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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Chih-Kai Hsu, Tainan, TW;
Ssu-I Fu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Hsiang Hung, Tainan, TW;
Wei-Chi Cheng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Pingtung County, TW;
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01); H10D 30/60 (2025.01); H10D 30/62 (2025.01); H10D 30/69 (2025.01); H10D 62/00 (2025.01); H10D 62/13 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01); H10D 64/27 (2025.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01); H10D 84/85 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10D 62/151 (2025.01); H10D 30/024 (2025.01); H10D 30/60 (2025.01); H10D 30/601 (2025.01); H10D 30/62 (2025.01); H10D 30/797 (2025.01); H10D 62/021 (2025.01); H10D 64/017 (2025.01); H10D 64/512 (2025.01); H10D 64/516 (2025.01); H10D 84/0193 (2025.01); H10D 84/038 (2025.01); H10D 84/853 (2025.01); H10D 30/0212 (2025.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, a spacer around the gate structure, and a buffer layer adjacent to the gate structure. Preferably, the buffer layer includes a crescent moon shape and the buffer layer includes an inner curve, an outer curve, and a planar surface connecting the inner curve and an outer curve along a top surface of the substrate, in which the planar surface directly contacts the outer curve on an outer sidewall of the spacer.