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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ching-Yu Chang, Taipei, TW;
Ssu-I Fu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Hsiang Hung, Tainan, TW;
Chih-Kai Hsu, Tainan, TW;
Wei-Chi Cheng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Pingtung County, TW;
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, and a spacer adjacent to the gate structure, in which the spacer extends to a top surface of the gate structure, a top surface of the spacer includes a planar surface, the spacer encloses an air gap, and the spacer is composed of a single material. The gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer, a work function metal layer, and a low resistance metal layer, in which the high-k dielectric layer is U-shaped. The semiconductor device also includes an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure and a hard mask on the spacer, in which the top surface of the hard mask is even with the top surface of the ILD layer.