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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

May. 24, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Kisik Choi, Watervliet, NY (US);

Junli Wang, Slingerlands, NY (US);

Somnath Ghosh, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Julien Frougier, Albany, NY (US);

Min Gyu Sung, Latham, NY (US);

Theodorus E. Standaert, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Nicolas Jean Loubet, Guilderland, NY (US);

Huiming Bu, Glenmont, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10D 30/67 (2025.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10D 30/6729 (2025.01); H10D 30/031 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01); H10D 30/6735 (2025.01); H10D 30/6757 (2025.01); H10D 30/6758 (2025.01);
Abstract

A first source drain region adjacent to a first transistor, a second source drain region adjacent to a second transistor, an upper source drain contact above the first source drain region, a bottom source drain contact below the second source drain region, the bottom and the upper source drain contacts are on opposite sides, a horizontal surface of the bottom source drain contact is adjacent to a horizontal surface of dielectric side spacers surrounding the second source drain region. An embodiment where a bottom source drain contact surrounds vertical sides of a source drain region. A method including forming a first and a second nanosheet stacks, forming a top source drain contact to a first source drain region adjacent to the first nanosheet stack, forming a bottom source drain contact to a lower horizontal surface of a second source drain region adjacent to the second nanosheet stack.


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