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Granted Patent B2
US 11,990,412 · App. 17/488,389 · Granted May 21, 2024

Buried power rails located in a base layer including first, second, and third etch stop layers

Inventors: Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Stuart Sieg (Albany, NY); Somnath Ghosh (Clifton Park, NY); Kisik Choi (Watervliet, NY); Rishikesh Krishnan (Cohoes, NY); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L23/5286H01L21/31116H01L21/76816H01L21/76829H01L23/5226H01L23/5283H01L21/823871H01L27/092H01L29/0665H01L29/42392
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Patent No.
US 11,990,412
App. No.
17/488,389
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Integrated chips and methods of forming the same include forming a stack of layers, including a device stack above a first sacrificial layer, above a substrate. The first sacrificial layer is replaced with a first etch stop layer. The substrate is removed, exposing a substrate-side of the stack of layers. The substrate-side of the stack of layers is etched to form a trench, stopping on the first etch stop layer. A conductive line is formed in the trench.

Claims (24)

1. An integrated chip, comprising:

a frontside device above a base layer, having a channel and source/drain structures;

a buried power rail in the base layer, underneath the frontside device; and

an electrical contact that makes an electrical connection between the buried power rail and the frontside device,

wherein the base layer includes:

a first etch stop layer, which the buried power rail penetrates;

a first semiconductor layer between the first etch stop layer and the frontside device;

a second etch stop layer, between the first semiconductor layer and the frontside device;

a second semiconductor layer between the second etch stop layer and the frontside device; and

a third etch stop layer between the second semiconductor layer and the frontside device.

2. The integrated chip of claim 1 , further comprising a backside power distribution network that includes an interconnect that makes electrical contact with the buried power rail.

3. The integrated chip of claim 1 , wherein the buried power rail is wider at a back surface of the base layer than where the electrical contact makes the electrical connection with the buried power rail.

4. An integrated chip, comprising:

a plurality of frontside devices above a base layer, each having a channel and source/drain structures, and having an inter-device distance between an adjacent pair of frontside devices of the plurality of frontside devices;

a buried power rail in the base layer, underneath the pair of frontside devices, having a width that is greater than the inter-device distance; and

an electrical contact that makes an electrical connection between the buried power rail and one of the pair of frontside devices,

wherein the base layer includes:

a first etch stop laver, which the buried power rail penetrates;

a first semiconductor layer between the first etch stop layer and the one of the pair of frontside devices;

a second etch stop layer, between the first semiconductor layer and the one of the pair of frontside devices;

a second semiconductor layer between the second etch stop layer and the one of the pair of frontside devices; and

a third etch stop layer between the second semiconductor layer and the one of the pair of frontside devices.

5. The integrated chip of claim 4 , further comprising a backside power distribution network that includes an interconnect that makes electrical contact with the buried power rail.

6. The integrated chip of claim 4 , wherein the buried power rail is wider at a back surface of the base layer than where the electrical contact makes the electrical connection with the buried power rail.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2021
From: XIE, RUILONG; SIEG, STUART; GHOSH, SOMNATH; CHOI, KISIK; KRISHNAN, RISHIKESH; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057633/0760 →
Continuity (1)
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