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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hsin-Yi Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuan-Yu Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-Lung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-On Chui, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure having a stack of alternating first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers over a substrate, the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers having different compositions, forming a dummy gate structure across the fin structure, forming gate spacers on opposite sidewalls of the dummy gate structure, respectively, removing the dummy gate structure to form a gate trench between the gate spacers, removing portions of the first semiconductor layers in the gate trench, such that the second semiconductor layers are suspended in the gate trench to serve as nanosheets, forming a first titanium nitride layer wrapping around the nanosheets, wherein an atomic ratio of titanium to nitrogen of the first titanium nitride layer is less than 1, and forming a metal fill layer over the first titanium nitride layer.