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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Shao-Ming Yu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chang-Yun Chang, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Hao Chang, Chu-Bei, TW;
Hsin-Chih Chen, Taipei, TW;
Kai-Tai Chang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ming-Feng Shieh, Tainan, TW;
Kuei-Liang Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Tang Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method includes forming an isolation feature in a semiconductor substrate; forming a first fin-like active region and a second fin-like active region in the semiconductor substrate and interposed by the isolation feature; forming a dummy gate stack on the isolation feature, wherein the dummy gate extends to the first fin-like active region from one side and to the second fin-like active region from another side.