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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 07, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chunchieh Wang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yueh-Ching Pai, Taichung, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An embodiment includes a device having a first set of nanostructures on a substrate, the first set of nanostructures including a first channel region, a second set of nanostructures on the substrate, the second set of nanostructures including a second channel region, a gate dielectric layer wrapping around each of the first and second sets of nanostructures, a first work function tuning layer on the gate dielectric layer of the first set of nanostructures, the first work function tuning layer wrapping around each of the first set of nanostructures, a glue layer on the first work function tuning layer, the glue layer wrapping around each of the first set of nanostructures, a second work function tuning layer on the glue layer of the first set of nanostructures and on the gate dielectric layer of the second set of nanostructures, and a fill layer on the second work function tuning layer.