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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hsiao-Chun Chang, Hsinchu County, TW;

Guan-Jie Shen, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2005.12); H01L 21/02 (2005.12); H01L 29/78 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66795 (2012.12); H01L 21/02532 (2012.12); H01L 29/785 (2012.12);
Abstract

The present disclosure describes a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor structure can include a substrate, a fin structure over the substrate, a gate structure over a first portion of the fin structure, and an epitaxial region formed in a second portion of the fin structure. The epitaxial region can include a first semiconductor layer and an n-type second semiconductor layer formed over the first semiconductor layer. A lattice constant of the first semiconductor layer can be greater than that of the second semiconductor layer.


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