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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor fin, a gate electrode, a pair of gate spacers, a dielectric cap, and a hard mask layer. The semiconductor fin extends upwardly from the substrate. The gate electrode straddles the semiconductor fin. The pair of gate spacers is on opposite sidewalls of the gate electrode. The dielectric cap is atop the gate electrode and laterally between the pair of gate spacers. The hard mask layer is atop the dielectric cap and laterally between the pair of gate spacers. A bottommost position of the hard mask layer is not lower than a topmost position of the dielectric cap.