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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Shu-Wen Shen, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The device includes a plurality of semiconductor layers and a gate electrode layer surrounding each semiconductor layer of the plurality of semiconductor layers. The gate electrode layer comprises a first part and a second part below the first part. The second part comprises a first portion disposed adjacent a first semiconductor layer of the plurality of semiconductor layers, and an exterior surface of the first portion having a first radius of curvature, a second portion below the first portion and in contact with a second semiconductor layer of the plurality of semiconductor layers, and a third portion below the second portion and in contact with a third semiconductor layer of the plurality of semiconductor layers, and an exterior surface of the third portion having a second radius of curvature greater than the first radius of curvature.