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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Ta-wei Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chih-sheng Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Ta-Wei Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Sheng Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78603 (2013.01); H01L 29/0649 (2013.01); H01L 29/66772 (2013.01); H01L 29/78654 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a gate stack; an air-gap under the gate stack; a semiconductor layer vertically between the gate stack and the air-gap; and a first dielectric layer underlying and adjoining the semiconductor layer. The first dielectric layer is exposed to the air-gap.