IP Library Granted Patent US 10,522,415
Granted Patent B1
US 10,522,415 · App. 16/562,454 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Semiconductor device

Inventors: En-Chiuan Liou (Tainan, TW); Yu-Cheng Tung (Kaohsiung, TW); Chih-Wei Yang (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L21/823481H01L21/823418H01L21/823431H01L21/823437H01L21/84H01L27/0886H01L27/1211H01L29/0653H01L29/0847H01L21/8213H01L29/66545
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Patent No.
US 10,522,415
App. No.
16/562,454
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, an isolation structure, and a source/drain region. The semiconductor substrate includes a fin. The gate structure is disposed on the fin and is disposed straddling the fin. The isolation structure covers a sidewall and a top surface of the fin. The source/drain region is disposed in the fin and extends beyond the top surface of the fin.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a fin;

a gate structure disposed on the fin and disposed straddling the fin;

an isolation structure covering a sidewall and a top surface of the fin; and

a source/drain region disposed in the fin and extending beyond the top surface of the fin.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the source/drain region is disposed between the gate structure and the isolation structure.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first spacer disposed on a sidewall of the gate structure and disposed on the fin; and

a second spacer disposed on a sidewall of the isolation structure and disposed on the top surface of the fin.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the source/drain region is disposed between the first spacer and the second spacer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the first spacer and the second spacer are separated from each other.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein a material of the first spacer is identical to a material of the second spacer.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a liner disposed on the top surface of the fin and disposed between the isolation structure and the fin.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the second spacer is further disposed on a sidewall of the liner.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the gate structure is higher than a top surface of the isolation structure.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an interlayer dielectric covering the source/drain region and a top surface of the isolation structure, wherein a top surface of the gate structure is not covered by the interlayer dielectric.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein a part of the interlayer dielectric is disposed between the gate structure and the isolation structure and disposed above the source/drain region.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate structure and the isolation structure are elongated in the same direction.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the isolation structure is elongated in a direction orthogonal to a direction where the fin is elongated.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the isolation structure comprises a T-shaped structure in a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2025
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
To: STELLAR SEMICONDUCTOR JAPAN GK
Reel/Frame 071913/0125 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105125890 A · Aug 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16360019 · Mar 21, 2019
Division 15264590 · Sep 13, 2016