IP Library Granted Patent US 11,699,636
Granted Patent B2
US 11,699,636 · App. 17/540,303 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Stacked integrated circuit devices

Inventors: Jung Ho Do (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seungyoung Lee (Albany, NY)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L23/481H01L27/0207H01L27/088
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Patent No.
US 11,699,636
App. No.
17/540,303
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Stacked integrated circuit devices may include standard cells including a first standard cell in a first row and a second standard cell in a second row immediately adjacent to the first row. Each of the standard cells may include an upper transistor and a lower transistor. The upper transistor may include an upper active region, an upper gate structure, and an upper source/drain region. The lower transistor may include a lower active region, a lower gate structure, and a lower source/drain region. Each of the standard cells may also include a power line and a power via electrically connecting the power line to the lower source/drain region. The power via of the first standard cell and the power via of the second standard cell may be aligned with each other along the first direction.

Claims (23)

1. An integrated circuit device comprising:

a plurality of standard cells arranged on a substrate in multiple rows that each extend in a first direction, wherein the plurality of standard cells comprises a first standard cell in a first row and a second standard cell in a second row that is immediately adjacent to the first row,

wherein each of the first and second standard cells comprises:

an upper transistor comprising:

an upper active region;

an upper gate structure on the upper active region; and

an upper source/drain region on the upper active region;

a lower transistor between the substrate and the upper transistor, the lower transistor comprising:

a lower active region;

a lower gate structure on the lower active region; and

a lower source/drain region on the lower active region;

a first power line and a second power line;

a first power via electrically connecting the first power line to the lower source/drain region; and

a second power via electrically connecting the second power line to the upper source/drain region, and

wherein the first power via of the first standard cell and the first power via of the second standard cell are aligned with each other along the first direction.

2. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second power vias of the first standard cell are spaced apart from each other in a second direction that traverses the first direction.

3. The integrated circuit device of claim 2 , wherein, in the first standard cell, the lower transistor is between the upper transistor and the first and second power lines.

4. The integrated circuit device of claim 2 , wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and the first and second power vias of the first standard cell are aligned with each other along the second direction.

5. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein, in the first standard cell, the second power via vertically overlaps the first power via.

6. The integrated circuit device of claim 5 , wherein, in the first standard cell, the lower transistor is between the upper transistor and the first power line, and the upper transistor is between the lower transistor and the second power line.

7. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein, in the first standard cell, the upper active region extends longitudinally in the first direction, and the upper gate structure is spaced apart from the upper source/drain region in the first direction.

8. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first standard cell and the second standard cell are the same kind of standard cell.

9. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first standard cell and the second standard cell are each an inverter.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16947241 · Jul 24, 2020
Provisional Application 63034525 · Jun 4, 2020
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