Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) die includes a plurality of varactor devices, where at least one varactor of the plurality of varactor devices comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a multi-layer stack of ferroelectric material (e.g., ferroelectric variable capacitance material) disposed between the first and second electrodes. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Hybrid manufacturing of access transistors for memory, presented herein, explores how IC components fabricated by different manufacturers may be combined in an IC device to achieve advantages in terms of, e.g., performance, density, number of active memory layers, fabrication approaches, and so on. In one aspect, an IC device may include a support, a first circuit over a first portion of the support, a second circuit over a second portion of the support, a scribe line between the first circuit and the second circuit, and one or more electrical traces extending over the scribe line. In another aspect, an IC device may include a support, a memory array, comprising a first circuit over a first portion of the support and one or more layers of capacitors over the first circuit, and a second circuit over a second portion of the support.

Abstract: Non-planar integrated circuit structures having mitigated source or drain etch from replacement gate process are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin or nanowire. A gate stack is over the fin or nanowire. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. A first dielectric spacer is along a first side of the gate stack, and a second dielectric spacer is along a second side of the gate stack. The first and second dielectric spacers are over at least a portion of the fin or nanowire. An insulating material is vertically between and in contact with the portion of the fin or nanowire and the first and second dielectric spacers. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at the first side of the gate stack, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at the second side of the gate stack.

Abstract: Described herein are full wafer devices that include interconnect layers on a back side of the device. The backside interconnect layers couple together different dies of the full wafer device. The backside interconnect layers include an active layer that includes active devices, such as transistors. The active devices may act as switches, e.g., to control routing of signals between different dies of the full wafer device.

Abstract: Described herein are full wafer devices that include passive devices formed in a power delivery structure. Power is delivered to the full wafer device on a backside of the full wafer device. A passive device in a backside layer is formed using an additive process that results in a seam running through the passive device. The seam may be, for example, an air gap, a change in material structure, or a region with a different chemical makeup from the surrounding passive device.

Abstract: Described herein are full wafer devices that include passive devices formed in one or more interconnect layers. Interconnect layers are formed over a front side of the full wafer device. A passive device is formed using an additive process that results in a seam running through the passive device. The seam may be, for example, an air gap, a change in material structure, or a region with a different chemical makeup from the surrounding passive device. In some embodiments, the passive devices are formed in global interconnect layers coupling multiple does of the full wafer device.

Abstract: Neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions, and methods of fabricating neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions, are described. For example, a structure includes first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, the nanowires of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires having a horizontal width greater than a horizontal width of the nanowires of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. First and second gate stacks are over the first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, respectively. First epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires, and second epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires. An intervening dielectric structure is between neighboring ones of the first epitaxial source or drain structures and of the second epitaxial source or drain structures.

Abstract: A transistor structure includes a base and a body over the base. The body comprises a semiconductor material and has a first end portion and a second end portion. A gate structure is wrapped around the body between the first end portion and the second end portion, where the gate structure includes a gate electrode and a dielectric between the gate electrode and the body. A source is in contact with the first end portion and a drain is in contact with the second end portion. A first spacer material is on opposite sides of the gate electrode and above the first end portion. A second spacer material is adjacent the gate structure and under the first end portion of the nanowire body. The second spacer material is below and in contact with a bottom surface of the source and the drain.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an integrated circuit including a ferroelectric gate stack including a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial oxide layer, and a gate electrode. The ferroelectric layer can be voltage activated to switch between two ferroelectric states. Employing such a ferroelectric layer provides a reduction in leakage current in an off-state and provides an increase in charge in an on-state. The interfacial oxide layer can be formed between the ferroelectric layer and the gate electrode. Alternatively, the ferroelectric layer can be formed between the interfacial oxide layer and the gate electrode.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include forksheet transistor devices having a dielectric or a conductive spine. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a dielectric spine. A first transistor device includes a first vertical stack of semiconductor channels spaced apart from a first edge of the dielectric spine. A second transistor device includes a second vertical stack of semiconductor channels spaced apart from a second edge of the dielectric spine. An N-type gate structure is on the first vertical stack of semiconductor channels, a portion of the N-type gate structure laterally between and in contact with the first edge of the dielectric spine and the first vertical stack of semiconductor channels. A P-type gate structure is on the second vertical stack of semiconductor channels, a portion of the P-type gate structure laterally between and in contact with the second edge of the dielectric spine and the second vertical stack of semiconductor channels.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, integrated circuit structures having germanium-based channels are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin having a lower silicon portion, an intermediate germanium portion on the lower silicon portion, and a silicon germanium portion on the intermediate germanium portion. An isolation structure is along sidewalls of the lower silicon portion of the fin. A gate stack is over a top of and along sidewalls of an upper portion of the fin and on a top surface of the isolation structure. A first source or drain structure is at a first side of the gate stack. A second source or drain structure is at a second side of the gate stack.

Abstract: A transistor includes a body of semiconductor material, where the body has laterally opposed body sidewalls and a top surface. A gate structure contacts the top surface of the body. A source region contacts a first one of the laterally opposed body sidewalls and a drain region contacts a second one of the laterally opposed body sidewalls. A first isolation region is under the source region and has a top surface in contact with a bottom surface of the source region. A second isolation region is under the drain region and has a top surface in contact with a bottom surface of the drain region. Depending on the transistor configuration, a major portion of the inner-facing sidewalls of the first and second isolation regions contact respective sidewalls of either a subfin structure (e.g., FinFET transistor configurations) or a lower portion of a gate structure (e.g., gate-all-around transistor configuration).

Abstract: Described herein is full wafer device that includes a computing logic formed over a substrate and two directional indicators formed in the substrate. The computing logic is arranged as a plurality of dies having a first die edge direction and a second die edge direction perpendicular to the first die edge direction. The computing logic further includes an angled feature extending in a feature direction, the feature direction different from the first die edge direction and the second die edge direction. The first directional indicator formed in the substrate indicates the first die edge direction. The second directional indicator formed in the substrate indicates the feature direction.

Abstract: Gate-all-around structures having devices with source/drain-to-substrate electrical contact are described. An integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a first fin. A first gate stack is over the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is at first and second ends of the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. One or both of the first pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is directly electrically coupled to the first fin. A second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a second fin. A second gate stack is over the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A second pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is at first and second ends of the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. Both of the second pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is electrically isolated from the second fin.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe a epitaxial region on a semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the epitaxial region is deposited onto a substrate via cyclical deposition-etch process. Cavities created underneath the spacer during the cyclical deposition-etch process are backfilled by an epitaxial cap layer. The epitaxial region and epitaxial cap layer improves electron mobility at the channel region, reduces short channel effects and decreases parasitic resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are dual gate trench shaped thin film transistors and related methods and devices. Exemplary thin film transistor structures include a non-planar semiconductor material layer having a first portion extending laterally over a first gate dielectric layer, which is over a first gate electrode structure, and a second portion extending along a trench over the first gate dielectric layer, a second gate electrode structure at least partially within the trench, and a second gate dielectric layer between the second gate electrode structure and the first portion.

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent deep via substrate contact for sub-fin electrical contact are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a conductive via on a semiconductor substrate. A vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate. A channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is electrically isolated from the fin. The fin is electrically coupled to the conductive via. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package. The microelectronic package may include a memory die with: a first memory cell at a first layer of the memory die; a second memory cell at a second layer of the memory die; and a via in the memory die that communicatively couples an active die with a package substrate of the microelectronic package. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

Abstract: Wrap-around contact structures for semiconductor nanowires and nanoribbons, and methods of fabricating wrap-around contact structures for semiconductor nanowires and nanoribbons, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor nanowire above a first portion of a semiconductor sub-fin. A gate structure surrounds a channel portion of the semiconductor nanowire. A source or drain region is at a first side of the gate structure, the source or drain region including an epitaxial structure on a second portion of the semiconductor sub-fin, the epitaxial structure having substantially vertical sidewalls in alignment with the second portion of the semiconductor sub-fin. A conductive contact structure is along sidewalls of the second portion of the semiconductor sub-fin and along the substantially vertical sidewalls of the epitaxial structure.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a substrate. A first capacitor includes a first top plate and a first bottom plate above the substrate. The first top plate is coupled to a first metal electrode within an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer to access the first capacitor. A second capacitor includes a second top plate and a second bottom plate, where the second top plate is coupled to a second metal electrode within the ILD layer to access the second capacitor. The second metal electrode is disjoint from the first metal electrode. The first capacitor is accessed through the first metal electrode without accessing the second capacitor through the second metal electrode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.