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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Ching-Wen Hung, Tainan, TW;
Jia-Rong Wu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yi-Hui Lee, Taipei, TW;
Ying-Cheng Liu, Tainan, TW;
Chih-Sen Huang, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/535 (2013.01); H01L 21/76805 (2013.01); H01L 21/76829 (2013.01); H01L 21/76895 (2013.01); H01L 21/823871 (2013.01); H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 27/092 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, a first gate structure is formed on the substrate, a first spacer is formed around the first gate structure, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed around the first spacer. Next, a first etching process is performed to remove part of the ILD layer for forming a recess, a second etching process is performed to remove part of the first spacer for expanding the recess, and a contact plug is formed in the recess.