Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Yen-Jun Huang

Mei-Yun Wang

Fu-Kai Yang

Ting Fang

Chung-Hao Cai

Chen-Ming Lee

Chien-Yuan Chen

Chia-Hsien Yao

Chun-Po Chang

Cheng-Ming Lee

Semiconductor structures and methods are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a first fin structure and a second fin structure over a substrate, a first source/drain feature disposed over the first fin structure and a second source/drain feature disposed over the second fin structure, a dielectric feature disposed over the first source/drain feature, and a contact structure formed over the first source/drain feature and the second source/drain feature. The contact structure is electrically coupled to the second source/drain feature and is separated from the first source/drain feature by the dielectric feature.

Overhanging source/drain contact

A method of forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming an insulating layer over a semiconductor substrate including a conductive feature, forming an insulating layer with a trench over the semiconductor substrate to expose the conductive feature, and forming a sacrificial liner layer over two opposite sidewalls and a bottom of the trench. Ions are implanted into the conductive feature covered by the sacrificial liner layer, so that a doping region is formed in the conductive feature and has two opposite side edges respectively separated from the two opposite sidewalls of the trench. The sacrificial liner layer is removed after forming the doping region, and a conductive connecting structure is formed in the trench. The two opposite sidewalls of the conductive connecting structure are respectively separated from the two corresponding opposite sidewalls of the trench by an air spacer.

Contact structure with air spacer for semiconductor device and method for forming the same

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Yen-Jun Huang