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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Lin-Yu Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Tsung Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jia-Chuan You, Taoyuan, TW;
Chia-Hao Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Tien-Lu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Ming Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Hao Wang, Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Semiconductor device structures and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a gate stack formed over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure further includes a source/drain structure formed adjacent to the gate stack and a contact structure vertically overlapping the source/drain structure. In addition, the contact structure has a first sidewall slopes downwardly from its top surface to its bottom surface, and an angle between the first sidewall and a bottom surface of the contact structure is smaller than 89.5°.