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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Shan Lu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chung-I Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Yi Chao, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Hsing Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Jiun-Ming Kuo, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Ching Wang, Kinmen County, TW;
Yuan-Ching Peng, Hinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a dielectric fin having a helmet layer, a gate structure disposed over a first portion of the helmet layer and extending along a direction, and a dielectric layer adjacent the gate structure and disposed over a second portion of the helmet layer. A width of the first portion along the direction is greater than a width of the second portion along the direction.