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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sun Hom Paak, Seoul, KR;
Sung Min Kim, Incheon, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/165 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 23/485 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7845 (2013.01); H01L 23/485 (2013.01); H01L 29/0653 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/165 (2013.01); H01L 29/41791 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes an active fin extending in a first direction on a substrate, a gate electrode intersecting the active fin and extending in a second direction, source/drain regions disposed on the active fin on both sides of the gate electrode, and a contact plug disposed on the source/drain regions. The contact plug has at least one side extending in the second direction which has a step portion having a step shape.