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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026

Filed:

May. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Meng-Han Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Chia-En Huang, Hsinchu County, TW;

Ya-Yun Cheng, Taichung, TW;

Peng-Chun Liou, Tainan, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/312 (2023.02); H10B 12/033 (2023.02); H10B 12/05 (2023.02);
Abstract

A method includes: forming an interconnect structure over a substrate, the forming of the interconnect structure includes forming a memory device including a transistor. The forming of the interconnect structure includes: forming a first metallization layer and a second metallization layer over the first metallization layer; forming a gate region of the transistor in at least one of the first and second metallization layers; etching a trench disposed in the second metallization layer and exposing the gate region; depositing a gate dielectric layer in the trench over the gate region; depositing a channel layer in the trench over the gate dielectric layer; and forming two source/drain regions of the transistor over the channel layer on opposite sides of the trench. At least one of the gate region and the channel layer includes two first segments extending in the trench, wherein the first segments are parallel with each other.


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