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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Tien-Chen Chan, Tainan, TW;
Yi-Fan Li, Tainan, TW;
Yen-Hsing Chen, Taipei, TW;
Chun-Yu Chen, Taichung, TW;
Chung-Ting Huang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Zih-Hsuan Huang, Tainan, TW;
Ming-Hua Chang, Tainan, TW;
Yu-Shu Lin, Pingtung County, TW;
Shu-Yen Chan, Yuanlin, TW;
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is provided, including a substrate with an isolation layer formed thereon, wherein the substrate has a fin protruding up through the isolation layer to form a top surface and a pair of lateral sidewalls of the fin above the isolation layer; a silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer epitaxially grown on the top surface and the lateral sidewalls of the fin; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and across the fin, wherein the fin and the gate stack respectively extend along a first direction and a second direction. The SiGe layer formed on the top surface has a first thickness, the SiGe layer formed on said lateral sidewall has a second thickness, and a ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is in a range of 1:10 to 1:30.