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Granted Patent B2
US 11,756,888 · App. 17/493,852 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Semiconductor device having contact plug connected to gate structure on PMOS region

Inventors: Shih-Cheng Chen (Tainan, TW); Li-Hsuan Ho (Kaohsiung, TW); Tsuo-Wen Lu (Kaohsiung, TW); Shih-Hao Liang (Tainan, TW); Tsung-Hsun Wu (Kaohsiung, TW); Po-Jen Chuang (Kaohsiung, TW); Chi-Mao Hsu (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L23/535H01L21/28088H01L21/82385H01L21/823871H01L23/528H01L27/092H01L29/4966H01L29/66545
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Patent No.
US 11,756,888
App. No.
17/493,852
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a substrate having a NMOS region and a PMOS region; a metal gate extending continuously along a first direction from the NMOS region to the PMOS region on the substrate; a first source/drain region extending along a second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the NMOS region; a second source/drain region extending along the second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the PMOS region; a first contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to one side of the metal gate; a second contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to another side of the metal gate; and a third contact plug landing directly on a portion of the metal gate on the PMOS region and between the first contact plug and the second contact plug.

Claims (26)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate having a NMOS region and a PMOS region;

a metal gate extending continuously along a first direction from the NMOS region to the PMOS region on the substrate;

a first source/drain region extending along a second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the NMOS region;

a second source/drain region extending along the second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the PMOS region;

a first contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to one side of the metal gate;

a second contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to another side of the metal gate; and

a third contact plug landing directly on a portion of the metal gate on the PMOS region and between the first contact plug and the second contact plug, wherein the first contact plug, the second contact plug, and the third contact plug form a straight line extending along the second direction.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the third contact plug is disposed on the metal gate directly on top of a channel region between the second source/drain region.

3. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate having a NMOS region and a PMOS region;

a metal gate extending continuously along a first direction from the NMOS region to the PMOS region on the substrate;

a first source/drain region extending along a second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the NMOS region;

a second source/drain region extending along the second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the PMOS region;

a first contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to one side of the metal gate;

a second contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to another side of the metal gate; and

a third contact plug landing directly on a portion of the metal gate on the PMOS region and between the second source/drain region and a boundary separating the NMOS region and the PMOS region.

4. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate having a NMOS region and a PMOS region;

a metal gate extending continuously along a first direction from the NMOS region to the PMOS region on the substrate;

a first source/drain region extending along a second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the NMOS region;

a second source/drain region extending along the second direction adjacent to two sides of the metal gate on the PMOS region;

a first contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to one side of the metal gate;

a second contact plug landing on the second source/drain region adjacent to another side of the metal gate; and

a third contact plug landing directly on a portion of the metal gate on the PMOS region and not between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region and away from a boundary separating the NMOS region and the PMOS region.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the third contact plug is landing near an end of the metal gate on the PMOS region.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911033932.5 · Oct 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16695028 · Nov 25, 2019
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