IP Library Granted Patent US 9,947,672
Granted Patent B2
US 9,947,672 · App. 15/371,751 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin

Inventors: Sang-Jine Park (Yongin-si, KR); Kee-Sang Kwon (Seoul, KR); Do-Hyoung Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Bo-Un Yoon (Seoul, KR); Keun-Hee Bai (Suwon-si, KR); Kwang-Yong Yang (Seoul, KR); Kyoung-Hwan Yeo (Seoul, KR); Yong-Ho Jeon (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1104H01L21/76224H01L21/823431H01L21/823437H01L21/823481H01L27/0886H01L27/0924H01L27/1116H01L29/06H01L29/0653H01L29/0847H01L29/161H01L29/165H01L29/1608H01L29/7848
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Patent No.
US 9,947,672
App. No.
15/371,751
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region in the fin, and a recess region of the fin that is between first and second portions of the source/drain region. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dummy gate structure overlapping the recess region, and a spacer that is on the fin and adjacent a sidewall of the dummy gate structure.

Claims (16)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate comprising a first region and a second region;

a first fin protruding from the substrate and extending in a first direction on the first region;

a recess extending in a second direction different from the first direction in the first fin;

second and third fins on the second region, protruding from the substrate, and extending in the first direction; and

a trench between the second fin and the third fin such that the second fin and the third fin are spaced apart from each other,

wherein a height and a width of the recess are smaller than those of the trench.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the height of the recess is smaller than that of the first fin and the height of the trench is greater than that of the first fin.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a first device isolation layer in the recess and a second device isolation layer in the trench.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the second device isolation layer includes the same material as the first device isolation layer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising a capping layer between the recess and the first device isolation layer.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising first and second gate structures on both sides of the recess and spaced apart from the first device isolation layer.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein an upper layer of the first device isolation layer is coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second gate structures.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a spacer on both sides of the first device isolation layer, and

an inner spacer on inner sidewalls of the spacer.

Assignments (1)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: INTELLECTUAL KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 064444/0863 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0054924 · May 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15047181 · Feb 18, 2016
Continuation 14639494 · Mar 5, 2015
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