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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2023
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/6681 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01); H01L 29/0649 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes an active fin disposed on a substrate, a gate structure, and a pair of gate spacers disposed on sidewalls of the gate structure, in which the gate structure and the gate spacers extend across a first portion of the active fin, and a bottom surface of the gate structure is higher than a bottom surface of the gate spacers.