Patent · US Active

Semiconductor device and method

US10833161B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
18References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 2019
Grant dateNov 10, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/0135
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first elongated semiconductor structure extending in a first horizontal direction along the substrate and protruding vertically above the substrate, wherein a first set of source/drain regions are formed on the first semiconductor structure; (iii) a second elongated semiconductor structure extending along the substrate in parallel to the first semiconductor structure and protruding vertically above the substrate, wherein a second set of source/drain regions are formed on the second semiconductor structure; and (iv) a first set of source/drain contacts formed on the first set of source/drain regions, wherein a first source/drain contact of the first set of source/drain contacts includes: (a) a vertically extending contact portion formed directly above a first source/drain region of the first set of source/drain regions, and (b) a via landing portion protruding horizontally from the vertically extending contact portion in a direction towards the second semiconductor structure.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.