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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chun Hsiung Tsai, Hsinchu County, TW;
Lai-Wan Chong, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Chien-Wei Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Kei-Wei Chen, Tainan City, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Present disclosure provides a FinFET structure, including a substrate, a fin protruding from the substrate, including a first portion and a second portion below the first portion, the second portion includes a lighter-doped region and a heavier-doped region adjacent to the lighter-doped region, wherein the first portion includes a first dopant concentration of a dopant, and the heavier-doped region includes a second dopant concentration of the dopant, the second dopant concentration is greater than the first dopant concentration, a gate over the fin, wherein the second portion of the fin is below a bottom surface of the gate, and an insulating layer over the substrate and proximal to the second portion of the fin, wherein at least a first portion of the insulating layer includes a third dopant concentration of the dopant, the third dopant concentration is greater than the first dopant concentration.