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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nicholas V. LiCausi, Watervliet, NY (US);
Guillaume Bouche, Brussels, BE;
Lars W. Liebmann, Mechanicville, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc., Malta, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to self-aligned buried power rail structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming at least one fin structure of a first dimension in a substrate; forming at least one fin structure of a second dimension in the substrate; removing at least a portion of the at least one fin structure of the second dimension to form a trench; filling the trench with conductive metal to form a buried power rail structure within the trench; and forming a contact to the buried power rail structure.