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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-Wei Fang, Hsinchu, TW;
Kam-Tou Sio, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Hsinchu, TW;
Lee-Chung Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Kan Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Hsing Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) includes first through fourth nano-sheet structures extending in a first direction and having respective first through fourth widths along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and first through fourth via structures electrically connected to corresponding ones of the first through fourth nano-sheet structures. The second width has a value greater than that of the third width. A width of the second via structure along the second direction has a value greater than that of a width of the third via structure along the second direction. The second and third nano-sheet structures are positioned between the first and fourth nano-sheet structures. The second and third via structures are configured to electrically connect the second and third nano-sheet structures to a first portion of a back-side power distribution structure configured to carry one of a power supply voltage or a reference voltage. The first and fourth via structures are configured to electrically connect the first and fourth nano-sheet structures to a second portion of the back-side power distribution structure configured to carry the other of the power supply voltage or the reference voltage.