Transistors with backside source/drain contact and spacer
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.
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.