IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,956,938
Granted Patent B2
US 11,956,938 · App. 17/851,675 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Tetsu Ohtou (Hsinchu, TW); Ching-Wei Tsai (Hsinchu, TW); Kuan-Lun Cheng (Hsinchu, TW); Yasutoshi Okuno (Hsinchu, TW); Jiun-Jia Huang (Yunlin County, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H10B10/12H01L21/823418H01L21/823431H01L21/823468H01L21/823481H01L21/823807H01L21/823814H01L21/823821H01L21/823864H01L27/0886H01L27/0924H01L29/0649H01L29/1095H01L21/823878
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Patent No.
US 11,956,938
App. No.
17/851,675
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device incudes a substrate. A first fin and a second fin are over the substrate. An isolation structure is laterally between the first fin and the second fin. A gate structure crosses the first fin and the second fin. A first source/drain epitaxy structure is over the first fin. A second source/drain epitaxy structure is over the second fin. A spacer layer extends from a first sidewall of the first fin to a first sidewall of the second fin along a top surface of the isolation structure.

Claims (42)

1. A device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first fin and a second fin over the substrate;

an isolation structure laterally between the first fin and the second fin;

a gate structure crossing the first fin and the second fin;

a first source/drain epitaxy structure over the first fin;

a second source/drain epitaxy structure over the second fin; and

a spacer layer extending from a first sidewall of the first fin to a first sidewall of the second fin along a top surface of the isolation structure, wherein the first source/drain epitaxy structure is in contact with the spacer layer.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric material over the spacer layer.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein a top surface of the dielectric material is lower than a top surface of the first source/drain epitaxy structure.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the dielectric material is in contact with the first source/drain epitaxy structure.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first source/drain epitaxy structure has a first portion in contact with the first sidewall of the first fin and a second portion in contact with a second sidewall of the first fin, the first sidewall of the first fin is opposite to the second sidewall of the first fin, and wherein a bottom surface of the first portion of the first source/drain epitaxy structure is lower than a bottom surface of the second portion of the first source/drain epitaxy structure.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first portion of the first source/drain epitaxy structure is wider than the second portion of the first source/drain epitaxy structure.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the spacer layer has a portion vertically between the first source/drain epitaxy structure and the isolation structure.

8. A device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first fin and a second fin over the substrate;

isolation structures over the substrate having a portion laterally between the first fin and the second fin;

a gate structure crossing the first fin and the second fin;

a first source/drain epitaxy structure over the first fin and vertically separated from the portion of the isolation structure;

a second source/drain epitaxy structure over the second fin and vertically separated from the portion of the isolation structure; and

a dielectric material in contact with the first and second source/drain epitaxy structures, and vertically separated from the portion of the isolation structure.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the portion of the isolation structures is separated from the first source/drain epitaxy structure and the second source/drain epitaxy structure.

10. The device of claim 8 , further comprising a spacer layer between the dielectric material and the portion of the isolation structures.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the spacer layer is in contact with the first fin and the first source/drain epitaxy structure.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein an interface between the spacer layer and the first source/drain epitaxy structure is at a level lower than a top surface of the first fin.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein a top surface of the dielectric material is lower than a top surface of the first fin.

14. A device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first fin and a second fin over the substrate;

isolation structures over the substrate having a portion laterally between the first fin and the second fin;

a gate structure crossing the first fin and the second fin;

a first source/drain epitaxy structure over the first fin;

a second source/drain epitaxy structure over the second fin;

a spacer layer in contact with the first and second source/drain epitaxy structures and the portion of the isolation structures; and

a dielectric material over the spacer layer and in contact with the first and second source/drain epitaxy structures.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the dielectric material is separated from the portion of the isolation structures by the spacer layer.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the dielectric material passes an interface between the first source/drain epitaxy structure and the spacer layer.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the spacer layer has an U-shape cross-section.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein a top surface of the dielectric material is higher than a topmost end of the spacer layer, and a bottom surface of the dielectric material is lower than the topmost end of the spacer layer.

19. The device of claim 14 , wherein the first source/drain epitaxy structure has a first portion in contact with a first sidewall of the first fin and a second portion in contact with a second sidewall of the first fin, the first sidewall of the first fin is opposite to the second sidewall of the first fin, and wherein a bottom surface of the first portion of the first source/drain epitaxy structure is lower than a bottom surface of the second portion of the first source/drain epitaxy structure.

20. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first source/drain epitaxy structure and the spacer layer both extend along the first sidewall of the first fin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2022
From: OHTOU, TETSU; TSAI, CHING-WEI; CHENG, KUAN-LUN; OKUNO, YASUTOSHI; HUANG, JIUN-JIA
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060421/0752 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16876416 · May 18, 2020
Division 15905905 · Feb 27, 2018
Provisional Application 62526432 · Jun 29, 2017
Related Publication 20220328497A1 · Oct 13, 2022