IP Library Granted Patent US 12,374,624
Granted Patent B2
US 12,374,624 · App. 18/633,002 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Semiconductor devices

Inventors: Pei-Yu Wang (Hsinchu, TW); Yu-Xuan Huang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01L23/5286H01L21/02603H01L21/28518H01L21/31116H01L21/31144H10D30/031H10D30/6713H10D30/6729H10D30/6735H10D30/6757H10D30/797H10D62/021H10D62/121H10D64/017H10D64/018H10D64/62
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Patent No.
US 12,374,624
App. No.
18/633,002
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a device includes: a first fin; a gate structure over the first fin; a first source/drain region adjacent the gate structure; an etch stop layer over the first source/drain region; a conductive line over the etch stop layer, the conductive line isolated from the first source/drain region by the etch stop layer, a top surface of the conductive line being coplanar with a top surface of the gate structure; and a power rail contact extending through the first fin, the power rail contact connected to the first source/drain region.

Claims (55)

1. A device comprising:

a first nanostructure;

a gate structure wrapped around the first nanostructure;

a first source/drain region adjacent the gate structure;

a first dielectric layer over the first source/drain region;

an interlayer dielectric over the first dielectric layer, a material of the interlayer dielectric being different than a material of the first dielectric layer; and

a conductive line extending through the interlayer dielectric, the conductive line disposed over the first source/drain region, the conductive line isolated from the first source/drain region by the first dielectric layer, a top surface of the conductive line being coplanar with a top surface of the gate structure.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second nanostructure; and

a second source/drain region adjacent the second nanostructure, the first dielectric layer disposed over the second source/drain region, the conductive line extending across the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region in a top-down view.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the conductive line has a first length as it extends across the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region in the top-down view, the conductive line has a first width in the top-down view, and the first length is greater than the first width.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second source/drain region adjacent the gate structure on an opposite side from the first source/drain region, the first dielectric layer disposed over the second source/drain region; and

a source/drain contact extending through the interlayer dielectric and the first dielectric layer, the source/drain contact connected to the second source/drain region.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the source/drain contact and the conductive line have a same width.

6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second dielectric layer under the first source/drain region; and

a power rail contact extending through the second dielectric layer, the power rail contact connected to the first source/drain region.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

dielectric layers over the gate structure and the conductive line; and

interconnects in the dielectric layers, the interconnects connected to the conductive line and the gate structure.

8. A device comprising:

a back-side interconnect structure comprising a power rail;

a front-side interconnect structure comprising a first interconnect; and

a device layer between the back-side interconnect structure and the front-side interconnect structure, the device layer comprising:

a transistor comprising a source/drain region;

a power rail contact contacting a back-side of the source/drain region, the power rail connected to the power rail contact;

a dielectric material completely covering a front-side of the source/drain region; and

a conductive line on the dielectric material, the first interconnect connected to the conductive line.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the front-side interconnect structure further comprises a second interconnect, the second interconnect connected to the conductive line.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein a width of the power rail is greater than a width of the first interconnect.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the first interconnect is a first level conductive line of the front-side interconnect structure.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the transistor further comprises a gate structure and a surface of the conductive line is coplanar with a surface of the gate structure.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the back-side interconnect structure further comprises a passive device, the power rail connected to the passive device.

14. The device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a support substrate attached to the front-side interconnect structure; and

an external connector connected to the power rail.

15. A device comprising:

a first dielectric layer;

a nanostructure over the first dielectric layer;

a gate structure wrapped around the nanostructure;

a first spacer adjacent the gate structure;

a first source/drain region adjacent the first spacer and the nanostructure;

a second dielectric layer completely covering a front-side of the first source/drain region; and

a power rail contact extending through the first dielectric layer, the power rail contact connected to a back-side of the first source/drain region.

16. The device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a fin between the first dielectric layer and the nanostructure, the power rail contact extending through the fin.

17. The device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a second spacer adjacent the gate structure on an opposite side from the first spacer;

a second source/drain region adjacent the second spacer and the nanostructure, the second dielectric layer disposed over a front-side of the second source/drain region; and

a source/drain contact extending through the second dielectric layer, the source/drain contact connected to the front-side of the second source/drain region.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein a surface of the source/drain contact is coplanar with a surface of the gate structure.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the surface of the gate structure is coplanar with a surface of the first spacer and a surface of the second spacer.

20. The device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a conductive line on the second dielectric layer.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17870531 · Jul 21, 2022
Continuation 17015628 · Sep 9, 2020
Provisional Application 63016505 · Apr 28, 2020
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