IP Library Granted Patent US 9,379,233
Granted Patent B2
US 9,379,233 · App. 14/872,844 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,379,233
App. No.
14/872,844
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device 100 includes a plurality of vertical transistors 50 provided to stand from a silicon substrate 1 and having a pillar lower diffusion layer 9 at their end portions on the silicon substrate 1 side, a metal contact plug 31 provided to stand from the silicon substrate 1 and connected to the pillar lower diffusion layer 9 of the plurality of vertical transistors 50 , the plurality of vertical transistors 50 are uniformly arranged around the metal contact plug 31 and share the pillar lower diffusion layer 9 and the metal contact plug 31.

Claims (11)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a plurality of semiconductor pillars provided to stand from a semiconductor substrate, each of the semiconductor pillars comprising a channel region;

a gate insulating film and a gate electrode provided over a side surface of each of the semiconductor pillars;

an upper diffusion layer provided at an upper end of each of the semiconductor pillars to serve as one of a source and a drain;

a lower diffusion layer operatively coupled to a lower end of each of the semiconductor pillars to serve as the other of the source and the drain; and

a lower diffusion layer side contact plug connected to the lower diffusion layer, wherein

the semiconductor pillars share the lower diffusion layer and the lower diffusion layer side contact plug, and

the semiconductor pillars are uniformly arranged near the lower diffusion layer side contact plug.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating film and the gate electrode are provided to surround the side surface of each of the semiconductor pillars.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor pillars are uniformly arranged on at least two opposite sides of the lower diffusion layer side contact plug.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor pillars are uniformly arranged so as to surround the lower diffusion layer side contact plug.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046863/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →