IP Library Granted Patent US 12,733,219
Granted Patent B2
US 12,733,219 · App. 18/214,221 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Semiconductor device including backside isolation structure and placeholder isolation structure

Inventors: Jaehong Lee (Latham, NY); Seung Min Song (Clifton Park, NY); Kang-ill Seo (Springfield, VA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H10D62/116H10D8/411H10D30/43H10D30/6735H10D30/6757H10D62/121H10D62/151H10D84/811
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Patent No.
US 12,733,219
App. No.
18/214,221
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor device including: a 1 st source/drain region and a 1 st backside contact structure, vertically below the 1 st source/drain region, connected to the 1 st source/drain region; a 2 nd source/drain region and a 1 st placeholder isolation structure vertically below the 2 nd source/drain region; and a backside isolation structure, on a back side of the semiconductor device, surrounding the 1st backside contact structure and the 1st placeholder isolation structure.

Claims (48)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a 1 st source/drain region and a 1 st backside contact structure, vertically below the 1 st source/drain region, connected to the 1 st source/drain region;

a 2 nd source/drain region and a 1 st placeholder isolation structure vertically below the 2 nd source/drain region;

a backside isolation structure, on a back side of the semiconductor device, surrounding the 1 st backside contact structure and the 1 st placeholder isolation structure; and

a 3 rd source/drain region and a 2 nd placeholder isolation structure vertically below the 3 rd source/drain region,

wherein the 2 nd source/drain region is between the 1 st source/drain region and the 3 rd source/drain region, and

wherein a horizontal distance between the 1 st backside contact structure and the 1 st placeholder isolation structure is equal to a horizontal distance between the 1 st placeholder isolation structure and the 2 nd placeholder isolation structure.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the 1 st placeholder isolation structure and the backside isolation structure have different material compositions.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the 1 st placeholder isolation structure comprises silicon nitride, and the backside isolation structure comprises silicon oxide.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein an interface is formed between the backside isolation structure and the 1 st placeholder isolation structure.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the backside isolation structure and the 1 st placeholder isolation structure comprise the same material composition.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the 1 st placeholder isolation structure comprises a different material from the backside isolation structure, and

wherein the 2 nd placeholder isolation structure comprises a different material from the backside isolation structure.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein each of the 1 st and 2 nd placeholder isolation structures comprises silicon nitride, and the backside isolation structure comprises silicon oxide, and

wherein a width of an uppermost portion of the 1 st placeholder isolation structure is less than or equal to a width of a lowermost portion of the 2 nd source/drain region.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the 1 st and 2 nd source/drain regions is a lower source/drain region of a stacked field-effect transistor comprising the lower source/drain region and an upper source/drain region stacked above the lower source/drain region.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the lower source/drain region and the upper source/drain region form different field-effect transistors.

10 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a 1 st device comprising at least one 1 st transistor forming a logic device or a memory device;

a 2 nd device comprising at least one 2 nd transistor forming another logic device or another memory device; and

a backside isolation structure at a back side of each of the 1 st and 2 nd devices,

wherein the 1 st device is adjacent to the 2 nd device in a 1 st horizontal direction,

wherein no shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is formed in the backside isolation structure adjacent the 1 st device in the 1 st horizontal direction, and

wherein no STI structure is formed in the backside isolation structure adjacent the 1 st device in a 2 nd horizontal direction perpendicular to the 1 st horizontal direction.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the 1 st transistor comprises a 1 st pair of source/drain regions that are electrically connected via a 1 st channel structure,

wherein the 2 nd transistor comprises a 2 nd pair of source/drain regions that are electrically connected via a 2 nd channel structure and are spaced apart from the 1 st pair of source/drain regions in the 1 st horizontal direction, and

wherein a placeholder isolation structure is formed vertically below at least one of the 1 st pair of source/drain regions in the backside isolation structure.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the placeholder isolation structure and the backside isolation structure comprise different materials.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the placeholder isolation structure comprises silicon nitride, and the backside isolation structure comprises silicon oxide.

14 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a 1 st device comprising at least one transistor;

a 2 nd device comprising at least one passive device;

a backside isolation structure at a back side of the 1 st and 2 nd devices; and

a backside contact structure extending in the backside isolation structure and electrically connected to a source/drain region of the transistor,

wherein the 1 st device is horizontally adjacent to the 2 nd device,

wherein no shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is formed between the backside contact structure and the 2 nd device in the backside isolation structure, and

wherein no STI structure is formed in contact with the backside contact structure in the backside isolation structure.

15 . The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the source/drain region is a 1 st source/drain region of the transistor,

wherein the semiconductor device further comprises a placeholder isolation structure vertically below a 2 nd source/drain region of the transistor in the backside isolation structure, and

wherein no STI structure is formed in contact with the placeholder isolation structure in the backside isolation structure.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the placeholder isolation structure and the backside isolation structure comprise different materials.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the placeholder isolation structure comprises silicon nitride, and the backside isolation structure comprises silicon oxide.

18 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the 1 st placeholder isolation structure and the 2 nd placeholder isolation structure are horizontally spaced apart, with the backside isolation structure therebetween and without any shallow trench isolation (STI) structure therebetween.

19 . The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the 1 st device comprises a 1 st CMOS device, and

wherein the 2 nd device comprises a 2 nd CMOS device different from the 1 st CMOS device.

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the passive device comprises a 1 st region and a 2 nd region that are in the backside isolation structure,

wherein the 1 st region has a first conductivity type, and the 2 nd region has a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and

wherein no STI structure is formed between the backside contact structure and the 1 st and 2 nd regions in the backside isolation structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: LEE, JAEHONG; SONG, SEUNG MIN; SEO, KANG-ILL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064061/0929 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63448485 · Feb 27, 2023
Related Publication 20240290834A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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