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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/0653 (2013.01); H01L 21/823418 (2013.01); H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 21/823481 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor fin protruding from a substrate, a dielectric fin disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to the semiconductor fin, an epitaxial source/drain (S/D) feature disposed in the semiconductor fin, a dielectric layer disposed between a sidewall of the epitaxial S/D feature and a sidewall of the dielectric fin, and an air gap disposed in the dielectric layer.