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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2021
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 29/51 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/0649 (2013.01); H01L 21/823418 (2013.01); H01L 21/823481 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/515 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a gate material layer on the gate dielectric layer, patterning the gate material layer and the gate dielectric layer to form a gate structure, removing a portion of the gate dielectric layer, forming a spacer adjacent to the gate structure and at the same time forming an air gap between the gate dielectric layer and the spacer, and then forming a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the spacer.