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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Li-Feng Teng, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Cheng Wu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Fang-Lan Chu, Taichung, TW;
Ya-Chen Kao, Taoyuan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A includes depositing a gate electrode layer over a semiconductor substrate; patterning the gate electrode layer into a first gate electrode and a gate electrode extending portion; forming a first gate spacer alongside the first gate electrode; patterning the gate electrode extending portion into a second gate electrode after forming the first gate spacer; and forming a second gate spacer alongside the second gate electrode and a third gate spacer around the first spacer.