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Granted Patent B2
US 11,328,957 · App. 16/800,834 · Granted May 10, 2022

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Shih-Wei Peng (Hsinchu, TW); Wei-Cheng Lin (Taichung, TW); Jiann-Tyng Tzeng (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L21/823412H01L29/1079H01L29/66537H01L29/7836
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Patent No.
US 11,328,957
App. No.
16/800,834
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a contact. The first transistor includes a first source/drain, a second source/drain, and a first gate between the first and second source/drains. The second transistor includes a third source/drain, a fourth source/drain, and a second gate between the third and fourth source/drains. The contact covers the first source/drain of the first transistor and the third source/drain of the second transistor. The contact is electrically connected to the first source/drain of the first transistor and electrically isolated from the third source/drain of the second transistor.

Claims (35)

1. A device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first source/drain, a second source/drain, and a first gate between the first and second source/drains;

a second transistor comprising a third source/drain, a fourth source/drain, and a second gate between the third and fourth source/drains; and

a contact covering the first source/drain of the first transistor and the third source/drain of the second transistor, wherein the contact is electrically connected to the first source/drain of the first transistor and electrically isolated from the third source/drain of the second transistor, and a bottom surface of a portion of the contact directly over the third source/drain of the second transistor is lower than a top surface of the first gate in a cross-sectional view.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first gate of the first transistor is connected to the second gate of the second transistor.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the contact is further electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the contact is further electrically connected to the fourth source/drain of the second transistor.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the contact is electrically isolated from the second transistor.

6. A device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first source/drain, a second source/drain, and a first gate between the first and second source/drains;

a second transistor comprising the second source/drain, a third source/drain, and a second gate between the second and third source/drains;

a third transistor comprising a fourth source/drain, a fifth source/drain, and a third gate between the fourth and fifth source/drains;

an isolation layer covering an entirety of the second source/drain of the first and second transistors, wherein a top surface of the isolation layer is lower than a top surface of the first gate in a cross-sectional view; and

a contact over and in contact with the fifth source/drain of the third transistor and the isolation layer.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the first transistor is one of a p-type transistor and an n-type transistor, and the third transistor is another of the p-type transistor and the n-type transistor.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor have the same conductivity type.

9. The device of claim 6 , further comprising:

a conductive trace over the first transistor and the second transistor; and

a first via electrically connected to the conductive trace and the contact.

10. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a second via electrically connected to the conductive trace and the third source/drain of the second transistor.

11. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a second via electrically connected to the conductive trace and the second gate of the second transistor.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the conductive trace overlaps with the first source/drain of the first transistor in a top view.

13. The device of claim 6 , wherein the first gate of the first transistor and the second gate of the second transistor are on opposite sides of the contact.

14. A device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first source/drain, a second source/drain, and a first gate between the first and second source/drains;

a second transistor comprising a third source/drain, the second source/drain, and a second gate between the third and second source/drains;

an isolation layer covering the third source/drain of the second transistor;

a contact covering and in contact with the isolation layer, wherein a top surface of the contact is higher than a top surface of the isolation layer; and

a first conductive line electrically connected to the contact and the first gate of the first transistor.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the second gate of the second transistor is between the contact and the first gate of the first transistor.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein an extension direction of the first conductive line is substantially perpendicular to an extension direction of the contact.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the isolation layer is in contact with opposite sidewalls of the third source/drain of the second transistor.

18. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an isolation structure extending from a bottom portion of the first source/drain to a bottom portion of the third source/drain, wherein the contact is in contact with the isolation structure.

19. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer structure on a sidewall of the second gate, wherein a top surface of a portion of the contact directly over the third source/drain of the second transistor is equal to or lower than a top surface of the spacer structure.

20. The device of claim 6 , wherein the contact is in contact with a top surface of the isolation layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2020
From: PENG, SHIH-WEI; LIN, WEI-CHENG; TZENG, JIANN-TYNG
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051938/0319 →
Continuity (1)
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