IP Library Granted Patent US 11,837,641
Granted Patent B2
US 11,837,641 · App. 16/719,281 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent deep via substrate contacts for sub-fin electrical contact

Inventors: Biswajeet Guha (Hillsboro, OR); William Hsu (Hillsboro, OR); Chung-Hsun Lin (Portland, OR); Kinyip Phoa (Beaverton, OR); Oleg Golonzka (Beaverton, OR); Tahir Ghani (Portland, OR); Kalyan Kolluru (Portland, OR); Nathan Jack (Forest Grove, OR); Nicholas Thomson (Hillsboro, OR); Ayan Kar (Portland, OR); Benjamin Orr (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H01L29/41791H01L25/18H01L27/0886H01L29/0673H01L29/401H01L29/42392H01L29/6653H01L29/6681H01L29/7853H01L2029/7858
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Patent No.
US 11,837,641
App. No.
16/719,281
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent deep via substrate contact for sub-fin electrical contact are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a conductive via on a semiconductor substrate. A vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate. A channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is electrically isolated from the fin. The fin is electrically coupled to the conductive via. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

Claims (22)

1. An integrated circuit structure, comprising: a conductive via above a semiconductor substrate, the conductive via comprising a metal-containing material; a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate, a channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires electrically isolated from the fin, wherein the fin is in direct contact with the metal-containing material of the conductive via; and a gate stack over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

2. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , further comprising a second conductive via on the semiconductor substrate, the second conductive via laterally adjacent to the conductive via.

3. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a pair of epitaxial source or drain structures at first and second ends of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

4. The integrated circuit structure of claim 3 , further comprising:

a pair of conductive contacts on the pair of epitaxial source or drain structures.

5. The integrated circuit structure of claim 4 , wherein one of the pair of conductive contacts is electrically connected to the conductive via.

6. The integrated circuit structure of claim 3 , wherein the pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is a pair of non-discrete epitaxial source or drain structures.

7. The integrated circuit structure of claim 3 , wherein the pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is a pair of discrete epitaxial source or drain structures.

8. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the gate stack comprises a high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode.

9. An integrated circuit structure, comprising: a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate, a channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires electrically isolated from the fin; a gate stack over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires; a pair of epitaxial source or drain structures at first and second ends of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires; and a pair of conductive contacts on corresponding ones of the pair of epitaxial source or drain structures, one but not both of the pair of conductive contacts comprising a metal-containing material in direct contact with the fin.

10. The integrated circuit structure of claim 9 , wherein the pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is a pair of non-discrete epitaxial source or drain structures.

11. The integrated circuit structure of claim 9 , wherein the pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is a pair of discrete epitaxial source or drain structures.

12. The integrated circuit structure of claim 9 , wherein the gate stack comprises a high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode.

13. The integrated circuit structure of claim 9 , wherein the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is a vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires.

14. A computing device, comprising: a board; and a component coupled to the board, the component including an integrated circuit structure, comprising: a conductive via above a semiconductor substrate, the conductive via comprising a metal-containing material; a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate, a channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires electrically isolated from the fin, wherein the fin is in direct contact with the metal-containing material of the conductive via; and a gate stack over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a memory coupled to the board.

16. The computing device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a communication chip coupled to the board.

17. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the component is a packaged integrated circuit die.

18. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the component is selected from the group consisting of a processor, a communications chip, and a digital signal processor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2020
From: GUHA, BISWAJEET; HSU, WILLIAM; LIN, CHUNG-HSUN; PHOA, KINYIP; GOLONZKA, OLEG; GHANI, TAHIR; KOLLURU, KALYAN; JACK, NATHAN; THOMSON, NICHOLAS; KAR, AYAN; ORR, BENJAMIN
To: INTEL CORPORATION
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