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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Tzung-Yi Tsai, Taoyuan, TW;
Yen-Ming Chen, Chu-Pei, TW;
Tsung-Lin Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Po-Kang Ho, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/324 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 29/161 (2006.01); H01L 29/51 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/324 (2013.01); H01L 21/76832 (2013.01); H01L 29/161 (2013.01); H01L 29/517 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/785 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device has a fin structure that protrudes vertically upwards. A lateral dimension of the fin structure is reduced. A semiconductor layer is formed on the fin structure after the reducing of the lateral dimension. An annealing process is performed to the semiconductor device after the forming of the semiconductor layer. A dielectric layer is formed over the fin structure after the performing of the annealing process.