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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Shyh-Shin Ferng, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 27/11 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78618 (2013.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01); H01L 21/02603 (2013.01); H01L 21/28518 (2013.01); H01L 21/30604 (2013.01); H01L 29/0653 (2013.01); H01L 29/0673 (2013.01); H01L 29/41733 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01); H01L 29/45 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66636 (2013.01); H01L 29/66742 (2013.01); H01L 29/78696 (2013.01);
Abstract
Gate-all-around (GAA) devices and methods of manufacturing such devices are described herein. A method includes forming a multi-layer structure over a substrate and forming a plurality of source/drain regions in the multi-layer structure. Fins are then patterned into the multi-layer structure through adjacent source/drain regions. A wire release process is performed to remove materials of one or more of the layers in the multi-layer stack. The remaining layers of the multi-layer stack form a stack of nanostructures connecting adjacent source/drain regions of the fins.