Patent ID: 9685436
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A vertically integrated microelectronic device comprising: a first transistor including a first semiconductor body extending laterally within a first transistor level; a second transistor including: a second semiconductor body extending laterally within a second transistor level over the first transistor level and separated from the first transistor level by one or more inter-level dielectric layers; and a gate electrode disposed over a channel region between a source region and a drain region of the second semiconductor body, wherein the gate electrode is separated from the channel region by a gate dielectric layer; and an inter-level interconnect making ohmic contact with at least a sidewall of the gate electrode, making direct physical contact with the gate dielectric layer, extending below the gate dielectric layer and through at least one of the one or more inter-level dielectric layers, and electrically coupling with a terminal of the first transistor.