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Granted Patent B2
US 11,735,585 · App. 17/223,829 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Stacked semiconductor device having mirror-symmetric pattern

Inventors: Byounghak Hong (Albany, NY); Seunghyun Song (Albany, NY); Hwichan Jun (Albany, NY); Inchan Hwang (Schenectady, NY)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/0688H01L21/8221H01L21/823437H01L21/823487H01L21/823828H01L21/823885H01L27/0922H01L29/66545
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Patent No.
US 11,735,585
App. No.
17/223,829
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stacked semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a 1 st transistor formed on a substrate, and including a 1 st active region surrounded by a 1 st gate structure and 1 st source/drain regions; and a 2 nd transistor stacked on the 1 st transistor, and including a 2 nd active region surrounded by a 2 nd gate structure and 2 nd source/drain regions, wherein the 1 st active region and the 1 st gate structure are vertically mirror-symmetric to the 2 nd active region and the 2 nd gate structure, respectively, with respect to a virtual plane therebetween.

Claims (44)

1. A stacked semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a 1 st transistor formed on a substrate, and comprising a 1 st active region surrounded by a 1 st gate structure, and 1 st source/drain regions connected by the 1 st active region, the 1 st source/drain regions being horizontally opposite to each other with respect to the 1 st active region;

a 2 nd transistor stacked on the 1 st transistor, and comprising a 2 nd active region surrounded by a 2 nd gate structure, and 2 nd source/drain regions connected by the 2 nd active region, the 2 nd source/drain regions being horizontally opposite to each other with respect to the 2 nd active region;

a 1 st isolation layer interposed between the 1 st active region and the 2 nd active region; and

a 2 nd isolation layer interposed between the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure,

wherein the 2 nd isolation layer vertically overlaps only the 1 st and 2 nd gate structures among the 1 st and 2 nd active regions and the 1 st and 2 nd gate structures, wherein the 1 st active region and the 1 st gate structure are vertically mirror-symmetric to the 2 nd active region and the 2 nd gate structure, respectively, with respect to a virtual plane therebetween, and

wherein a gate dielectric layer is formed on the 2 nd isolation layer.

2. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein no middle-of-the-line (MOL) contact structure is formed between the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor.

3. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 2 , further comprising an interconnect structure formed at a side of a stack of the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor,

wherein the interconnect structure comprises a backend-of-the-line (BEOL) structure, and

wherein at least one of the 1 st source/drain regions and at least one of the 2 nd source/drain regions are connected to each other through the interconnect structure.

4. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the BEOL structure includes a through-silicon via (TSV).

5. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure comprises a same work function material.

6. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure comprises different work function materials.

7. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor both comprise a p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) or an n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS).

8. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor comprise a p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) and an n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), respectively, or an NMOS and a PMOS, respectively.

9. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein each of the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor is a nanosheet transistor or a fin field-effect transistor.

10. A stacked semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a 1 st transistor formed on a substrate, and comprising a 1 st active region surrounded by a 1 st gate structure, and 1 st source/drain regions connected by the 1 st active region;

a 2 nd transistor stacked on the 1 st transistor, and comprising a 2 nd active region surrounded by a 2 nd gate structure, and 2 nd source/drain regions connected by the 2 nd active region;

a 1 st isolation layer interposed between the 1 st active region and the 2 nd active region;

a 2 nd isolation layer interposed between the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure; and

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a side of each of the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure,

wherein the 1 st active region and the 1 st gate structure are vertically mirror-symmetric to the 2 nd active region and the 2 nd gate structure, respectively, with respect to a virtual plane therebetween,

wherein a gate dielectric layer is formed on the 2 nd isolation layer, and

wherein the gate dielectric layer is formed between the ILD layer and each of the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure.

11. A stacked semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a 1 st transistor formed on a substrate, and comprising a 1 st active region surrounded by a 1 st gate structure, and 1 st source/drain regions connected by the 1 st active region;

a 2 nd transistor stacked on the 1 st transistor, and comprising a 2 nd active region surrounded by a 2 nd gate structure, and 2 nd source/drain regions connected by the 2 nd active region;

a 1 st isolation layer interposed between the 1 st active region and the 2 nd active region;

a 2 nd isolation layer interposed between the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure; and

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a side of the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure,

wherein the 1 st active region and the 1 st gate structure are vertically mirror-symmetric to the 2 nd active region and the 2 nd gate structure, respectively, with respect to a virtual plane therebetween, and

wherein a gate dielectric layer is formed between the ILD layer and each of the 1 st gate structure and the 2 nd gate structure.

12. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the ILD layer is formed at a side surface of the 2 nd isolation layer with the gate dielectric layer therebetween.

13. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor both comprise a p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) or an n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS).

14. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor comprise a p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) and an n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), respectively, or an NMOS and a PMOS, respectively.

15. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein each of the 1 st transistor and the 2 nd transistor is a nanosheet transistor or a fin field-effect transistor.

16. The stacked semiconductor device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a 1 st metal pattern connected to the 1 st gate structure; and

a 2 nd metal pattern connected to the 2 nd gate structure and vertically mirror-symmetrical to the 1 st metal pattern with respect to the virtual plane.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA BY OMISSION THE INVENTOR NAMES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 055841 FRAME: 0672. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Apr 14, 2021
From: HONG, BYOUNGHAK; SONG, SEUNGHYUN; JUN, HWICHAN; HWANG, INCHAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055942/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: HONG, BYOUNGHAK; SONG, SEUNGHYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055841/0672 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63138594 · Jan 18, 2021
Related Publication 20220231013A1 · Jul 21, 2022
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