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US 12,575,157 · App. 18/050,560 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Nanosheet with dual isolation regions separated by buried inner spacer

Inventors: Reinaldo Vega (Mahopac, NY); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Shogo Mochizuki (Mechanicville, NY); Julien Frougier (Albany, NY); Ravikumar Ramachandran (Pleasantville, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H10D64/018H10D30/014H10D30/43H10D30/6735H10D30/6757H10D62/115H10D62/121H10D64/015H10D64/017H10D64/021H10D84/0167H10D84/0188H10D84/038H10D84/85
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Patent No.
US 12,575,157
App. No.
18/050,560
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include a transistor comprising a gate region and a source/drain region. A first isolation layer is under the gate region. A second isolation layer is separated from the first isolation layer by a third isolation layer.

Claims (32)

1 . A semiconductor structure comprising:

a transistor comprising a gate region and a source/drain region, a first isolation layer being under the gate region; and

a second isolation layer separated from the first isolation layer by a third isolation layer, wherein the second isolation layer is in contact with the source/drain region.

2 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the first isolation layer is under inner spacers that are adjacent to the gate region.

3 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the second isolation layer is under the source/drain region.

4 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the third isolation layer is under the source/drain region.

5 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the third isolation layer comprises inner spacer material and is formed on a sidewall of the first isolation layer, inner spacers being formed adjacent to the source/drain region and comprising the inner spacer material.

6 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the third isolation layer comprises a different width than an inner spacer.

7 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the third isolation layer extends from an inner spacer.

8 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the first and second isolation layers comprise different thicknesses.

9 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the first and second isolation layers comprise different materials.

10 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the third isolation layer is adjacent to the first isolation layer, the second isolation layer, and the source/drain region.

11 . A method comprising;

forming a transistor comprising a gate region and source/drain region, a first isolation layer being under the gate region; and

providing a second isolation layer separated from the first isolation layer by a third isolation layer, wherein the second isolation layer is in contact with the source/drain region.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first isolation layer is under inner spacers that are adjacent to the gate region.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the second isolation layer is under the source/drain region.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the third isolation layer is under the source/drain region.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the third isolation layer comprises inner spacer material and is formed on a sidewall of the first isolation layer, inner spacers being formed adjacent to the epitaxial region and comprising the inner spacer material.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the third isolation layer comprises a different width than an inner spacer.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the third isolation layer extends from an inner spacer.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first and second isolation layers comprise different thicknesses.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first and second isolation layers comprise different materials.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the third isolation layer is adjacent to the first isolation layer, the second isolation layer, and the epitaxial region.

21 . A semiconductor structure comprising:

a transistor comprising a gate region and a source/drain region, a backside contact being adjacent to the source/drain region, wherein inner spacers are adjacent to the gate region; and

an isolation layer under the gate region and separated from the backside contact by another isolation layer, wherein the another isolation layer is under the source/drain region, wherein the another isolation layer is in contact with both a sidewall of the inner spacers and a sidewall of the backside contact.

22 . The semiconductor structure of claim 21 , wherein the isolation layer is under inner spacers that are adjacent to the gate region.

23 . The semiconductor structure of claim 21 , wherein the another isolation layer comprises inner spacer material and is formed on a sidewall of the isolation layer, the inner spacers being formed adjacent to the source/drain region and comprising the inner spacer material.

24 . A method comprising:

forming a transistor comprising a gate region and a source/drain region, a backside contact being adjacent to the source/drain region, wherein inner spacers are adjacent to the gate region; and

providing an isolation layer under the gate region and separated from the backside contact by another isolation layer, wherein the another isolation layer is under the source/drain region, wherein the another isolation layer is in contact with both a sidewall of the inner spacers and a sidewall of the backside contact.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2022
From: VEGA, REINALDO; XIE, RUILONG; MOCHIZUKI, SHOGO; FROUGIER, JULIEN; RAMACHANDRAN, RAVIKUMAR
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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