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Granted Patent B2
US 11,282,861 · App. 15/774,556 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Dynamic logic built with stacked transistors sharing a common gate

Inventors: Donald W. Nelson (Beaverton, OR); Rishabh Mehandru (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H01L27/1211H01L21/8221H01L21/823821H01L21/823828H01L21/845H01L27/0688
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Patent No.
US 11,282,861
App. No.
15/774,556
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dynamic logic circuit including a first transistor within a first device stratum of a substrate; and a second transistor within a second device stratum of the substrate that is different from the first device stratum, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor share a common gate electrode. A method including disposing a second semiconductor body of a second transistor on a first semiconductor body of a first transistor in a first device stratum on a substrate, the second semiconductor body defining a second device stratum; and forming a common gate electrode on each of the semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body.

Claims (33)

1. A dynamic logic circuit comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first semiconductor body within a first device stratum,

a second transistor comprising a second semiconductor body within a second device stratum, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor share a common gate electrode; and

an inter-strata interconnect directly vertically between a source or drain region of the first semiconductor body and a source or drain region of the second semiconductor body.

2. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor comprises a precharge transistor and the second transistor comprises an evaluate transistor.

3. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 2 , wherein the first transistor comprises a P-type MOSFET.

4. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body each comprises a fin.

5. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 1 , wherein the common gate electrode wraps around the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body.

6. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 1 , wherein the inter-strata interconnect is coupled to a drain of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor.

7. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 6 , wherein the inter-strata interconnect is coupled to an output line, the circuit further comprising an inverter cell coupled to the output line.

8. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 7 , wherein the inverter cell comprises a P-type MOSFET and an N-type MOSFET that share a common gate electrode.

9. A dynamic logic circuit comprising:

a P-type MOSFET comprising a clock input;

an N-type MOSFET logic circuit comprising one or more N-type MOSFETs comprising one or more logic inputs and an N-type MOSFET comprising the clock input;

an inverter cell coupled to the N-type MOSFET logic circuit, wherein the P-type MOSFET comprises a first semiconductor body in a first device stratum and the N-type MOSFET comprising the clock input comprises a second semiconductor body within a second device stratum, and the P-type MOSFET and the N-type MOSFET comprising the clock input share a common gate electrode; and

an inter-strata interconnect vertically between a source or drain region of the first semiconductor body and a source or drain region of the second semiconductor body.

10. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 9 , wherein a source of the P-type MOSFET is coupled to a power source.

11. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 9 , wherein the inter-stratum interconnect is coupled to the drain of the P-type MOSFET and the drain of the N-type MOSFET comprising the clock input.

12. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 11 , wherein the inter-stratum interconnect is coupled to an output line and the inverter cell is coupled to the output line.

13. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 9 , wherein the inverter cell comprises a P-type MOSFET and an N-type MOSFET that share a common gate electrode.

14. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 13 , wherein the P-type MOSFET and the N-type MOSFET of the inverter cell are in different device strata on the substrate.

15. A dynamic logic circuit comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first semiconductor body within a first device stratum,

a second transistor comprising a second semiconductor body within a second device stratum, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor share a common gate electrode, and wherein the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body each comprises a fin; and

an inter-strata interconnect vertically between the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body.

16. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 15 , wherein the first transistor comprises a precharge transistor and the second transistor comprises an evaluate transistor.

17. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 15 , wherein the inter-strata interconnect is coupled to a drain of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor.

18. A dynamic logic circuit comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first semiconductor body within a first device stratum,

a second transistor comprising a second semiconductor body within a second device stratum, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor share a common gate electrode, and wherein the common gate electrode wraps around the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body; and

an inter-strata interconnect vertically between the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body.

19. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 18 , wherein the first transistor comprises a precharge transistor and the second transistor comprises an evaluate transistor.

20. The dynamic logic circuit of claim 18 , wherein the inter-strata interconnect is coupled to a drain of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: NELSON, DONALD W.; MEHANDRU, RISHABH
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059041/0141 →
Continuity (1)
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