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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Shu Ling Liao, Taichung, TW;
Chung-Chi Ko, Nantou, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/823864 (2013.01); H01L 21/28123 (2013.01); H01L 21/823814 (2013.01); H01L 21/823821 (2013.01); H01L 27/0924 (2013.01); H01L 29/0653 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/4983 (2013.01); H01L 29/6656 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66636 (2013.01); H01L 29/7848 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment is a device including a first fin extending from a substrate, a first gate stack over and along sidewalls of the first fin, a first gate spacer disposed along a sidewall of the first gate stack, a first epitaxial source/drain region in the first fin and adjacent the first gate spacer, the first epitaxial source/drain region, and a protection layer between the first epitaxial source/drain region and the first gate spacer and between the first gate spacer and the first gate stack.