12696746
App. No.
17/961,281
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes backside power rails located between N channel field effect transistor to N channel field effect transistor spaces, and between at least one P channel field effect transistor to P channel field effect transistor space; and backside local signal lines located between the backside power rails.

Claims (18)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

backside power rails located between at least one N channel field effect transistor to N channel field effect transistor spaces, and between at least one P channel field effect transistor to P channel field effect transistor spaces; and

backside local signal lines located between the backside power rails, wherein the backside local signal lines connect to at least one source/drain or at least one gate through at least one backside contact.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the backside power rails connect to source/drain epitaxies through respective backside contacts.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a cell architecture with the backside local signal lines running horizontally on a backside, and a frontside metal running vertically.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one pair of adjacent N channel transistors.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the backside power rails comprise at least one backside N channel power rail for the at least one pair of adjacent N channel transistors, the at least one backside N channel power rail located between the at least one pair of adjacent N channel transistors.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising two adjacent P channel transistors, wherein at least one N channel transistor of the at least one pair of adjacent N channel transistors is adjacent to a P channel transistor of the two adjacent P channel transistors.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising at least one backside P channel power rail for the two adjacent P channel transistors, the at least one backside P channel power rail located between the two adjacent P channel transistors.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising backside local signal lines for the N channel field effect transistors and the P channel field effect transistors, the backside local signal lines located between at least one of the N channel field effect transistors and at least one of the P channel field effect transistors.

9 . A semiconductor device comprising:

two adjacent N channel transistors; and

two adjacent P channel transistors, wherein a N channel transistor of the two adjacent N channel transistors is adjacent to a P channel transistor of the two adjacent P channel transistors;

wherein backside N channel power rails for the two adjacent N channel transistors are located between the two adjacent N channel transistors and wherein backside P channel power rails for the two adjacent P channel transistors are located between the two adjacent P channel transistors and wherein backside local signal lines for the N channel transistors and P channel transistors are located between the adjacent N channel transistor and P channel transistor.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , further comprising at least one backside contact to connect to at least one source/drain or at least one gate.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the backside N channel power rails connect to the at least one source/drain with the at least one backside contact.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the backside local signal lines connect to the at least one source/drain or the at least one gate with the at least one backside contact.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , further comprising a cell architecture with the backside local signal lines running horizontally on a backside, and a frontside metal running vertically.