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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Wei Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Hsinchu, TW;
Mao-Lin Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Lung-Kun Chu, New Taipei City, TW;
Jia-Ni Yu, New Taipei City, TW;
Kuan-Lun Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Hao Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The device includes one or more first semiconductor layers, and a dipole layer surrounding each first semiconductor layer of the one or more first semiconductor layers, wherein the dipole layer comprises germanium. The structure also includes a capping layer surrounding and in contact with the dipole layer, wherein the capping layer comprises silicon, one or more second semiconductor layers disposed adjacent the one or more first semiconductor layers. The structure further includes a gate electrode layer surrounding each first semiconductor layer of the one or more first semiconductor layers and each second semiconductor layer of the one or more second semiconductor layers.