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Patent No.:

US 12068322 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2021

Method of forming a multi-layer epitaxial source/drain region having varying concentrations of boron and germanium therein

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Han-Yu Tang, Hsinchu, TW;

Hung-Tai Chang, Hsinchu, TW;

Ming-Hua Yu, Hsinchu, TW;

Yee-Chia Yeo, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:

Slater Matsil, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Younes Boulghassoul

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 29/04 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0924 (2013.01); H01L 21/823418 (2013.01); H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 21/823468 (2013.01); H01L 29/045 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/41791 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/6656 (2013.01); H01L 29/66575 (2013.01); H01L 29/66636 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01); H01L 21/823814 (2013.01); H01L 29/7848 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment includes a first fin extending from a substrate. The device also includes a first gate stack over and along sidewalls of the first fin. The device also includes a first gate spacer disposed along a sidewall of the first gate stack. The device also includes a first epitaxial source/drain region in the first fin and adjacent the first gate spacer, an outer surface of the epitaxial first source/drain region having more than eight facets in a first plane, the first plane being orthogonal to a top surface of the substrate.

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