IP Library Granted Patent US 11,355,619
Granted Patent B2
US 11,355,619 · App. 16/836,872 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Te-Chang Hsu (Tainan, TW); Chun-Chia Chen (Tainan, TW); Yao-Jhan Wang (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Marlin Semiconductor Limited
H01L29/66545H01L21/02326H01L21/02337H01L21/02348H01L21/3115H01L21/31053H01L21/76826H01L21/76828H01L21/76834H01L29/6656H01L29/66575H01L29/66795H01L21/76825H01L29/41791H01L29/4966H01L29/517H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 11,355,619
App. No.
16/836,872
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, an offset spacer adjacent to the gate structure, a main spacer around the offset spacer, a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the main spacer, a contact etch stop layer (CESL) adjacent to the main spacer, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the CESL. Preferably, a dielectric constant of the offset spacer is higher than a dielectric constant of the main spacer.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a gate structure on a substrate;

an offset spacer adjacent to and in direct contact with the gate structure;

a main spacer around the offset spacer, wherein a dielectric constant of the offset spacer is higher than a dielectric constant of the main spacer; and

a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the main spacer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a contact etch stop layer (CESL) adjacent to the main spacer; and

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the CESL.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein an oxygen concentration in the CESL and an oxygen concentration in the ILD layer are different.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein an oxygen concentration in the ILD layer is greater than an oxygen concentration in the CESL.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein an oxygen concentration on a surface of the CESL is greater than an oxygen concentration inside the CESL.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the CESL and the ILD layer comprise same dielectric constant.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the main spacer, the CESL and the ILD layer comprise same dielectric constant.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein a dielectric constant of the offset spacer is higher than a dielectric constant of the CESL.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the offset spacer is made of SiCN and the main spacer is made of SiOCN.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710865297.1 · Sep 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16239470 · Jan 3, 2019
Division 15790043 · Oct 22, 2017
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