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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Hsiung Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Pei-Hsun Wang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chih-Chao Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Hao Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Hao Wang, Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate and a gate structure formed across the fin. The semiconductor device also includes a gate spacer formed over a sidewall of the gate structure. The gate spacer includes a sidewall spacer and a sealing spacer formed above the sidewall spacer. In addition, an air gap is vertically sandwiched between the sidewall spacer and the sealing spacer. The semiconductor device further includes a hard mask formed over the gate structure and covering a sidewall of the sealing spacer.