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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Hang Chiu, Taichung, TW;
Kuan-Ting Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi On Chui, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Wei Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Jian-Hao Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-Lung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Multi-gate devices and methods for fabricating such are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming an n-type work function layer in a gate trench in a gate structure, wherein the n-type work function layer is formed around first channel layers in a p-type gate region and around second channel layers in an n-type gate region, forming a first metal fill layer in a first gate trench over the n-type work function layer in the p-type gate region and in a second gate trench over the n-type work function layer in the n-type gate region, removing the first metal fill layer from the p-type gate region, removing the n-type work function layer from the p-type gate region, forming a p-type work function layer in the first gate trench of the p-type gate region, and forming a second metal fill layer in the first gate trench of the p-type gate region.