IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,301
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,301 · App. 17/902,537 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Semiconductor integrated circuit device

Inventor: Isaya Sobue (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Socionext Inc.
H10D84/813H01L23/5283H10D30/43H10D30/6757H10D62/121
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Patent No.
US 12,446,301
App. No.
17/902,537
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A layout structure of a capacitive element using forksheet FETs is provided. A capacitive structure constituting the capacitive element includes: a first transistor having a first nanosheet extending in the X direction and a first gate interconnect extending in the Y direction and surrounding the periphery of the first nanosheet; and a second transistor having a second nanosheet extending in the X direction and a second gate interconnect extending in the Y direction and surrounding the periphery of the second nanosheet. The face of the first nanosheet closer to the second nanosheet is exposed from the first gate interconnect, and the face of the second nanosheet closer to the first nanosheet is exposed from the second gate interconnect.

Claims (60)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a capacitive element, the capacitive element having at least one capacitive structure provided between a first node and a second node,

wherein

the capacitive structure includes:

a first transistor having a first nanosheet extending in a first direction and a first gate interconnect extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction formed to surround a periphery of the first nanosheet in the second direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions; and

a second transistor having a second nanosheet extending in the first direction and a second gate interconnect extending in the second direction formed to surround a periphery of the second nanosheet in the second and third directions,

the first and second transistors are adjacent to each other in the second direction and mutually connected at at least one node, and

the first nanosheet and the second nanosheet are opposed to each other in the second direction, a face of the first nanosheet closer to the second nanosheet is exposed from the first gate interconnect, and a face of the second nanosheet closer to the first nanosheet is exposed from the second gate interconnect.

2. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein

the first gate interconnect is connected to the first node, and the second gate interconnect is connected to the second node.

3. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein

the capacitive element has a plurality of the capacitive structures,

the plurality of capacitive structures include first and second capacitive structures placed side by side in the first direction, and

the first transistor of the first capacitive structure and the first transistor of the second capacitive structure share one node, and the second transistor of the first capacitive structure and the second transistor of the second capacitive structure share one node.

4. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein

the capacitive element has a plurality of the capacitive structures,

the plurality of capacitive structures include first and second capacitive structures placed side by side in the second direction, and

the second gate interconnect of the first capacitive structure and the first gate interconnect of the second capacitive structure are formed integrally.

5. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 4 , wherein

the first gate interconnect of the first capacitive structure is connected to the first node, and the second gate interconnect of the second capacitive structure is connected to the second node.

6. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a capacitive element, the capacitive element having at least one capacitive structure provided between a first node and a second node,

wherein

the capacitive structure includes:

a first transistor having a first nanosheet extending in a first direction and a first gate interconnect extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction formed to surround a periphery of the first nanosheet in the second direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions; and

a second transistor having a second nanosheet extending in the first direction and a second gate interconnect extending in the second direction formed to surround a periphery of the second nanosheet in the second and third directions,

the first and second transistors are adjacent to each other in the first direction and mutually connected at one node, and

a face of the first nanosheet on a first side in the second direction is exposed from the first gate interconnect, and a face of the second nanosheet on the first side in the second direction is exposed from the second gate interconnect.

7. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 6 , wherein

the first gate interconnect is connected to the first node, and the second gate interconnect is connected to the second node.

8. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 6 , wherein

the capacitive element has a plurality of the capacitive structures,

the plurality of capacitive structures include first and second capacitive structures placed side by side in the second direction,

the first nanosheet of the first capacitive structure and the first nanosheet of the second capacitive structure are opposed to each other in the second direction, and the second nanosheet of the first capacitive structure and the second nanosheet of the second capacitive structure are opposed to each other in the second direction, and

in the first capacitive structure, the first side is the side closer to the second capacitive structure, and in the second capacitive structure, the first side is the side closer to the first capacitive structure.

9. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 8 , wherein

the first gate interconnect of the first capacitive structure and the first gate interconnect of the second capacitive structure are mutually connected through a first gate connector provided between the first gate interconnects, and

the second gate interconnect of the first capacitive structure and the second gate interconnect of the second capacitive structure are mutually connected through a second gate connector provided between the second gate interconnects.

10. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 6 , wherein

the capacitive element has a plurality of the capacitive structures,

the plurality of capacitive structures include first and second capacitive structures placed side by side in the first direction,

the second transistor of the first capacitive structure and the first transistor of the second capacitive structure share one node, and

the first gate interconnect of the first capacitive structure and the first gate interconnect of the second capacitive structure are electrically connected to each other, and the second gate interconnect of the first capacitive structure and the second gate interconnect of the second capacitive structure are electrically connected to each other.

11. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a capacitive element, the capacitive element having at least one capacitive structure provided between a first node and a second node,

wherein

the capacitive structure includes:

a first transistor having a first nanosheet extending in a first direction; and

a second transistor having a second nanosheet extending in the first direction,

the first and second transistors are adjacent to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,

a first gate interconnect extending in the second direction is formed to surround peripheries of the first and second nanosheets in the second direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and

a face of the second nanosheet on a side away from the first nanosheet in the second direction is exposed from the first gate interconnect.

12. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein

a face of the first nanosheet on a side away from the second nanosheet in the second direction is exposed from the first gate interconnect.

13. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein

at least either one node of the first transistor is connected to the first node, and at least either one node of the second transistor is connected to the second node.

14. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein

the capacitive element has a plurality of the capacitive structures,

the plurality of capacitive structures include first and second capacitive structures placed side by side in the second direction, and

the second nanosheet of the first capacitive structure and the second nanosheet of the second capacitive structure are opposed to each other in the second direction.

15. The semiconductor integrated circuit device of claim 14 , wherein

the second transistor of the first capacitive structure and the second transistor of the second capacitive structure are mutually connected at at least one node, and

at least either one node of the first transistor of the first capacitive structure is connected to the first node, and at least either one node of the first transistor of the second capacitive structure is connected to the second node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2022
From: SOBUE, ISAYA
To: SOCIONEXT INC.
Reel/Frame 060983/0841 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-041830 · Mar 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021008218 · Mar 3, 2021
Related Publication 20220415885A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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