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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 11, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chih-Hsin Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Ming Chen, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Feng-Cheng Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Tsung-Lin Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Yang Lee, Taipei, TW;
Dian-Hau Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate. A gate structure is disposed over the substrate in a vertical direction. The gate structure extends in a first horizontal direction. An air spacer is disposed adjacent to a first portion of the gate structure in a second horizontal direction that is different from the first horizontal direction. The air spacer has a vertical boundary in a cross-sectional side view defined by the vertical direction and the first horizontal direction.