IP Library Granted Patent US 7,592,670
Granted Patent B2
US 7,592,670 · App. 11/528,592 · Granted Sep 22, 2009

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,592,670
App. No.
11/528,592
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a P-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor and an N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor formed in three or more fin active regions in a vertical stack structure, an input metal line contacting gates of the PMOS transistor and NMOS transistor, a power supply voltage metal line contacting four channel active regions of the PMOS transistor, a contact metal line contacting two channel active regions of the NMOS transistor, and an output metal line contacting four channel active regions of the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor.

Claims (25)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a P-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor and an N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor formed in three or more fin active regions in a vertical stack structure, each fin active region having a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate including a first insulation layer, an N-type substrate, a second insulation layer, and a P-type substrate;

an input metal line contacting gates of the PMOS transistor and NMOS transistor;

a power supply voltage metal line contacting four channel active regions of the PMOS transistor;

a contact metal line contacting two channel active regions of the NMOS transistor; and

an output metal line contacting four channel active regions of the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein each channel active region comprises a side portion surface of the fin active region.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor comprise in cross-section:

the fin active regions having the SOI substrate including the first insulation layer, the N-type substrate, the second insulation layer, and the P-type substrate formed in sequential order;

gate insulation layers formed on both sides of the fin active regions;

a gate conductive layer covering four channel active regions of the fin active regions; and

a P-type source and a drain formed in the N-type substrate and an N-type source and a drain formed in the P-type substrate.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the power supply voltage metal line comprises in cross-section:

the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor formed in the fin active regions in the vertical stack structure;

pad metal layers contacting sources formed in four side portion surfaces of the PMOS transistor;

sidewall insulation layers formed over sources formed in side portion surfaces of the NMOS transistor; and

the power supply voltage metal line contacting the pad metal layers.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the sidewall insulation layers are formed using a low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) method to obtain a thickness ranging from approximately 100 Å to approximately 200 Å.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the contact metal line comprises in cross-section:

the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor formed in the fin active regions in the vertical stack structure; and

the contact metal line contacting sources formed in two side portion surfaces of the NMOS transistor.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the output metal line comprises in cross-section:

the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor formed in the fin active regions in the vertical stack structure; and

the output metal line contacting drains formed in four side portion surfaces of the PMOS and NMOS transistors.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the metal lines comprise a tungsten layer formed by employing a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
To: SK KEYFOUNDRY INC.
Reel/Frame 066794/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053703/0227 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2013
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 030988/0419 →