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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Zhubei City, TW;
Guan-Lin Chen, Baoshan Township, TW;
Jung-Chien Cheng, Tainan City, TW;
Shi Ning Ju, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Hao Wang, Baoshan Township, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A device includes a first stack of nanostructures formed over a substrate; a second stack of nanostructures formed adjacent to the first stack; a first gate structure on the nanostructures of the first stack; a second gate structure on the nanostructures of the second stack; a first insulating wall separating the first gate structure and the second gate structure; a hard mask layer on the first gate structure and on the second gate structure; and a gate contact extending through the hard mask layer to physically and electrically contact the first gate structure.