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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chen-Ming Lee, Taoyuan County, TW;
Wei-Yang Lee, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMINCODCUTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 21/283 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/401 (2013.01); H01L 21/283 (2013.01); H01L 21/32135 (2013.01); H01L 29/4175 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/78696 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes an active region including a source/drain feature, a contact protruding from a bottom surface of the source/drain feature, a first dielectric layer disposed directly below the active region and surrounding the contact, an air gap disposed between the contact and the first dielectric layer, and a seal disposed between the contact and the first dielectric layer, such that the air gap is disposed between the seal and the source/drain feature.