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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Mao-Lin Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Lung-Kun Chu, New Taipei, TW;
Chung-Wei Hsu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jia-Ni Yu, New Taipei, TW;
Chun-Fu Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Kuan-Lun Cheng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chih-Hao Wang, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate, and a gate structure formed over the fin structure. The gate structure includes a first layer, and a fill layer over the first layer. The gate structure includes a protection layer formed over the fill layer of the gate structure, and the protection layer is separated from the first layer by the fill layer.