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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes first and second gate spacers formed over a semiconductor substrate, longitudinally extending along a first direction, and separated from each other by a gate electrode layer. A first insulating layer longitudinally extends along a second direction to pass through the gate electrode layer and the first and second gate spacers. A gate dielectric layer has a top surface covered by the gate electrode layer. The top width of the gate dielectric layer is less than that of the gate electrode layer. The first and second gate spacers and the first insulating layer have first, second and third hydrophobic surfaces, respectively. These hydrophobic surfaces are in direct contact with first, second and third sidewall surfaces of the gate electrode layer, respectively.