IP Library Granted Patent US 12,506,049
Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,049 · App. 18/075,034 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Transistors with backside source/drain contact and spacer

Inventors: Tsung-Sheng Kang (Ballston Lake, NY); Tao Li (Slingerlands, NY); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Chih-Chao Yang (Glenmont, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L23/481H10D30/6729H10D30/6757H10D62/121H10D64/021
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Patent No.
US 12,506,049
App. No.
18/075,034
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor structure includes a first backside power rail disposed on a portion of a sidewall and a bottom surface of a backside source/drain contact, a first sidewall spacer disposed on another sidewall of the backside source/drain contact, and a backside signal line disposed on the first sidewall spacer and separated from the backside source/drain contact.

Claims (34)

1 . A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a first backside power rail disposed on a portion of a sidewall and a bottom surface of a backside source/drain contact;

a first sidewall spacer disposed on another sidewall of the backside source/drain contact; and

a backside signal line disposed on the first sidewall spacer and separated from the backside source/drain contact and the first backside power rail.

2 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the backside signal line is disposed between the first sidewall spacer and a second sidewall spacer.

3 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 2 , further comprising a first interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the second sidewall spacer and separated from the backside signal line.

4 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a second backside power rail, wherein the second backside power rail is separated from the backside signal line by a first interlayer dielectric layer and a second sidewall spacer.

5 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 4 , wherein the first backside power rail, the second backside power rail and the backside signal line are disposed in a second interlayer dielectric layer.

6 . A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a backside source/drain contact connected to a first backside power rail; and

a gate structure connected to a backside signal line;

wherein the backside source/drain contact is separated from the backside signal line and separated from the backside signal line by a first sidewall spacer.

7 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 6 , wherein the first backside power rail is disposed on a portion of a sidewall and a bottom surface of the backside source/drain contact.

8 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 6 , wherein the backside signal line is disposed between the first sidewall spacer and a second sidewall spacer.

9 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 8 , further comprising a first interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the second sidewall spacer and separated from the backside signal line.

10 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 6 , further comprising a second backside power rail.

11 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 10 , wherein the second backside power rail is separated from the backside signal line by a first interlayer dielectric layer and a second sidewall spacer.

12 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 11 , wherein the first backside power rail, the second backside power rail and the backside signal line are disposed in a second interlayer dielectric layer.

13 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 6 , further comprising a backside signal line via connecting the gate structure to the backside signal line.

14 . A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a first nanosheet field-effect transistor device comprising a source/drain region and a first gate structure;

a second nanosheet field-effect transistor device adjacent the first field-effect nanosheet transistor device, the second nanosheet field-effect transistor device comprising a second gate structure;

a backside source/drain contact disposed on the source/drain region of the first nanosheet field-effect transistor device;

a backside signal line disposed between the first nanosheet field-effect transistor device and the second nanosheet field-effect transistor device;

a backside signal line via connecting the backside signal line to the first gate structure and the second gate structure;

a first sidewall spacer disposed between the backside source/drain contact and the backside signal line; and

a first backside power rail connected to the backside source/drain contact;

wherein the backside signal line is disposed between the first sidewall spacer and a second sidewall spacer.

15 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 14 , wherein the first backside power rail is disposed on a portion of a sidewall and a bottom surface of the backside source/drain contact.

16 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 14 , further comprising a first interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the second sidewall spacer and separated from the backside signal line.

17 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 14 , further comprising a second backside power rail, wherein the second backside power rail is separated from the backside signal line by a first interlayer dielectric layer and a second sidewall spacer.

18 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 17 , wherein the first backside power rail, the second backside power rail and the backside signal line are disposed in a second interlayer dielectric layer.

19 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 17 , further comprising a backside power delivery network disposed on the first backside power rail, the second backside power rail and the backside signal line.

20 . The semiconductor structure according to claim 14 , wherein the first nanosheet field-effect transistor device is a p-type nanosheet field-effect transistor device and the second nanosheet field-effect transistor device is an n-type nanosheet field-effect transistor device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2022
From: KANG, TSUNG-SHENG; LI, TAO; XIE, RUILONG; YANG, CHIH-CHAO
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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