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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Mrunal Abhijith Khaderbad, Hsinchu, TW;

Wei-Yen Woon, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/16 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/1606 (2013.01); H01L 21/76843 (2013.01); H01L 21/823418 (2013.01); H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 21/823814 (2013.01); H01L 21/823821 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01); H01L 29/66045 (2013.01); H01L 29/78618 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides source/drain epitaxial structures and source/drain contacts wrapped with graphene layers in fin structures of field effect transistors, and fabricating methods thereof. In some embodiments, a disclosed semiconductor device includes a fin structure on a substrate. The fin structure includes an epitaxial region. The semiconductor device further includes a metal contact above the epitaxial region, and a graphene film covering a top surface and sidewalls of the epitaxial region and covering a bottom surface and sidewalls of the metal contact.


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