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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a first conductive structure including a root portion of the first conductive structure, tine portions that are arranged in a first semiconductor layer, a neck portion surrounded by a film structure. The integrated circuit further includes a second conductive structure having first and second portions that are stacked along a first direction. The first portion of the second conductive structure is surrounded by the film structure and the second portion of the second conductive structure is in the first semiconductor layer. A third conductive structure in the integrated circuit has horizontal and vertical structures. The horizontal structure extends in a second semiconductor layer and the vertical structure passes through the second semiconductor layer and the film structure to contact a first conductive rail. The first conductive rail and the tine portions are apart from the horizontal structure along the first direction by a same distance.