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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Jing Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Ya-Yun Cheng, Taichung, TW;
Hau-Yu Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
I-Sheng Chen, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Ming Hsu, Hualien County, TW;
Chih-Hsin Ko, Kaohsiung County, TW;
Clement Hsingjen Wann, Carmel, NY (US);
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method includes: providing a first gate electrode over the substrate; forming a first pair of spacers on two sides of the first gate electrode; removing the first gate electrode to form a first trench between the first pair of spacers; depositing a dielectric layer in the first trench; depositing a first layer over the dielectric layer; removing the first layer from the first trench; and depositing a work function layer over the dielectric layer in the first trench.