IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,444
Granted Patent B1
US 12,349,444 · App. 18/632,960 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Under-source body contact

Inventors: Rui Tze Toh (Singapore, SG); Fangyue Liu (Singapore, SG); Mark David Jaffe (Shelburne, VT)
Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd
H10D64/668H10D30/0281H10D30/65H10D30/6711
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Patent No.
US 12,349,444
App. No.
18/632,960
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to under-body source contact structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure on a semiconductor layer; a drift region within the semiconductor layer, below the gate structure; a body region within the semiconductor layer, below the gate structure; a contact region within the body region, the contact region being devoid of a silicide contact; and a silicide contact remote from the contact region within the semiconductor layer.

Claims (38)

1. A structure comprising:

a gate structure on a semiconductor layer;

a drift region within the semiconductor layer, below the gate structure;

a body region within the semiconductor layer, below the gate structure;

a body contact within the body region, the body contact region being devoid of silicide;

interleaved contact regions abutting the body contact; and

a silicide contact remote from the body contact within the semiconductor layer,

wherein the drift region comprises an N-drift region, the body region comprises a P-body region and the body contact comprises an N-type region and the body contact is a source side body contact.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is a top semiconductor layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate.

3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the contact regions comprise alternating N-type regions and P-type regions abutting the body region and the body contact.

4. The structure of claim 3 , wherein the contact regions comprise the silicide contact.

5. The structure of claim 4 , further comprising a silicide block on the body contact.

6. The structure of claim 5 , wherein the silicide block partially covers the contact regions adjacent to the body contact.

7. The structure of claim 4 , wherein the contact regions extend fully through the semiconductor layer.

8. A structure comprising:

a gate structure;

a drift region below the gate structure;

a body region below the gate structure;

a source-side body contact within the body region;

a silicide block over the source side body contact;

contact regions adjacent to the source-side body contact; and

a silicide contact on the contact regions remote from the source-side body contact within the body region,

wherein the drift region comprises an N-drift region, the body region comprises a P-body region, the source-side body contact comprises an N-type region and the contact regions comprise P+ and N+ regions.

9. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the drift region, the body region, the source-side body contact and the contact regions are different dopant regions with a semiconductor layer below the gate structure.

10. The structure of claim 9 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a top semiconductor layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate.

11. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the P+ and N+ regions are alternating regions.

12. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the contact regions abut the body region and the source-side body contact.

13. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the silicide block extends onto the contact regions, adjacent to the source-side body contact.

14. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the silicide block extends onto the gate structure.

15. A method comprising:

forming a gate structure on a semiconductor layer;

forming a drift region within the semiconductor layer, below the gate structure;

forming a body region within the semiconductor layer, below the gate structure;

forming a body contact within the body region, the body contact region being devoid of silicide;

forming interleaved contact regions abutting the body contact; and

a silicide contact remote from the body contact within the semiconductor layer,

forming a silicide contact remote from the body contact within the semiconductor layer,

wherein the drift region comprises an N-drift region, the body region comprises a P-body region and the body contact comprises an N-type region and the body contact is a source side body contact.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2024
From: JAFFE, MARK DAVID
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 067087/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2024
From: TOH, RUI TZE; LIU, FANGYUE
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 067081/0604 →
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