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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
In an embodiment, a device includes: an isolation region on a substrate; a fin structure protruding from between adjacent portions of the isolation region, the fin structure including a plurality of fins and a mesa, a channel region of the fin structure having a first portion in the fins and having a second portion in the mesa, the fins and the mesa being a continuous semiconductor material, the mesa having a greater width than the fins; and a first gate structure on the fin structure, the first gate structure extending along the first portion of the channel region in the fins and extending along the second portion of the channel region in the mesa.