IP Library Granted Patent US 8,435,851
Granted Patent B2
US 8,435,851 · App. 13/005,089 · Granted May 7, 2013

Implementing semiconductor SoC with metal via gate node high performance stacked transistors

Inventors: Karl R. Erickson (Rochester, MN); Phil C. Paone (Rochester, MN); David P. Paulsen (Dodge Center, MN); John E. Sheets, II (Zumbrota, MN); Gregory J. Uhlmann (Rochester, MN); Kelly L. Williams (Rochester, MN)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,435,851
App. No.
13/005,089
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and structures are provided for implementing metal via gate node high performance stacked vertical transistors in a back end of line (BEOL) on a semiconductor System on Chip (SoC). The high performance stacked vertical transistors include a pair of stacked vertical field effect transistors (FETs) formed by polycrystalline depositions in a stack between planes of a respective global signal routing wire. A channel length of each of the stacked vertical FETs is delineated by the polycrystalline depositions with sequential source deposition, channel deposition and drain deposition; and a wire via defines the gate node.

Claims (9)

1. A method for implementing stacked vertical transistors in a back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure on a semiconductor System on Chip (SoC) comprising: forming a pair of stacked vertical field effect transistors (FETs) by polycrystalline depositions in a stack between planes of a respective global signal routing wire in the back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure; said polycrystalline depositions of each of said pair of stacked vertical FETs including sequential source deposition, channel deposition and drain deposition; and forming a wire via defining a gate node of each of said pair of stacked vertical FETs by forming an etched hole through said source deposition, channel deposition and drain deposition, and an ohmic contact, and a dielectric layer to a signal wire in the BEOL stack; depositing a thin dielectric in said etched opening, and removing said thin dielectric from a bottom of said etched opening, and depositing a metal in said etched opening.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said pair of stacked vertical field effect transistors (FETs) includes a stacked N-channel field effect transistor (NFET) and a P-channel field effect transistor (PFET).

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein said polycrystalline depositions of each of said pair of stacked vertical FETs include a sequential deposition of an N+ doped polysilicon defining a N source, a P− doped polysilicon defining a N body, and an N+ doped polysilicon defining a N drain, depositing an ohmic contact on said NFET N+ doped polysilicon drain deposition; and a sequential deposition of a P+ doped polysilicon defining a P source, an N− doped polysilicon defining a P body, and a P+ doped polysilicon defining a P drain.

4. The method as recited in claim 2 includes forming a wire via for defining an output via connected to a common connection of a series connected pair of said NFET and said PFET.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein sequential source deposition, channel deposition and drain deposition of said NFET and said PFET has a respective thickness of approximately 0.1 μm, 0.05 μm, and 0.1 μm.

6. A method for implementing stacked vertical transistors in a back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure comprising:

forming a pair of stacked vertical field effect transistors (FETs) being formed by polycrystalline depositions in a stack between planes of a respective global signal routing wire; said polycrystalline depositions of each of said pair of stacked vertical FETs including a sequential deposition of an N+ doped polysilicon defining a N source, a P− doped polysilicon defining a N body, and an N+ doped polysilicon defining a N drain, depositing an ohmic contact on said NFET N+ doped polysilicon drain deposition; and a sequential deposition of a P+ doped polysilicon defining a P source, an N− doped polysilicon defining a P body, and a P+ doped polysilicon defining a P drain

said polycrystalline depositions of each of said pair of stacked vertical FETs including sequential source deposition, channel deposition and drain deposition; and

forming a wire via defining a gate node of each of said pair of stacked vertical FETs includes forming an etched hole through said source deposition, channel deposition and drain deposition of said NFET and said PFET, and said ohmic contact, and a dielectric layer to a signal wire in the BEOL stack; depositing a thin dielectric in said etched opening, and removing said thin dielectric from a bottom of said etched opening, and depositing a metal in said etched opening.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 054636/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049490/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC; GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 036779/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 036550/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2011
From: ERICKSON, KARL R.; PAONE, PHIL C.; PAULSEN, DAVID P.; SHEETS, JOHN E., II; UHLMANN, GREGORY J.; WILLIAMS, KELLY L.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025625/0610 →
Continuity (1)
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