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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Shih-Che Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Po-Yu Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Chao-Hsun Wang, Taoyuan County, TW;

Kuo-Yi Chao, Hsinchu, TW;

Mei-Yun Wang, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Feng-Yu Chang, Kaohsiung, TW;

Rueijer Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Wei-Jung Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Chen-Yuan Kao, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/535 (2005.12); H01L 21/285 (2005.12); H01L 21/311 (2005.12); H01L 21/3213 (2005.12); H01L 21/768 (2005.12); H01L 23/48 (2005.12); H01L 29/45 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/535 (2012.12); H01L 21/28518 (2012.12); H01L 21/31116 (2012.12); H01L 21/32134 (2012.12); H01L 21/76805 (2012.12); H01L 21/7684 (2012.12); H01L 21/76843 (2012.12); H01L 21/76895 (2012.12); H01L 23/481 (2012.12); H01L 29/45 (2012.12);
Abstract

Vias, along with methods for fabricating vias, are disclosed that exhibit reduced capacitance and resistance. An exemplary interconnect structure includes a first source/drain contact and a second source/drain contact disposed in a dielectric layer. The first source/drain contact physically contacts a first source/drain feature and the second source/drain contact physically contacts a second source/drain feature. A first via having a first via layer configuration, a second via having a second via layer configuration, and a third via having a third via layer configuration are disposed in the dielectric layer. The first via and the second via extend into and physically contact the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact, respectively. A first thickness of the first via and a second thickness of the second via are the same. The third via physically contacts a gate structure, which is disposed between the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact.


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