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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Ching-shan LU, Tainan, TW;
Feng-liang Lai, Tainan, TW;
Shean-ren Horng, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device. The device includes an active region isolated by an isolation structure on a substrate, and a dielectric layer overlying the active region and the isolation structure. The dielectric layer comprises a lower part overlying the active region beyond the boundary of the active region and the isolation structure, and a protruding part overlying the boundary of the active region and the isolation structure.