Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

National Taiwan University

Chun-Han Chen

Mei-Yun Wang

Fu-Kai Yang

Chen-Ming Lee

Jr-Hung Li

I-Wen Wu

Bo-Cyuan Lu

Jia-Heng Wang

Dun-Nian Yaung

Chi On Chui

Szu-Ying Chen

Chung-Ting Ko

Si-Chen Lee

Hung-Hsin Chen

Shi-Ming Lin

Shang-Ru Tsai

In an embodiment, a device includes: a gate electrode; a epitaxial source/drain region adjacent the gate electrode; one or more inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layers over the epitaxial source/drain region; a first source/drain contact extending through the ILD layers, the first source/drain contact connected to the epitaxial source/drain region; a contact spacer surrounding the first source/drain contact; and a void disposed between the contact spacer and the ILD layers.

Semiconductor devices

In an embodiment, a device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first fin extending from the semiconductor substrate; a second fin extending from the semiconductor substrate; an epitaxial source/drain region including: a main layer in the first fin and the second fin, the main layer including a first semiconductor material, the main layer having an upper faceted surface and a lower faceted surface, the upper faceted surface and the lower faceted surface each being raised from respective surfaces of the first fin and the second fin; and a semiconductor contact etch stop layer (CESL) contacting the upper faceted surface and the lower faceted surface of the main layer, the semiconductor CESL including a second semiconductor material, the second semiconductor material being different from the first semiconductor material.

Semiconductor device and method

The present disclosure provides semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same. A semiconductor device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first fin-shaped structure extending lengthwise along a first direction over a substrate, a first epitaxial feature over a source/drain region of the first fin-shaped structure, a gate structure disposed over a channel region of the first fin-shaped structure and extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a source/drain contact over the first epitaxial feature. The bottom surface of the gate structure is closer to the substrate than a bottom surface of the source/drain contact.

Parasitic capacitance reduction

A semiconductor structure includes a fin protruding from a substrate, a first and a second metal gate stacks disposed over the fin, and a dielectric feature defining a sidewall of each of the first and the second metal gate stacks. Furthermore, the dielectric feature includes a two-layer structure, where sidewalls of the first layer are defined by the second layer, and where the first and the second layers have different compositions.

Methods of reducing capacitance in field-effect transistors

In an embodiment, a method includes: forming a differential contact etch stop layer (CESL) having a first portion over a source/drain region and a second portion along a gate stack, the source/drain region being in a substrate, the gate stack being over the substrate proximate the source/drain region, a first thickness of the first portion being greater than a second thickness of the second portion; depositing a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) over the differential CESL; forming a source/drain contact opening in the first ILD; forming a contact spacer along sidewalls of the source/drain contact opening; after forming the contact spacer, extending the source/drain contact opening through the differential CESL; and forming a first source/drain contact in the extended source/drain contact opening, the first source/drain contact physically and electrically coupling the source/drain region, the contact spacer physically separating the first source/drain contact from the first ILD.

In an embodiment, a device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first fin extending from the semiconductor substrate; a second fin extending from the semiconductor substrate; an epitaxial source/drain region including: a main layer in the first fin and the second fin, the main layer including a first semiconductor material, the main layer having a upper faceted surface and a lower faceted surface, the upper faceted surface and the lower faceted surface each being raised from respective surfaces of the first fin and the second fin; and a semiconductor contact etch stop layer (CESL) contacting the upper faceted surface and the lower faceted surface of the main layer, the semiconductor CESL including a second semiconductor material, the second semiconductor material being different from the first semiconductor material.

The present disclosure provides semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same. A semiconductor device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first fin-shaped structure extending lengthwise along a first direction over a substrate, a first epitaxial feature over a source/drain region of the first fin-shaped structure, a gate structure disposed over a channel region of the first fin-shaped structure and extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a source/drain contact over the first epitaxial feature. The bottommost surface of the gate structure is closer to the substrate than a bottommost surface of the source/drain contact.

A FinFET device structure is provided. The FinFET device structure includes a first gate structure formed over a fin structure, and a conductive layer formed over the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure includes a first capping layer formed over the conductive layer, and a top surface of the conductive layer is in direct contact with a bottom surface of the first capping layer.

Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure with capping layer and method for forming the same

A FinFET device structure is provided. The FinFET device structure includes a first gate structure formed over a fin structure, and a first capping layer formed over the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure includes a first etching stop layer formed over the first capping layer and the first gate structure, and a top surface and a sidewall surface of the first capping layer are in direct contact with the first etching stop layer.

Fin field effect transistor (finFET) device structure with capping layer and method for forming the same

A FinFET device structure is provided. The FinFET device structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a first gate structure formed over the fin structure. The FinFET device structure also includes a first capping layer formed over the first gate structure and a first etching stop layer over the first capping layer and the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure further includes a first source/drain (S/D) contact structure formed over the fin structure and adjacent to the first gate structure. A portion of the first etching stop layer which is directly above the first capping layer is higher than another portion of the first etching stop layer which is directly above the first gate spacer layer.

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Chun-Han Chen