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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Hsiung Wang, Zhubei, TW;
Chun-Yen Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Hung Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yuan-Te Hou, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Heng Hsieh, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate; a first column of active regions over the substrate; a second column of active regions over the substrate; and a dummy padding disposed between the first and the second columns from a top view. The dummy padding includes multiple dummy regions. A first dummy region of the multiple dummy regions is disposed between a first active region in the first column of active regions and a second active region in the second column of active regions. An outer boundary line tracing an edge of the first active region, an edge of the first dummy region, and an edge of the second active region includes at least two substantially 90-degree bends from a top view. The first and the second active regions include a semiconductor material doped with a same dopant.