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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 21/308 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/3085 (2013.01); H01L 21/30655 (2013.01); H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01L 21/76232 (2013.01); H01L 29/785 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01); H01L 29/7853 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin structure protruding from the substrate, a gate insulating layer covering a channel region formed of the fin structure, a gate electrode layer covering the gate insulating layer, and isolation layers disposed on opposite sides of the fin structure. The fin structure includes a bottom portion, a neck portion, and a top portion sequentially disposed on the substrate. A width of the neck portion is less than a width of the bottom portion and a width of a portion of the top portion.