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Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yi-Min Huang, Tainan, TW;

Huai-Tei Yang, Hsinchu, TW;

Shih-Chieh Chang, Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/285 (2006.01); H01L 29/161 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/165 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 23/485 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/28518 (2013.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01); H01L 21/76805 (2013.01); H01L 21/76895 (2013.01); H01L 21/823821 (2013.01); H01L 21/823871 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01); H01L 27/0924 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/161 (2013.01); H01L 29/165 (2013.01); H01L 29/45 (2013.01); H01L 29/665 (2013.01); H01L 29/6656 (2013.01); H01L 29/6659 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66636 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/7833 (2013.01); H01L 29/7848 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01); H01L 21/76843 (2013.01); H01L 21/76855 (2013.01); H01L 21/823814 (2013.01); H01L 23/485 (2013.01);
Abstract

A finFET device and methods of forming are provided. The method includes etching recesses in a substrate on opposite sides of a gate stack. The method also includes epitaxially growing a source/drain region in each recess, where each of the source/drain regions includes a capping layer along a top surface of the respective source/drain region, and where a concentration of a first material in each source/drain region is highest at an interface of the capping layer and an underlying epitaxy layer. The method also includes depositing a plurality of metal layers overlying and contacting each of the source/drain regions. The method also includes performing an anneal, where after the anneal a metal silicide region is formed in each of the source/drain regions, where each metal silicide region extends through the capping layer and terminates at the interface of the capping layer and the underlying epitaxy layer.


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