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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2015
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tien-Chen Chan, Tainan, TW;
Hsin-Chang Wu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chun-Yu Chen, Taichung, TW;
Ming-Hua Chang, Tainan, TW;
Sheng-Hsu Liu, Changhua County, TW;
Chieh-Lung Wu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chung-Min Tsai, Tainan, TW;
Neng-Hui Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is provided includes a substrate, a gate structure formed on the substrate, an epitaxial source/drain structure respectively formed at two sides of the gate structure, and a boron-rich interface layer. The boron-rich interface layer includes a bottom-and-sidewall portion and a top portion, and the epitaxial source/drain structure is enclosed by the bottom-and-sidewall portion and the top portion.