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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Po-Yu Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Fang-Yun Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chien-Tung Yue, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Liang Yeh, Hsinchu, TW;
Mu-Kai Tsai, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jinn-Horng Lai, Miaoli County, TW;
Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Taipei, TW;
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first transistor disposed on the substrate, a second transistor in proximity to the first transistor on the substrate, at least one interlayer dielectric layer covering the first transistor and the second transistor, a first stress-inducing dummy metal pattern disposed on the at least one interlayer dielectric layer and directly above the first transistor, and a second stress-inducing dummy metal pattern disposed on the at least one interlayer dielectric layer and directly above the second transistor.