IP Library Granted Patent US 11,688,742
Granted Patent B2
US 11,688,742 · App. 17/335,834 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Different diffusion break structures for three-dimensional stacked semiconductor device

Inventors: Byounghak Hong (Albany, NY); Seunghyun Song (Albany, NY); Kang-ill Seo (Albany, NY)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/1203H01L21/823878H01L27/1211H01L29/0673
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Patent No.
US 11,688,742
App. No.
17/335,834
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-stack semiconductor device formed to cover a plurality of gate pitches includes: a 1 st transistor; a 2 nd transistor formed at a right side of the 1 st transistor, and isolated from the transistor by a 1 st portion of a diffusion break structure; a 3 rd transistor formed vertically above or below the 1 st transistor; and a 4 th transistor formed at a right side of the 3 rd transistor, and isolated from the 3 rd transistor by a 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure, wherein the 1 st portion and the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure are formed of different material compositions or have different physical dimensions.

Claims (27)

1. A multi-stack semiconductor device formed to cover a plurality of gate pitches, comprising:

a 1 st transistor;

a 2 nd transistor formed at a right side of the 1 st transistor, and isolated from the 1 st transistor by a 1 st portion of a diffusion break structure;

a 3 rd transistor formed vertically above or below the 1 st transistor; and

a 4 th transistor formed at a right side of the 3 rd transistor, and isolated from the 3 rd transistor by a 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure, wherein the 1 st portion of the diffusion break structure covers a space corresponding to approximately one gate pitch or more in a 1 st direction, and the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure covers a space corresponding to approximately one gate structure or dummy gate structure or less in the 1 st direction.

2. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the 1 st portion and the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure have a same material composition.

3. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein each of the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor is one of a p-type transistor and an n-type transistor, and each of the 3 rd transistor and the 4 th transistor is the other of the p-type transistor and the n-type transistor.

4. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the same material composition of the 1 st portion and the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure has a characteristic of increasing one of compressive stress and tensile stress applied to the 1 st to 4 th transistors.

5. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein each of the 1 st to 4 th transistors is a nanosheet transistor or a fin field-effect transistor (finFET).

6. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the 1 st portion of the diffusion break structure forms a double diffusion break (DBB) structure, and the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure forms a single diffusion break (SDB) structure.

7. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the 1 st portion of the diffusion break structure forms a double diffusion break (DDB) structure that occupies a space corresponding to approximately two gate structures or dummy gate structures adjacent to each other and an active region therebetween in the 1 st direction, the two gate structures or dummy gate structures adjacent to each other being formed between a gate structure of the 1 st transistor and a gate structure of the 2 nd transistor, wherein the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure forms a single diffusion break (SDB) structure that occupies a space corresponding to approximately one gate structure or dummy gate structure between the 3 rd transistor and the 4 th transistor in the 1 st direction, and

wherein the one gate structure or dummy gate structure is formed vertically above or below one of the two gate structures or dummy gate structures adjacent to each other.

8. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a source/drain region of the 4 th transistor vertically overlaps the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure.

9. A multi-stack semiconductor device formed to cover a plurality of gate pitches, comprising:

a 1 st transistor;

a 2 nd transistor formed at a right side of the 1 st transistor, and isolated from the 1 st transistor by a 1 st portion of a diffusion break structure;

a 3 rd transistor formed vertically above or below the 1 st transistor; and

a 4 th transistor formed at a right side of the 3 rd transistor, and isolated from the 3 rd transistor by a 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure,

wherein the 1 st portion and the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure are formed of different material compositions or have different physical dimensions.

10. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 9 ,

wherein a material composition of the 1 st portion of the diffusion break structure has a characteristic of increasing one of compressive stress and tensile stress applied to the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor, and

wherein a material composition of the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure has a characteristic of increasing the other of the compressive stress and the tensile stress.

11. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 9 ,

wherein the 1 st portion of the diffusion break structure covers a space corresponding to approximately one gate pitch or more, and

wherein the 2 nd portion of the diffusion break structure covers a space corresponding to approximately one gate structure or dummy gate structure or less.

12. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein each of the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor is one of a p-type transistor and an n-type transistor, and

wherein each of the 3 rd transistor and the 4 th transistor is the other of the p-type transistor and the n-type transistor.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST INVENTOR'S NAME AND DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 056540 FRAME 0418. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS' INTEREST. Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: HONG, BYOUNGHAK; SONG, SEUNGHYUN; SEO, KANG-ILL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056756/0756 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADD THE SECOND INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 056404 FRAME: 0899. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 10, 2021
From: SONG, SEUNGHYUN; SEO, KANG-ILL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056540/0418 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2021
From: HONG, BYOUNGHAK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056404/0899 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63163432 · Mar 19, 2021
Related Publication 20220302172A1 · Sep 22, 2022
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