US 12,255,239 B2
Liner layer for backside contacts of semiconductor devices
Mrunal Abhijith Khaderbad, Hsinchu (TW); Keng-Chu Lin, Ping-Tung (TW); and Yu-Yun Peng, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,519.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015572 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/4175 (2013.01) [H01L 29/0673 (2013.01); H01L 29/401 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01); H01L 29/665 (2013.01); H01L 29/78696 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a transistor, comprising:
a source/drain region, comprising:
a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface; and a salicide region on the back surface;
a channel region in contact with the source/drain region and comprising a front surface co-planar with the front surface of the source/drain region; and
a gate structure disposed on the front surface of the channel region; and
a backside contact structure, comprising:
a conductive contact in contact with the salicide region; and
a liner layer surrounding the conductive contact, wherein a horizontal interface between the liner layer and the source/drain region is coplanar with a horizontal interface between the salicide region and the conductive contact.
 
11. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAA FET), comprising:
a plurality of nanowires, wherein a nanowire of the plurality of nanowires comprises a front surface;
a gate dielectric layer wrapping around each nanowire of the plurality of nanowires,
wherein the gate dielectric layer is in contact with the front surface of the nanowire;
a gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer and over the front surface of the nanowire; and
a source/drain (S/D) region in contact with the plurality of nanowires and comprising a front surface and a back surface, wherein the front surface of the S/D region is opposite to the back surface and co-planar with the front surface of the nanowire;
a backside interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer;
a backside contact in the backside ILD layer and comprising:
a salicide layer in contact with a first portion of the back surface of the S/D region;
a conductive contact in contact with the salicide layer; and
a liner layer between the conductive contact and the ILD layer, wherein the liner layer is in contact with a second portion of the back surface of the S/D region, wherein a bottom surface of the liner layer is coplanar with a top surface of the salicide layer; and
an S/D contact in contact with the front surface of the S/D region.
 
16. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a channel region on a substrate;
a gate structure surrounding the channel region;
a source/drain (S/D) region on the substrate and abutting the channel region;
a salicide region having a horizontal bottom surface coplanar with a bottom surface of the gate structure;
a conductive contact on the horizontal bottom surface of the salicide region; and
a liner layer on a side surface of the conductive contact.