Stacked fork sheet devices
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a first pair of stacked devices located in a first active device region and a second pair of stacked devices located in a second active device region. Each stacked device of the pair of stacked devices includes a second field effect transistor (FET) stacked over a first FET, and within each active device region the pair of stacked devices is separated by an inter-device dielectric pillar. A local interconnect structure is located in a non-active device region that is positioned between the first and second active device regions. The local interconnect structure can be connected to a back side power rail and a source/drain region of one of the second FETs, or connected to a front side signal line and a source/drain region of one of the first FETs.
1 . A semiconductor structure comprising:
a first pair of stacked devices that are located in a first active device region, wherein the first pair of stacked devices are separated by a first inter-device dielectric pillar and each stacked device of the first pair of stacked devices comprises a second field effect transistor (FET) stacked over a first FET;
a second pair of stacked devices that are located in a second active device region, wherein the second pair of stacked devices are separated by a second inter-device dielectric pillar and each stacked device of the second pair of stacked devices comprises a second FET stacked over a first FET; and
a local interconnect structure located in a non-active device region that is positioned between the first active device region and the second active device region, wherein the local interconnect structure is connected to a back side power distribution network and to a source/drain region of the second FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is located on a first side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar that is closest to the non-active device region.
2 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the local interconnect structure is connected to the back side power distribution network by a back side via and a back side power rail.
3 . The semiconductor structure of claim 2 , wherein the local interconnect structure is connected to the source/drain region of the second FET of the second stacked device that is located on the first side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar by a front side extension contact structure.
4 . The semiconductor structure of claim 3 , further comprising a local interconnect dielectric material liner laterally surrounding the local interconnect structure.
5 . The semiconductor structure of claim 4 , wherein the local interconnect dielectric material liner that is present on one side sidewall of the local interconnect structure that is closest to the second active device region has a vertical height that is less than a vertical height of the local interconnect dielectric material liner that is present on another side of the local interconnect structure that is closest to the first active device region.
6 . The semiconductor structure of claim 5 , wherein the local interconnect dielectric material liner that has a lesser vertical height contacts a surface of the front side extension contact structure.
7 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising a back side metal jumper structure contacting a surface of the second inter-device dielectric pillar in the second active device region, wherein the back side metal jumper structure is connected to a source/drain region of the first FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is on the first side of the inter-device dielectric pillar that is closest to the non-active device region and to a source/drain region of the first FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is on a second side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar that is located furthest from the non-active device region.
8 . The semiconductor structure of claim 7 , wherein the back side metal jumper structure is connected to the source/drain region of the first FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is on the first side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar by a first back side source/drain contact structure, and to the source/drain region of the first FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is on the second side of the inter-device dielectric pillar by a second back side source/drain contact structure.
9 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising a front side source/drain contact structure connecting a source/drain region of the second FET of the second pair of stacked devices located on a second side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar that is furthest from the non-active device region to a front side additional back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) structure.
10 . The semiconductor structure of claim 9 , further comprises a carrier wafer located on a surface of the front side additional BEOL structure.
11 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the first pair of stacked devices and the stacked pair of stacked devices comprise fork sheet devices comprising a functional gate structure wrapping around a plurality of semiconductor channel fork sheets.
12 . A semiconductor structure comprising:
a first pair of stacked devices that are located in a first active device region, wherein the first pair of stacked devices are separated by a first inter-device dielectric pillar and each stacked device of the first pair of stacked devices comprises a second field effect transistor (FET) stacked over a first FET;
a second pair of stacked devices that are located in a second active device region, wherein the second pair of stacked devices are separated by a second inter-device dielectric pillar and each stacked device of the second pair of stacked devices comprises a second FET stacked over a first FET; and
a local interconnect structure located in a non-active device region that is positioned between the first active device region and the second active device region, wherein the local interconnect structure is connected to a front side signal line and to a source/drain region of the first FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is located on a first side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar that is closest to the non-active device region.
13 . The semiconductor structure of claim 12 , further comprising a back side power distribution network connected to a source/drain region of the first FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is located on a second side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar that is farthest from the non-active device region.
14 . The semiconductor structure of claim 12 , wherein the local interconnect structure is connected to the front side signal line by a local interconnect contact structure.
15 . The semiconductor structure of claim 12 , wherein the local interconnect structure is connected to the source/drain region of the second FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is located on the first side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar by a back side metal jumper structure and a back side source/drain contact structure.
16 . The semiconductor structure of claim 15 , wherein the back side metal jumper structure contacts a sidewall of the local interconnect structure and a sidewall of the back side source/drain contact structure, the back side metal jumper structure is present on surface of a local interconnect dielectric material liner that laterally surrounds the local interconnect structure.
17 . The semiconductor structure of claim 16 , wherein the local interconnect dielectric material liner that has the back side metal jumper structure located thereon is present on a sidewall of the local interconnect structure that is closest to the second active device region.
18 . The semiconductor structure of claim 17 , wherein the local interconnect dielectric material liner that is present on the sidewall of the local interconnect structure that is closest to the second active device region has a vertical height that is less than a vertical height of the local interconnect dielectric material liner that is present on side of the local interconnect structure that is closest to the first active device region.
19 . The semiconductor structure of claim 12 , further comprising a front side source/drain contact structure connecting a source/drain region of the second FET of the second pair of stacked devices that is located on a second side of the second inter-device dielectric pillar that is furthest from the non-active device region to a front side additional back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) structure, and wherein a carrier wafer is located on a surface of the front side additional BEOL structure.
20 . The semiconductor structure of claim 12 , wherein the first FET comprises a plurality of spaced apart first semiconductor channel material fork sheets extending outward from the inter-device dielectric pillar, and the second FET comprises a plurality of spaced apart second semiconductor channel material fork sheets extending outward from the inter-device dielectric pillar, and wherein a bottom dielectric isolation layer is located beneath the first FET, and a middle dielectric isolation layer is located between a bottommost second semiconductor channel material fork sheet and a topmost first semiconductor channel material fork sheet, and a functional gate structure wraps around each spaced apart second semiconductor channel material fork sheet, each spaced apart first semiconductor channel material fork sheet and the middle dielectric isolation layer.