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Techniques regarding anchors for fins comprised within stacked VTFET devices are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus, which can further comprise a fin extending from a semiconductor body. The fin can be comprised within a stacked vertical transport field effect transistor device. The apparatus can also comprise a dielectric anchor extending from the semiconductor body and adjacent to the fin. Further, the dielectric anchor can be coupled to the fin.

Stacked vertical transport field effect transistor with anchors

A semiconductor structure includes logic device and passive device regions. The logic device region includes field effect transistors (FETs) having a gate structure and a source/drain region disposed on opposing sides of the gate structure. At least one source/drain region extends within a buried dielectric layer for electrically connecting a FET to a backside power rail (BPR). The passive device region includes passive devices disposed on a first side of a first semiconductor layer. A second semiconductor layer is disposed above a second side of the first semiconductor layer opposing the first side. A backside interlevel dielectric (BILD) is above the second semiconductor layer and the buried dielectric layer. The BPR is embedded within the BILD in the logic device region. A top surface of the BILD in the passive device region is coplanar with a top surface of the BPR and the BILD in the logic device region.

Semiconductor passive device integration for silicon-on-insulator substrate

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) device electrically attachable to a first data line and a read-only memory (ROM) element. The ROM element is electrically interposable between the MOSFET device and a second data line. The ROM element includes first and second sets of memory cells in high and low resistance states, respectively, to form a secure identifier (ID).

Read-only memory for chip security that is MOSFET process compatible

A plurality of transistor components, a system, and a method of forming a vertically stacked transistor structure within a wafer. The plurality of transistor components may include a first bottom transistor, where the first bottom transistor includes a channel, a gate, a source, and a drain. The plurality of transistor components may also include a first contact on top of the first bottom transistor, where the first contact is proximately connected to the first bottom transistor. The plurality of transistor components may also include a first set of stacked transistors, where the first set of stacked transistors includes a second top transistor on top of a second bottom transistor.

Dummy fin contact in vertically stacked transistors

Embodiments of present invention provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a silicon (Si) substrate containing a set of short channel field-effect-transistors (FETs); a germanium (Ge) layer on top of the Si substrate containing a set of long channel p-type FETs (PFETs); and an oxide semiconductor layer on top of the Ge layer containing a set of long channel n-type FETs (NFETs), wherein the set of short channel FETs, long channel PFETs, and long channel NFETs are interconnected through a set of far-back-end-of-line (FBEOL) layers.

Vertically integrated semiconductor device

Provided is a read-only memory (ROM) device. The ROM device comprises a substrate that has a plurality of vertical transport field effect transistors (VFETs). The ROM device further comprises an un-activated semiconductor layer provided on each VFET. The un-activated semiconductor layer includes implanted dopants that have not been substantially activated.

Read-only memory with vertical transistors

Semiconductor devices having air gap spacers that are formed as part of BEOL or MOL layers of the semiconductor devices are provided, as well as methods for fabricating such air gap spacers. For example, a method comprises forming a first metallic structure and a second metallic structure on a substrate, wherein the first and second metallic structures are disposed adjacent to each other with insulating material disposed between the first and second metallic structures. The insulating material is etched to form a space between the first and second metallic structures. A layer of dielectric material is deposited over the first and second metallic structures using a pinch-off deposition process to form an air gap in the space between the first and second metallic structures, wherein a portion of the air gap extends above an upper surface of at least one of the first metallic structure and the second metallic structure.

Air gap spacer formation for nano-scale semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device is provided and includes a first substrate including a first transistor; a laser reflection layer on the first transistor; and a second substrate on the laser reflection layer, the second substrate including a second transistor.

Stacked transistor structure with reflection layer

A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a fin structure from a bulk semiconductor substrate and forming an isolation region contacting a lower portion of a sidewall of the fin structure, wherein an upper portion of the sidewall of the fin structure is exposed. A sacrificial spacer is formed on the upper portion of the sidewall of the fin structure. The isolation regions are recessed to provide an exposed section of the sidewall of the fin structure. A doped semiconductor material is formed on the exposed section of the lower portion of the sidewall of the fin structure. Dopant is diffused from the doped semiconductor material to a base portion of the fin structure.

Punch through stopper in bulk finFET device

A neural network device comprises a first plurality of synapse network capacitors, wherein the synapse network capacitors of the first plurality of synapse network capacitors share a first output terminal. The neural network device further comprises a second plurality of synapse network capacitors, wherein the synapse network capacitors of the second plurality of synapse network capacitors share a second output terminal. Still further, the neural network device comprises a metal shielding disposed between the first output terminal and the second output terminal. The neural network device may be used as part of an artificial intelligence system.

Capacitor-based synapse network structure with metal shielding between outputs

One example of an apparatus includes a conducting channel region. The conducting channel region includes a plurality of epitaxially grown, in situ doped conducting channels arranged in a spaced apart relation relative to each other. A source positioned at a first end of the conducting channel region, and a drain positioned at a second end of the conducting channel region. A gate surrounds all sides of the conducting channel region and fills in spaces between the plurality of epitaxially grown, in situ doped conducting channels.

Gate-all-around field effect transistor having multiple threshold voltages

A semiconductor structure includes a three-dimensional stacked transistor structure including first and second field-effect transistors of a first type at a first vertical level and third and fourth field-effect transistors of a second type at a second vertical level disposed over the first vertical level. The semiconductor structure also includes a first gate structure shared between the first and second field-effect transistors at the first vertical level, a second gate structure shared between the third and fourth field-effect transistors at the second vertical level, and a gate contact shared by the first and second gate structures. The wherein the first and second gate structures are vertically aligned with another in a layout of the three-dimensional stacked transistor structure between source drain/regions of the first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors.

Circuit wiring techniques for stacked transistor structures

Ground rule verification ('GRV') design layouts may be automatically generated based on one or more design macros. The GRV design layout may be tested based on the one or more design macros by violating one or more ground rules using one or more GRV ranges. The testing may include electrical testing of the one or more GRV design layouts based on the one or more design macros. The one or more ground rules may be automatically selected and approved the based upon a degree of violation acceptability.

Automatic generation of ground rule verification macros

A semiconductor device formed by forming a stack of alternating horizontal nanosheet layers, recessing the stack for an n-type field effect transistor (nFET), growing crystalline semiconductor adjacent to the stack, forming vertical nanosheets from the crystalline semiconductor, forming inner spacers between the vertical nanosheets, and forming a high-k metal gate structure around the horizontal nanosheets and the vertical nanosheets.

Hybrid complementary metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor nanosheet device

A vertical field-effect transistor includes a substrate comprising a semiconductor material; a first set of fins formed from the semiconductor material and extending vertically with respect to the substrate; and a second set of fins extending vertically with respect to the substrate, wherein ones of the second set of fins abut ones of the first set of fins. The second set of fins comprises a dielectric material.

Vertical field-effect transistor with dielectric fin extension

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