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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/82 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 21/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 21/26586 (2013.01); H01L 21/28008 (2013.01); H01L 21/823418 (2013.01); H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 21/823437 (2013.01); H01L 21/823468 (2013.01); H01L 27/0886 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01); H01L 29/49 (2013.01); H01L 29/6653 (2013.01); H01L 29/6656 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/785 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a metal gate stack over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a spacer element over a sidewall of the metal gate stack. The spacer element is doped with a dopant, and the dopant reduces a dielectric constant of the spacer element. An atomic concentration of the dopant decreases along a direction from an inner surface of the spacer element adjacent to the metal gate stack towards an outer surface of the spacer element.