Abstract: Structures having alternative carriers for dual-sided devices are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a front side structure including a device layer, and a plurality of metallization layers above the device layer. A backside structure is below the device layer. A carrier wafer or substrate is bonded directly to and is in contact with the front side structure, or is bonded to the front side structure by a compliant bonding layer.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside plug last approach are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or a fin. A gate stack is over the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or the fin. A conductive trench contact structure is at a level below the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or the fin, the conductive trench contact structure having outwardly tapered sidewalls from a top of the conductive trench contact structure to a bottom of the conductive trench contact structure.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside source or drain contact selectivity are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first epitaxial source or drain structure at an end of a first plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin, with a first conductive source or drain contact vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the first epitaxial source or drain structure, and with a first hardmask material beneath and in contact with the first conductive source or drain contact. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at an end of a second plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin, with a second conductive source or drain contact vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the second epitaxial source or drain structure, and a second hardmask material beneath and in contact with the second conductive source or drain contact.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside contact reveal uniformity, and methods of fabricating integrated circuit structures having backside contact reveal uniformity, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes an integrated circuit structure including a plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or a fin. A gate stack is over the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or the fin. An epitaxial source or drain structure is at an end of the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or the fin. A conductive source or drain contact is vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the epitaxial source or drain structure. The conductive source or drain contact is in a cavity in the isolation layer. The isolation layer extends laterally beneath the gate stack.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside contact stitching are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires laterally spaced apart from a second plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. First and second epitaxial source or drain structure are at respective ends of the first and second pluralities of horizontally stacked nanowires. A conductive contact structure is beneath and in contact with the first epitaxial source or drain structure and the second epitaxial source or drain structure, and the conductive contact structure is continuous between the first and second epitaxial source or drain structures. The conductive contact structure has a first vertical thickness beneath the first and second epitaxial source or drain structures greater than a second vertical thickness in a region between the first and second epitaxial source or drain structures.

Abstract: A device is disclosed. The device includes a first epitaxial region, a second epitaxial region, a first gate region between the first epitaxial region and a second epitaxial region, a first dielectric structure underneath the first epitaxial region, a second dielectric structure underneath the second epitaxial region, a third epitaxial region underneath the first epitaxial region, a fourth epitaxial region underneath the second epitaxial region, and a second gate region between the third epitaxial region and a fourth epitaxial region and below the first gate region. The device also includes, a conductor via extending from the first epitaxial region, through the first dielectric structure and the third epitaxial region, the conductor via narrower at an end of the conductor via that contacts the first epitaxial region than at an opposite end.

Abstract: Backside contact structures include etch selective materials to facilitate backside contact formation. An integrated circuit structure includes a frontside contact region, a device region below the frontside contact region, and a backside contact region below the device region. The device region includes a transistor. The backside contact region includes a first dielectric material under a source or drain region of the transistor, a second dielectric material laterally adjacent to the first dielectric material and under a gate structure of the transistor. A non-conductive spacer is between the first and second dielectric materials. The first and second dielectric materials are selectively etchable with respect to one another and the spacer. The backside contact region may include an interconnect feature that, for instance, passes through the first dielectric material and contacts a bottom side of the source/drain region, and/or passes through the second dielectric material and contacts the gate structure.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include transistor devices and methods of making such devices. In an embodiment, the transistor device comprises a stack of semiconductor channels with a first source/drain region on a first end of the semiconductor channels and a second source/drain region on a second end of the semiconductor channels. In an embodiment, the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region have a top surface and a bottom surface. In an embodiment, the transistor device further comprises a first source/drain contact electrically coupled to the top surface of the first source/drain region, and a second source/drain contact electrically coupled to the bottom surface of the second source/drain region. In an embodiment, the second source/drain contact is separated from the second source/drain region by an interfacial layer.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside conductive source or drain contacts having enhanced contact area, and methods of fabricating integrated circuit structures having backside conductive source or drain contacts having enhanced contact area, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a sub-fin structure over a vertical stack of horizontal nanowires or a fin. An epitaxial source or drain structure is laterally adjacent to and coupled to the vertical stack of horizontal nanowires or the fin. The epitaxial source or drain structure has a recess within a laterally surrounding outer portion. A conductive source or drain contact is laterally adjacent to the sub-fin structure and is over and in contact with the epitaxial source or drain structure. The conductive source or drain contact is within the recess in the epitaxial source or drain structure.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside source or drain contact selectivity are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first epitaxial source or drain structure at an end of a first plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin, with a first conductive source or drain contact vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the first epitaxial source or drain structure, and with a first hardmask material beneath and in contact with the first conductive source or drain contact. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at an end of a second plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin, with a second conductive source or drain contact vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the second epitaxial source or drain structure, and a second hardmask material beneath and in contact with the second conductive source or drain contact.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, systems, and/or techniques for forming a package that has a transistor layer with a front side metal interconnect layer and a back side metal contact and interconnect layer. In particular, back side metal contact and interconnect layers may be patterned before a transistor layer, or other device layer, is formed on the patterned layers and before front side metal interconnect layers are formed on the transistor layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Devices, transistor structures, systems, and techniques are described herein related to backside contacts for field effect transistors formed using a backside contact etch prior to cavity spacer formation. A transistor includes semiconductor structures such as nanoribbons extending between a source and a drain. A spacer material is between a gate and the source/drain as cavity spacer fill. The spacer material is also between a portion of a backside contact and a portion of the source/drain, to eliminate a short between the backside contact and the gate.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside contact widening are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. A gate stack is over the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. An epitaxial source or drain structure is at an end of the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. A conductive gate contact is vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the gate stack. The conductive gate contact is in a cavity in an isolation layer, the cavity extending beyond the gate stack in a direction parallel with the epitaxial source or drain structure, and the cavity confined to the gate stack in a direction toward the epitaxial source or drain structure.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, systems, and/or techniques for forming backside contacts on a transistor structure by forming, during front-side processing, trenches through the transistor structure into a silicon wafer, and then, using a catalytic oxidant material that is subsequently removed, forming an oxide structure in the silicon wafer around the trenches to isolate the backside gate contact from the source/drain trenches. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside gate connection are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or a fin. A gate stack is over the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or the fin. An epitaxial source or drain structure is at an end of the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or the fin. A conductive gate-to-contact connection is vertically beneath the epitaxial source or drain structure and vertically beneath and in electrical contact with the gate stack.

Abstract: Stacked transistor structures having a conductive interconnect between source/drain regions of upper and lower transistors. In some embodiments, the interconnect is provided, at least in part, by highly doped epitaxial material deposited in the upper transistor's source/drain region. In such cases, the epitaxial material seeds off of an exposed portion of semiconductor material of or adjacent to the upper transistor's channel region and extends downward into a recess that exposes the lower transistor's source/drain contact structure. The epitaxial source/drain material directly contacts the lower transistor's source/drain contact structure, to provide the interconnect. In other embodiments, the epitaxial material still seeds off the exposed semiconductor material of or proximate to the channel region and extends downward into the recess, but need not contact the lower contact structure.

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having back-side contact selectivity are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. A gate stack is over the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. An epitaxial source or drain structure is at an end of the plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires. A hardmask material is below a bottom of the epitaxial source or drain structure. A conductive gate contact is vertically beneath and in contact with a bottom of the gate stack, the conductive gate contact extending under and in contact with a portion of the hardmask material.

Abstract: Backside contact structures include etch selective materials to facilitate backside contact formation. An integrated circuit structure includes a frontside contact region, a device region below the frontside contact region, and a backside contact region below the device region. The device region includes a transistor. The backside contact region includes a first dielectric material under a source or drain region of the transistor, a second dielectric material laterally adjacent to the first dielectric material and under a gate structure of the transistor. A non-conductive spacer is between the first and second dielectric materials. The first and second dielectric materials are selectively etchable with respect to one another and the spacer. The backside contact region may include an interconnect feature that, for instance, passes through the first dielectric material and contacts a bottom side of the source/drain region, and/or passes through the second dielectric material and contacts the gate structure.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include stacked forksheet transistor devices, and methods of fabricating stacked forksheet transistor devices. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a backbone. A first transistor device includes a first vertical stack of semiconductor channels adjacent to an edge of the backbone. A second transistor device includes a second vertical stack of semiconductor channels adjacent to the edge of the backbone. The second transistor device is stacked on the first transistor device.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes directed to manufacturing transistors that include a substrate, an epitaxial layer with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, where the first side and the second side of the epitaxial layer are substantially planar, where the second side of the epitaxial layer is substantially parallel to the first side, and where the first side of the epitaxial layer is directly coupled with a side of the substrate. In particular, the epitaxial layer may be adjacent to an oxide layer having a side that is substantially planar, where the second side of the epitaxial layer is adjacent to the side of the oxide layer, and the epitaxial layer was grown and the growth was constrained by the oxide layer.