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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Kong-beng Thei, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-long Cheng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Harry Chuang, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device with a recessed L-shaped spacer and a method for fabricating the same. A recessed L-shaped spacer includes a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. The vertical portion is disposed on lower sidewalls of a conductor pattern, exposing upper sidewalls thereof. A top spacer is on the L-shaped spacer, wherein a width ratio of the vertical portion of the L-shaped spacer to the top spacer is at least about 2:1.