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Granted Patent B2
US 11,152,359 · App. 16/929,269 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jeonglim Kim (Seoul, KR); Sunghwan Bae (Seoul, KR); Seulki Hong (Seoul, KR); Myungsoo Noh (Seoul, KR); Moongi Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/0886H01L29/41791H01L29/7851H01L2029/7858
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Patent No.
US 11,152,359
App. No.
16/929,269
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate including a fin type active region extending in a first direction; a gate structure intersecting the fin type active region and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a source/drain region on sides of the gate structure; a gate isolation insulating layer contacting an end of the gate structure; a first contact connected to the source/drain region; and a second contact connected to the source/drain region, the second contact being longer in the second direction than the first contact, the second contact includes a first portion extending in the second direction from an area adjacent to one side of the gate structure beyond the end of the gate structure and facing a sidewall of the gate structure, and a second portion facing a sidewall of the gate isolation insulating layer, and the first portion is wider than the second portion.

Claims (60)

1. An integrated circuit device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a fin type active region extending in a first direction;

a gate structure intersecting the fin type active region on the substrate and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

a source/drain region arranged on both sides of the gate structure;

a gate isolation insulating layer in contact with an end of the gate structure;

a first contact connected to the source/drain region; and

a second contact connected to the source/drain region, the second contact having a longer length in the second direction than the first contact,

wherein the second contact comprises a first portion extending in the second direction from an area adjacent to one side of the gate structure beyond the end of the gate structure and facing a sidewall of the gate structure, and

a second portion facing a sidewall of the gate isolation insulating layer, and

wherein a first width in the first direction of the first portion is greater than a second width in the first direction of the second portion.

2. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein, in the first direction, a third width of the first portion, which is adjacent to the end of the gate structure, is substantially equal to the second width.

3. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the second contact crosses the gate isolation insulating layer.

4. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first contact does not cross the gate isolation insulating layer, and

a width in the first direction of the first contact is substantially equal to the first width of the first portion.

5. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the gate structure comprises:

a gate electrode intersecting the fin active region on the substrate and extending in the second direction;

a gate capping layer extending in the second direction on the gate electrode; and

a gate spacer arranged on both sidewalls of the gate electrode and the gate capping layer.

6. The integrated circuit device of claim 5 , wherein a shortest distance between the gate electrode at the end of the gate structure and the first portion of the second contact is greater than a shortest distance between the gate electrode at a center region of the gate structure and the first portion of the second contact.

7. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first contact and the second contact are tapered in a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate.

8. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first contact and the second contact are active contacts, and

the integrated circuit device further comprises a gate contact arranged on the gate structure.

9. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein a width in the first direction of a third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion of the second contact narrows as the third portion approaches the second portion.

10. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein, in a plan view, an edge of the first portion of the second contact is rounded.

11. An integrated circuit device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a fin type active region extending in a first direction;

a gate structure intersecting the fin type active region on the substrate and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

a source/drain region arranged on both sides of the gate structure;

a gate isolation insulating layer in contact with an end of the gate structure;

a first contact connected to the source/drain region and not crossing the gate isolation insulating layer; and

a second contact connected to the source/drain region and extending in the second direction while crossing the gate isolation insulating layer,

wherein a width in the first direction of the first contact is greater than a width in the first direction of the second contact.

12. The integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein the second contact comprises:

a first portion facing a sidewall of the gate structure; and

a second portion facing a sidewall of the gate isolation insulating layer, and

wherein a first width in the first direction of the first portion is substantially equal to a second width in the first direction of the second portion.

13. The integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein a length in the second direction of the first contact is less than a length in the second direction of the second contact.

14. The integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein the first contact and the second contact are active contacts, and

the integrated circuit device further comprises a gate contact arranged on the gate structure.

15. The integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein

the second contact has a bar shape tapered in a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate.

16. An integrated circuit device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a fin type active region extending in a first direction;

a plurality of gate structures intersecting the fin type active region on the substrate and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a top surface of the substrate;

source/drain regions arranged between the plurality of the gate structures;

a gate isolation insulating layer extending in the first direction on the substrate and in contact with at least one end of the plurality of gate structures;

a first active contact connected to a first one of the source/drain regions; and

a second active contact connected to a second one of the source/drain regions and extending in the second direction from between a first pair of neighboring gate structures to between a second pair of neighboring gate structures while crossing the gate isolation insulating layer,

wherein the second active contact comprises:

a first portion arranged between the first pair or second pair of neighboring gate structures; and

a second portion in contact with the gate isolation insulating layer, and

wherein a width in the first direction of the first portion is greater than a width in the first direction of the second portion.

17. The integrated circuit device of claim 16 , wherein in a side view, the second active contact is tapered in a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and

in a plan view, an edge of the first portion of the second active contact is rounded.

18. The integrated circuit device of claim 16 , wherein a width in the first direction of the first active contact is substantially equal to the width in the first direction of the first portion, and

a length in the second direction of the first active contact is less than a length in the second direction of the second active contact.

19. The integrated circuit device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of gate structures form a plurality of gate lines,

the gate isolation insulating layer is formed in a gate cut region, and

the plurality of gate lines are collinear with the gate cut region interposed therebetween.

20. The integrated circuit device of claim 19 , wherein the second active contact penetrates the gate cut region and is between the plurality of gate lines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: KIM, JEONGLIM; BAE, SUNGHWAN; HONG, SEULKI; NOH, MYUNGSOO; CHO, MOONGI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0140790 · Nov 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210134796A1 · May 6, 2021
Cited By (1)
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