Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Ru-Shang Hsiao

Chih-Mu Huang

Jung-Chi Jeng

Ling-Sung Wang

Sung-Hsin Yang

Chi-Cherng Jeng

I-Chih Chen

Ying Hsin Lu

Ching-Hwanq Su

Chung-Te Lin

Li-Yi Chen

Jen-Pan Wang

Pin Chia Su

I-Shan Huang

Wen-Chang Kuo

Ying-Hao Chen

Nai-Wen Cheng

Ching-Pin Lin

Sheng-Fu Yu

Clement Hsingjen Wann

Chun Hsiung Tsai

Shou-Gwo Wuu

Chien-Hsien Tseng

Fu-Tsun Tsai

Chih-Fu Chang

Chih-Kang Chao

Cing-Yao Chan

Chun-Ying Wang

Kuan Yu Chen

Chii-Ming M Wu

Min Cao

Chen-Chieh Chiang

Ta-Ming Kuan

Chien-Hsun Lin

Yu-Chang Liang

Ting-Chun Kuan

Chia-Ming Chang

Pohan Kung

Ying Ming Wang

Cheng-You Tai

Cheng-Tung Hsu

Tsung Jing Wu

Chen-Bin Lin

Hung-Pin Chen

Hung Pin Chen

Wei Chuang Wu

Sen-Hong Syue

Yi-Ju Chen

Shin-Yeu Tsai

Yin-Kai Liao

Kun-Yu Tsai

Wen-Hsin Chan

Yao-Tsung Chen

Wei-Barn Chen

I-i Cheng

Kuan-Yu Chen

Sheng-Lin Hsieh

Jian-Shian Chen

Po-Ying Chen

Hsi-Jung Wu

Ming-Tsang Tsai

Huang Jiun-Jie

Jie Jay Sun

Ying-Hsin Lu

Fang-Wei Lin

Rou-Han Kuo

Ting-Fu Lin

Tzung-Da Liu

Jia-Ming Huang

The present disclosure discloses a structure and a method directed to a semiconductor structure having a resistor structure and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor structure formed by a single mask process. The semiconductor structure includes an interconnect structure on a substrate, a first insulating layer on the interconnect structure, first and second conductive plates on the first insulating layer and separated by a second insulating layer, a dielectric layer on the first conductive plate, and a third conductive plate on the dielectric layer. Bottom surfaces of the first and second conductive plates are coplanar.

Semiconductor structure with resistor and capacitor

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes an isolation structure in the semiconductor substrate. The isolation structure surrounds an active region of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a gate over the semiconductor substrate. The gate is across the active region and extends onto the isolation structure. The semiconductor device includes a support film over the isolation structure. The support film is a continuous film which continuously covers the isolation structure and the gate over the isolation structure.

Semiconductor device with gate

A semiconductor device with different isolation structures and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The a method includes forming first and second fin structures on a substrate, forming a dummy fin structure on the substrate and between the first and second fin structures, forming a polysilicon structure on the dummy fin structure, forming source/drain regions on the first and second fin structures, and replacing the polysilicon structure with a dummy gate structure. A top portion of the dummy gate structure is formed wider than a bottom portion of the dummy gate structure.

Isolation structures in semiconductor devices

Semiconductor devices having increased capacitance without increased fin height or increased chip area are disclosed. Grooves are formed across a width of the fin(s) to increase the overlapping surface area with the gate terminal, in particular with a length of the groove being less than or equal to the fin width. Methods of forming such grooved fins and semiconductor capacitor devices are also described.

Semiconductor devices and methods for increased capacitance

An embodiment includes a semiconductor device, a plurality of fin structures extending from a substrate, the plurality of fin structures having a plurality of first fin structures and a plurality of second fin structures. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of isolation regions on the substrate and disposed between the plurality of fin structures. The device also includes a plurality of gate structures on the plurality of isolation regions. The device also includes a plurality of epitaxy structures on one of the plurality of first fin structures. The device also includes a plurality of contact structures on the plurality of epitaxy structures, where the plurality of first fin structures, the plurality of gate structures, the plurality of epitaxy structures, and the plurality of contact structures are components of one or more resonators.

Semiconductor device and method

A structure includes a bulk semiconductor substrate, a first plurality of dielectric isolation regions over the bulk semiconductor substrate, a plurality of semiconductor fins protruding higher than the first plurality of dielectric isolation regions, a first gate stack on top surfaces and sidewalls of the plurality of semiconductor fins, a second plurality of dielectric isolation regions over the bulk semiconductor substrate, a mesa structure in the second plurality of dielectric isolation regions, and a second gate stack over the mesa structure. Top surfaces of the first gate stack and the second gate stack are coplanar with each other.

Integration of multiple transistors having fin and mesa structures

Semiconductor devices and methods are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a plurality of fin structures extending along a direction over the first area and the second area of the substrate, a first transistor and a second transistor in the first area, a first isolation structure disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor, a first isolation structure disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor in the second area, and a second isolation structure disposed between the third transistor and the fourth transistor. The first isolation structure includes a first width along the direction and the second isolation structure includes a second width along the direction. The second width is greater than the first width.

High voltage device

In an embodiment, a device includes: an isolation region on a substrate; a fin structure protruding from between adjacent portions of the isolation region, the fin structure including a plurality of fins and a mesa, a channel region of the fin structure having a first portion in the fins and having a second portion in the mesa, the fins and the mesa being a continuous semiconductor material, the mesa having a greater width than the fins; and a first gate structure on the fin structure, the first gate structure extending along the first portion of the channel region in the fins and extending along the second portion of the channel region in the mesa.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a FinFET MOS capacitor. In some embodiments, the FinFET MOS capacitor comprises a substrate and a capacitor fin structure extending upwardly from an upper surface of the substrate. The capacitor fin structure comprises a pair of dummy source/drain regions separated by a dummy channel region and a capacitor gate structure straddling on the capacitor fin structure. The capacitor gate structure is separated from the capacitor fin structure by a capacitor gate dielectric.

FinFET MOS capacitor

Semiconductor devices and methods are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first transistor in a first area and a second transistor in a second area. The first transistor includes a first gate structure extending lengthwise along a first direction, and a first gate spacer, a second gate spacer, and a third gate spacer over sidewalls of the first gate structure. The second transistor includes a second gate structure extending lengthwise along the first direction, and the first gate spacer and the third gate spacer over sidewalls of the second gate structure. The first gate spacer, the second gate spacer and the third gate spacer are of different compositions and the third gate spacer is directly on the first gate spacer in the second area.

Input/output devices

A semiconductor device includes: first and second fin structures, disposed on a substrate, that respectively extend in parallel to an axis; a first gate feature that traverses the first fin structure to overlay a central portion of the first fin structure; a second gate feature that traverses the second fin structure to overlay a central portion of the second fin structure; a first spacer comprising: a first portion comprising two layers that respectively extend from sidewalls of the first gate feature toward opposite directions of the axis; and a second portion comprising two layers that respectively extend from sidewalls of the first portion of the first spacer toward the opposite directions of the axis; and a second spacer comprising two layers that respectively extend from sidewalls of the second gate feature toward the opposite directions of the axis.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate including a core device region and an input/output (I/O) device region, a plurality of core devices in the core device region, each of the plurality of core devices including a first active region extending along a first direction, and a first plurality of input/output (I/O) transistors in the I/O device region, each of the first plurality of I/O transistors including a second active region extending along the first direction. The first active region includes a first width along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second active region includes a second width along the second direction. The second width is greater than the first width.

High voltage devices

A method includes forming a dummy gate stack over a semiconductor region, removing the dummy gate stack to form a trench between gate spacers, forming a replacement gate dielectric extending into the trench, and forming a replacement gate electrode on the replacement gate dielectric. The forming the replacement gate electrode includes depositing a metal-containing layer. The depositing the metal-containing layer includes depositing a lower layer having a first average grain size, and depositing an upper layer over the lower layer. The lower layer and the upper layer are formed of a same material, and the upper layer has a second average grain size greater than the first average grain size. Source and drain regions are formed on opposing sides of the replacement gate electrode.

Gate electrode having a work-function layer including materials with different average grain sizes

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first three-dimensional semiconductor structure of a first conductivity type protruding from a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a second three-dimensional semiconductor structure of a second conductivity type protruding from the surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor having a first source/drain structure formed in the first three-dimensional semiconductor structure, a second source/drain structure formed in the second three-dimensional semiconductor structure, a first gate structure straddling a first portion of the first three-dimensional semiconductor structure and a first portion of the second three-dimensional semiconductor structure, and a second gate structure straddling a second portion of the second three-dimensional semiconductor structure.

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing thereof

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Ru-Shang Hsiao