IP Library Granted Patent US 12707623
Granted Patent B2
US 12707623 · App. 18/735,797 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Semiconductor device structure

Inventors: Ta-Chun Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Kuo-Hua Pan (Hsinchu City, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
H10B10/125H10D30/031H10D30/6713H10D30/6735H10D30/6757H10D62/115H10D62/121H10D64/017H10D64/018H10D84/0167H10D84/017H10D84/0179H10D84/0184H10D84/0188H10D84/038H10D84/856H10P14/3411H10P14/3462H10P50/642H10P50/691
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Patent No.
US 12707623
App. No.
18/735,797
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first device formed over a substrate, and the first device comprises a first channel structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first gate stack wrapped around the first channel structure, and a second device formed over the first device. The second device comprises a plurality of second nanostructures stacked in a vertical direction. The semiconductor device structure include a second gate stack wrapped around the second nanostructures, and a portion of the first gate stack is higher than a topmost second nanostructure.

Claims (56)

1 . A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

a first device formed over a substrate, wherein the first device comprises a first channel structure;

a first gate stack wrapped around the first channel structure;

a second device formed over the first device, wherein the second device comprises a plurality of second nanostructures stacked in a vertical direction; and

a second gate stack wrapped around the second nanostructures, wherein a portion of the first gate stack is higher than a topmost second nanostructure,

wherein a number of the first channel structure and a number of the second nanostructures are different.

2 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first S/D structure formed over the first channel structure; and

a second S/D structure formed over the second nanostructures, wherein the second S/D structure is directly above the first S/D structure.

3 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a first contact formed on the first S/D structure; and

a second contact formed on the second S/D structure, wherein a portion of the first contact is higher than a bottom surface of the second contact.

4 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first inner gate spacer between the first gate stack and the second gate stack, wherein a longitude of the first inner gate spacer is along a vertical direction, and the first inner gate spacer has a first sidewall surface in direct contact with the first gate stack and a second sidewall surface in direct contact with the second gate stack.

5 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first gate stack has a first height, the first inner gate spacer has a second height, and the first height is greater than the second height.

6 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first inner gate spacer has a bottom surface in direct contact with the first gate stack.

7 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a second inner gate spacer below and in direct contact with the first channel structure.

8 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the first device and the second device is a logic circuit device, and the other is a static random access memory (SRAM).

9 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the first gate stack is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second gate stack.

10 . A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

a first device formed over a substrate, wherein the first device comprises a first channel structure;

a first gate stack wrapped around the first channel structure, wherein the first gate stack comprises a first gate dielectric layer formed on a sidewall surface of the first channel structure,

and the first gate dielectric layer has a first height along a vertical direction;

a first S/D structure formed adjacent to the first gate stack;

a first S/D contact structure formed on the first S/D structure;

a second device formed over the first device, wherein the second device comprises a plurality of second nanostructures stacked in a vertical direction;

a second gate stack wrapped around the second nanostructures, wherein the second gate stack comprises a second gate dielectric layer formed on a sidewall surface of one of the second nanostructures, wherein the second gate dielectric layer has a second height along the vertical direction, and the first height is different from the second height;

a second S/D structure formed adjacent to the first gate stack; and

a second S/D contact structure formed on the second S/D structure, wherein a portion of the first S/D contact structure is higher than a bottom surface of the second S/D contact structure.

11 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

a first metal silicide layer surrounding the first S/D structure; and

the first S/D contact structure surrounding the first metal silicide layer, wherein a portion of the first S/D contact structure is directly below the first S/D structure.

12 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

a contact spacer formed between the first S/D contact structure and the second S/D contact structure, wherein a bottommost surface of the contact spacer is lower than a bottommost surface of the second S/D contact structure.

13 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:

an etch stop layer between the first S/D structure and the second S/D structure, wherein the etch stop layer is in direct contact with contact spacer.

14 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:

a gate spacer formed on a sidewall surface of the first gate stack, wherein a bottom surface of the gate spacer is lower than the bottommost surface of the contact spacer.

15 . A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

a plurality of first nanostructures formed over a substrate, wherein the first nanostructures are stacked in a vertical direction;

a first gate stack wrapped around the first nanostructures;

a first inner gate spacer formed over the first nanostructures;

a second channel structure formed over the first inner gate spacer; and

a second gate stack wrapped around the second channel structure, wherein the second channel structure is separated from the first inner gate spacer by the second gate stack, and a height of one of the first nanostructures is smaller than a height of the second channel structure.

16 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:

a gate spacer layer formed on a sidewall surface of the first gate stack, wherein a bottom surface of the gate spacer layer is lower than a bottom surface of the second gate stack.

17 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:

a second inner gate spacer between the first gate stack and the second gate stack, wherein the second inner gate spacer is formed along a vertical direction, and a portion of the first gate stack is directly below the second inner gate spacer.

18 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a top surface of the first gate stack is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second gate stack.

19 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a bottommost surface of the second gate stack is higher than a bottommost surface of the first gate stack.

20 . The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:

a first S/D structure formed adjacent to the first gate stack;

a first S/D contact formed on the first S/D structure;

a second S/D structure formed adjacent to the second gate stack; and

a second S/D contact formed on the second S/D structure, wherein a portion of the first S/D contact is higher than a bottom surface of the second S/D contact.