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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-Ming Wang, Chiayi, TW;
Chih-Hsiung Peng, Miaoli County, TW;
Chi-Kang Chang, New Taipei, TW;
Kuei-Shun Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Chi Fu, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a first active fin on a substrate; a second active fin on the substrate and separate from the first active fin; and a first fin stub on the substrate, wherein the first fin stub connects a first end of the first active fin and a first end of the second active fin, wherein the fin stub is lower than both the first and the second active fins in height, wherein from a top view the first active fin is oriented lengthwise in a first direction, and the first fin stub is oriented lengthwise in a second direction that is different from the first direction.