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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yu-Hsiang Hung, Tainan, TW;
Ssu-I Fu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chih-Kai Hsu, Tainan, TW;
Wei-Chi Cheng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Pingtung County, TW;
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps: providing a substrate having an epitaxial layer, a gate structure and an interlayer dielectric thereon, where the epitaxial structure is disposed at sides of the gate structure and the interlayer dielectric covering the epitaxial structure; forming an opening in the interlayer dielectric so that the surface of the epitaxial layer is exposed from the bottom of the opening; performing a rapid thermal process in an inert environment until non-conductive material is generated on the surface of the epitaxial layer; and removing the non-conductive material.