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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-Wei Chang, Taipei, TW;
Shahaji B. More, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Yu Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Yueh-Ching Pai, Taichung, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a first plurality of vertically aligned semiconductor layers disposed over a substrate and a first gate electrode layer surrounding each of the first plurality of vertically aligned semiconductor layers. The first gate electrode layer includes first one or more work function metal layers disposed between adjacent semiconductor layers of the first plurality of vertically aligned semiconductor layers and two first conductive layers disposed on opposite sides of the first one or more work function metal layers. The first conductive layers include a material different from the first one or more work function metal layers. The first gate electrode layer further includes a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layers, and the second conductive layer and the first conductive layers include a same material.