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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Chiang Wu, Taichung, TW;
Hung-Chin Chung, Pingzhen, TW;
Hsien-Ming Lee, Changhua, TW;
Chien-Hao Chen, Chuangwei Township, TW;
Ching-Hwanq Su, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices with differing threshold voltages are provided. In embodiments the threshold voltages of individual semiconductor devices are tuned through the removal and placement of differing materials within each of the individual gate stacks within a replacement gate process, whereby the removal and placement helps keep the overall process window for a fill material large enough to allow for a complete fill.