IP Library Granted Patent US 12,119,348
Granted Patent B2
US 12,119,348 · App. 17/242,756 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Stacked device structures and methods for forming the same

Inventors: Chung-Liang Cheng (Changhua County, TW); Ying-Hsun Chen (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
H01L27/092H01L21/823871H01L29/42392
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Patent No.
US 12,119,348
App. No.
17/242,756
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device and method of making including a transistor of a first type formed on a first substrate and a transistor of a second type formed on a second substrate. The CMOS device is formed when the first substrate is bonded to the second substrate.

Claims (44)

1. A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device comprising:

a transistor of a first type comprising:

a pair of gate stacks including a metal layer on a dielectric layer;

a semiconductor layer comprising an active region between the pair of gate stacks; and

a contact via in the dielectric layer contacting the active region of the semiconductor layer between the pair of gate stacks; and

a transistor of a second type bonded to the transistor of the first type and electrically coupled to the transistor of the first type by the contact via, wherein the contact via and the dielectric layer are located between the pair of gate stacks and the transistor of the second type.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transistor of the first type is a gate all around metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the transistor of the second type is a fin field effect transistor (FinFET).

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the contact via of the transistor of the first type is bonded to a back end of the line (BEOL) metal contact of the transistor of the second type.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein the gate all around metal oxide semiconductor comprises a type I resistor comprising polysilicon, a type II resistor comprising a metal or a type III resistor comprising lower resistance metal than the type II resistor.

6. The device of claim 2 , wherein the gate all around metal oxide semiconductor comprises a dielectric/metal/dielectric capacitor.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a first redistribution layer located between the transistor of the first type and the transistor of the second type.

8. The device of claim 7 , further comprising a second redistribution layer located between the transistor of the first type and the transistor of the second type.

9. The device of claim 3 , wherein the contact via of the transistor of the first type is bonded to a bottom contact of the transistor of the second type.

10. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a metal-insulating-metal memory.

11. An integrated circuit comprising:

complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors comprising:

transistors of a first type comprising:

a pair of gate stacks including a metal layer on a dielectric layer;

a semiconductor layer comprising an active region between the pair of gate stacks; and

a backside contact in the dielectric layer contacting the active region of the semiconductor layer between the pair of gate stacks; and

transistors of a second type comprising a back end of the line (BEOL) contact,

and wherein the backside contact of the transistors of the first type is bonded to the BEOL contact of the transistors of the second type to form the CMOS transistors,

wherein the backside contact and the dielectric layer are located between the pair of gate stacks and the transistors of the second type.

12. The integrated circuit of claim 11 , further comprising at least one redistribution layer located between the transistors of the first type and the transistors of the second type.

13. The integrated circuit of claim 11 , further comprising a metal-insulator-metal memory portion.

14. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a fin-shaped field effect transistor (FinFET) comprising:

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer; and

an interconnect in the ILD layer; and

a gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAAFET) bonded to the FinFET, comprising:

a pair of gate stacks including a metal layer on a dielectric layer;

a semiconductor layer comprising an active region between the pair of gate stacks; and

a contact via in the dielectric layer contacting the active region of the semiconductor layer between the pair of gate stacks and electrically coupled to the interconnect of the FinFET, wherein the contact via and the dielectric layer are located between the pair of gate stacks and the FinFET.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the FinFET further comprises:

an active region electrically coupled to the interconnect of the FinFET;

a channel region adjacent the active region of the FinFET; and

a gate stack on the channel region, wherein the contact via is located over the gate stack of the FinFET.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the GAAFET further comprises a channel region and the active region is adjacent the channel region.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the channel region of the GAAFET comprises a plurality of channel regions and the active region of the GAAFET is located between the plurality of channel regions.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of channel regions comprises an insulating layer, and the contact via comprises a first portion having a first width contacting the insulating layer and a second portion having a second width less than the first width contacting the active region of the GAAFET.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein each channel region of the plurality of channel regions comprises a plurality of silicon layers and a dielectric spacer layer on the plurality of silicon layers, and the active region of the GAAFET contacts the dielectric spacer layer.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a back end of line (BEOL) metal routing on the GAAFET.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2021
From: CHENG, CHUNG-LIANG; CHEN, YING-HSUN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056168/0447 →
Continuity (1)
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