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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2017
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Chun-Wei Yu, Tainan, TW;
Hsu Ting, Tainan, TW;
Chueh-Yang Liu, Tainan, TW;
Yu-Ren Wang, Tainan, TW;
Kuang-Hsiu Chen, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 29/165 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7845 (2013.01); H01L 21/02065 (2013.01); H01L 21/28123 (2013.01); H01L 21/823814 (2013.01); H01L 21/823828 (2013.01); H01L 21/823864 (2013.01); H01L 21/823871 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01); H01L 27/092 (2013.01); H01L 29/165 (2013.01); H01L 29/41766 (2013.01); H01L 29/45 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/7848 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a gate structure on the substrate; and an epitaxial layer in the substrate adjacent to the gate structure, in which the epitaxial layer includes a planar surface and protrusions adjacent to two sides of the planar surface. Preferably, a contact plug is embedded in part of the epitaxial layer, and a silicide is disposed under the contact plug, in which a bottom surface of the silicide includes an arc.