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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Jen Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Hsi Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Ling-Sung Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
I-Shan Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chan-yu Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: first and second active regions extending in a first direction and separated by a gap relative to a second direction; and gate structures correspondingly over the first and second active regions, the gate structures extending in the second direction; and for each active region, a portion of each of some but not all of the gate structures (gate extension) extending partially into the gap; and when viewing the gate structures as a group, the group having a notched profile relative to the second direction, where notches in the notched profile correspond to ones of the gate structures which are substantially free of extending into the gap.