IP Library Granted Patent US 11,984,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,984,401 · App. 17/304,460 · Granted May 14, 2024

Stacked FET integration with BSPDN

Inventors: Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Junli Wang (Slingerlands, NY); Mukta Ghate Farooq (Hopewell Jct, NY); Dechao Guo (Niskayuna, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L23/5286H01L21/02532H01L21/0259H01L21/823807H01L21/823814H01L21/823864H01L21/823871H01L27/0922H01L27/0924H01L29/0665H01L29/0673H01L29/41733H01L29/42392H01L29/66545H01L29/66553H01L29/66742H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 11,984,401
App. No.
17/304,460
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a hybrid contact scheme for stacked FET is disclosed with integration of a BSPDN. A double-sided (both frontside and backside of the wafer) contact scheme with buried power rail (BPR) and backside power distribution network (BSPDN) provides optimum contact and interconnect. The stacked FET could include, for example, FINFET over FINFET, FINFET over nanosheet, or nanosheet over nanosheet.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor structure comprising:

a stacked pair of field-effect transistors (FETs) including a top FET and a bottom FET, the bottom FET in contact with a bottom source/drain region;

a buried power rail (BPR) in contact with the bottom source/drain region through a backside local interconnect; and

a back end of line (BEOL) layer in electrical contact with the bottom source/drain region, wherein the electrical contact is made through a top deep trench contact in contact with the backside local interconnect.

2. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a backside power distribution network (BSPDN) layer in direct contact with the BPR.

3. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the BPR further contacts the bottom source/drain through a buried power rail via.

4. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

the BEOL in contact with the top source/drain region through a topside local interconnect.

5. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the top FET is a nanosheet FET and the bottom FET is a FIN FET.

6. A semiconductor structure comprising:

a lower nanosheet stack on a buried insulator layer comprising alternating layers of a first metal gate layer and a semiconductor channel material vertically aligned and stacked one on top of another;

an upper nanosheet stack on a dielectric spacer layer comprising alternating layers of the metal gate layer and the semiconductor channel material vertically aligned and stacked one on top of another, the upper nanosheet stack on dielectric spacer layer vertically aligned and stacked on top of the lower nanosheet stack;

a pair of inner spacers disposed between adjacent nanosheet stack pairs including a lower nanosheet stack and an upper nanosheet stack, the pair of inner spacers oriented parallel to each other and vertically coplanar with and contacting the adjacent nanosheet stack pairs;

an upper source/drain region in direct contact with and located in an upper portion of the pair of inner spacers;

a lower source/drain region in direct contact with and located in a lower portion of the pair of inner spacers, the upper source/drain region and the lower source/drain region separated by an inter-layer dielectric and bounded vertically by the pairs of inner spacers;

located between a first pair of adjacent nanosheet stacks, a backside local interconnect disposed between a buried power rail (BPR) and the lower source/drain region, establishing electrical contact between the buried power rail (BPR) and the lower source/drain region; and

located between a second pair of adjacent nanosheet stacks, a top deep trench contact disposed between a back end of line (BEOL) layer and the backside local interconnect, the backside local interconnect in direct contact with the bottom source/drain region, establishing electrical contact between the BEOL layer and the bottom source/drain region.

7. The semiconductor structure of claim 6 , further comprising:

a backside power distribution network (BSPDN) layer above the BPR, the BSPDN making electrical contact with the bottom source/drain region located between the first pair of adjacent nano sheet stacks.

8. The semiconductor structure of claim 6 , further comprising:

a buried power rail via in contact with the backside local interconnect and extending from the backside local interconnect to the BPR, establishing contact between the BPR and the bottom source/drain region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: XIE, RUILONG; WANG, JUNLI; FAROOQ, MUKTA GHATE; GUO, DECHAO
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056611/0105 →
Continuity (1)
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