IP Library Granted Patent US 12,439,684
Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,684 · App. 18/196,741 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Three-dimensional semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

Inventors: Donghoon Hwang (Suwon-si, KR); Myungil Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Minchan Gwak (Suwon-si, KR); Kyungho Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Kyung Hee Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Doyoung Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10D84/856H10D30/014H10D30/43H10D30/6729H10D30/6735H10D62/121H10D64/017H10D84/0167H10D84/017H10D84/0186H10D84/038H10D88/01
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Patent No.
US 12,439,684
App. No.
18/196,741
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first active region on a substrate, the first active region including a lower channel pattern and a lower source/drain pattern connected to the lower channel pattern, a second active region stacked on the first active region, the second active region including an upper channel pattern and an upper source/drain pattern connected to the upper channel pattern, a gate electrode on the lower channel pattern and the upper channel pattern, a lower contact electrically connected to the lower source/drain pattern, the lower contact having a bar shape extending on the lower source/drain pattern in a first direction, a first active contact coupled to the lower contact, and a second active contact coupled to the upper source/drain pattern. A first width of the lower source/drain pattern in a second direction is larger than a second width of the lower contact in the second direction.

Claims (59)

1. A three-dimensional semiconductor device, comprising:

a first active region on a substrate, the first active region comprising a lower channel pattern and a lower source/drain pattern connected to the lower channel pattern;

a second active region on the first active region, the second active region comprising an upper channel pattern and an upper source/drain pattern connected to the upper channel pattern;

a gate electrode on the lower channel pattern and the upper channel pattern;

a lower contact electrically connected to the lower source/drain pattern, the lower contact having a bar shape extending on the lower source/drain pattern in a first direction;

a first active contact coupled to the lower contact; and

a second active contact coupled to the upper source/drain pattern,

wherein a first width of the lower source/drain pattern in a second direction is larger than a second width of the lower contact in the second direction.

2. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the second width to the first width ranges from 0.1 to 0.5.

3. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the lower contact is offset from a center of the lower source/drain pattern in the second direction.

4. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein each of the lower channel pattern and the upper channel pattern comprises a plurality of semiconductor patterns, which are vertically spaced apart from each other, and

wherein the gate electrode encloses each of the plurality of semiconductor patterns.

5. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a dummy channel pattern interposed between the lower channel pattern and the upper channel pattern,

wherein the dummy channel pattern is spaced apart from the lower source/drain pattern and the upper source/drain pattern.

6. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the upper source/drain pattern comprises a first sub-pattern and a second sub-pattern spaced apart from the first sub-pattern in the second direction, and

wherein the second active contact comprises a first contact and a second contact, which are respectively coupled to the first sub-pattern and the second sub-pattern.

7. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the second active contact further comprises a connecting portion connecting the first contact to the second contact.

8. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the lower contact is vertically offset from each of the first sub-pattern and the second sub-pattern.

9. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising interconnection lines on, and electrically connected to, the first active contact and the second active contact.

10. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first active region and the second active region are provided in an extra gate (EG) device region.

11. A three-dimensional semiconductor device, comprising:

a first active region on a substrate, the first active region comprising a pair of lower channel patterns and a lower source/drain pattern between the pair of lower channel patterns;

a second active region on the first active region, the second active region comprising a pair of upper channel patterns and an upper source/drain pattern between the pair of upper channel patterns;

gate electrodes provided on the pair of lower channel patterns and the pair of upper channel patterns;

a lower contact electrically connected to the lower source/drain pattern;

a first active contact coupled to the lower contact; and

a second active contact coupled to the upper source/drain pattern,

wherein the upper source/drain pattern comprises a first sub-pattern connected to one of the pair of upper channel patterns, and a second sub-pattern connected to another one of the pair of upper channel patterns,

wherein the first sub-pattern is separated from the second sub-pattern, and

wherein the second active contact comprises a first contact and a second contact, which are respectively coupled to the first sub-pattern and the second sub-pattern.

12. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the second active contact further comprises a connecting portion connecting the first contact to the second contact.

13. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 11 , further comprising an interconnection line on the second active contact,

wherein the interconnection line is provided to electrically connect the first contact to the second contact.

14. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the lower contact has a bar shape extending from the lower source/drain pattern in a first direction, and

wherein the first sub-pattern is spaced apart from the second sub-pattern in a second direction crossing the first direction.

15. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the first contact is extended from a top surface of the first sub-pattern along a side surface of the first sub-pattern, and

wherein the second contact is extended from a top surface of the second sub-pattern along a side surface of the second sub-pattern.

16. A three-dimensional semiconductor device, comprising:

a first active region on a first region of a substrate, the first active region comprising a first lower channel pattern and a first lower source/drain pattern connected to the first lower channel pattern;

a second active region on the first active region, the second active region comprising a first upper channel pattern and a first upper source/drain pattern connected to the first upper channel pattern;

a gate electrode on the first lower channel pattern and the first upper channel pattern;

a first peripheral active region on a second region of the substrate, the first peripheral active region comprising a second lower channel pattern and a second lower source/drain pattern connected to the second lower channel pattern;

a second peripheral active region on the first peripheral active region, the second peripheral active region comprising a second upper channel pattern and a second upper source/drain pattern connected to the second upper channel pattern;

a peripheral gate electrode on the second lower channel pattern and the second upper channel pattern;

a first active contact coupled to the first upper source/drain pattern; and

a second active contact coupled to the second upper source/drain pattern,

wherein the first upper channel pattern comprises a pair of first upper channel patterns, which are adjacent to each other,

wherein the first upper source/drain pattern is provided as a continuous body connecting the pair of first upper channel patterns to each other,

wherein the second upper channel pattern comprises a pair of second upper channel patterns, which are adjacent to each other,

wherein the second upper source/drain pattern comprises a first sub-pattern connected to one of the pair of second upper channel patterns, and a second sub-pattern connected to another one of the pair of second upper channel patterns, and

wherein the first sub-pattern is separated from the second sub-pattern.

17. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the second active contact comprises a first contact and a second contact, which are respectively coupled to the first sub-pattern and the second sub-pattern.

18. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the second active contact further comprises a connecting portion connecting the first contact to the second contact.

19. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the first region comprises a single gate (SG) device, and

wherein the second region comprises an extra gate (EG) device.

20. The three-dimensional semiconductor device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a first lower contact electrically connected to the first lower source/drain pattern; and

a second lower contact electrically connected to the second lower source/drain pattern,

wherein a ratio of a width of the first lower contact to a width of the first lower source/drain pattern is greater than a ratio of a width of the second lower contact to a width of the second lower source/drain pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: HWANG, DONGHOON; KANG, MYUNGIL; GWAK, MINCHAN; KIM, KYUNGHO; CHO, KYUNG HEE; CHOI, DOYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0123341 · Sep 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240105724A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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