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Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chieh-Wei Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Jian-Jou Lian, Tainan, TW;

Chun-Neng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Tzu-Ang Chiang, Hsinchu, TW;

Ming-Hsi Yeh, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 21/31111 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01); H01L 27/0886 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first dummy gate structure and a second dummy gate structure over a fin protruding above a substrate, where the first dummy gate structure and the second dummy gate structure are surrounded by a dielectric layer; and replacing the first dummy gate structure and the second dummy gate structure with a first metal gate and a second metal gate, respectively, where the replacing includes: removing the first and the second dummy gate structures to form a first recess and a second recess in the dielectric layer, respectively; forming a gate dielectric layer in the first recess and in the second recess; forming an N-type work function layer and a capping layer successively over the gate dielectric layer in the second recess but not in the first recess; and filling the first recess and the second recess with an electrically conductive material.


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