Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Chun Chung Su

Kuo-Cheng Ching

Shi Ning Ju

Wen-Hsing Hsieh

Huicheng Chang

Zhiqiang Wu

Chia-En Huang

Meng-Sheng Chang

Cary Chia-Chiung Lo

Kuan-Lun Cheng

Chung-Wei Wu

Jon-Hsu Ho

Gwan Sin Chang

Chih-Ching Wang

Wen-Yuan Chen

A semiconductor device includes first nanostructures vertically separated from one another, a first gate structure wrapping around each of the first nanostructures, and second nanostructures vertically separated from one another. The semiconductor device also includes a second gate structure wrapping around the second nanostructures, a first drain/source structure coupled to a first end of the first nanostructures, a second drain/source structure coupled to both of a second end of the first nanostructures and a first end of the second nanostructures, and a third drain/source structure coupled to a second end of the second nanostructures. The first drain/source structure has a first doping type, the second and third drain/source structures have a second doping type, and the first doping type is opposite to the second doping type.

Semiconductor memory devices with different doping types

A semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric layer, a first source/drain feature in contact with the dielectric layer, wherein the first source/drain feature comprises a first sidewall, and a second source/drain feature in contact with the dielectric layer and adjacent to the first source/drain feature, wherein the second source/drain feature comprises a second sidewall. The structure also includes an insulating layer disposed over the dielectric layer and between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, wherein the insulating layer comprises a first surface facing the first sidewall, a second surface facing the second sidewall, a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The structure includes a sealing material disposed between the first sidewall and the first surface, wherein the sealing material, the first sidewall, the first surface, and the dielectric layer are exposed to an air gap.

Semiconductor device structure incorporating air gap

A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region. The semiconductor device further includes a first buffer layer formed over the substrate and between first and second isolation regions in the first region and a second buffer layer formed over the substrate and between first and second isolation regions in the second region. The semiconductor device further includes a first fin structure formed over the first buffer layer and between the first and second isolation regions in the first region and a second fin structure formed over the second buffer layer and between the first and second isolation regions in the second region. The first buffer layer includes a top surface different from a top surface of the second buffer layer.

CMOS device and method of forming the same

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The device includes a substrate, a fin structure formed by a first semiconductor material, a gate region on a portion of the fin, a source region and a drain region separated by the gate region on the substrate and a source/drain stack on the source and drain region. A low portion of the source/drain stack is formed by a second semiconductor material and it contacts a low portion of the fin in the gate region. An upper portion of the source/drain stack is formed by a third semiconductor material and it contacts an upper portion of the fin in the gate region.

Source/drain stack stressor for semiconductor device

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Chun Chung Su