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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Mrunal Abhijith Khaderbad, Hsinchu, TW;

Ko-Feng Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Zheng-Yong Liang, Hsinchu, TW;

Chen-Han Wang, Zhubei, TW;

De-Yang Chiou, Hsinchu, TW;

Yu-Yun Peng, Hsinchu, TW;

Keng-Chu Lin, Ping-Tung, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76224 (2013.01); H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01L 21/823481 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method of forming low thermal budget dielectrics in semiconductor devices. The method includes forming, on a substrate, first and second fin structures with an opening in between, filling the opening with a flowable isolation material, treating the flowable isolation material with a plasma, and removing a portion of the plasma-treated flowable isolation material between the first and second fin structures.


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