Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Epitaxial structures for fin-like field effect transistors
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Application No.: US16895417Application Date: 2020-06-08
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Publication No.: US11018245B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Chia-Ta Yu , Sheng-Chen Wang , Feng-Cheng Yang , Yen-Ming Chen , Sai-Hooi Yeong
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H01L29/66
- IPC: H01L29/66 ; H01L29/423 ; H01L29/78 ; H01L21/02 ; H01L21/8234 ; H01L21/8238 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L21/84

Abstract:
A method includes forming a first fin and a second fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate and defined by a fin height, forming a spacer layer over the first fin and the second fin, etching the spacer layer to form inner spacers and outer spacers along opposite sidewalls of each of the first fin and the second fin, where the inner spacers are formed between the first fin and the second fin and where etching the spacer layer results in the inner spacers to extend above the outer spacers, forming a source/drain (S/D) recess in each of the first fin and the second fin, and forming an epitaxial semiconductor layer in the S/D recesses, where forming the epitaxial semiconductor layer forms an air gap with the inner spacers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200303522A1 Epitaxial Structures for Fin-Like Field Effect Transistors Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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