IP Library Granted Patent US 10,269,906
Granted Patent B2
US 10,269,906 · App. 15/459,155 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Semiconductor device having two spacers

Inventor: Po-Hsueh Li (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L29/41791H01L21/28512H01L21/823431H01L21/823475H01L27/0886H01L27/1211H01L29/66795H01L29/785H01L21/823425H01L21/823468H01L29/0847H01L29/165H01L29/66545H01L29/7848
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Patent No.
US 10,269,906
App. No.
15/459,155
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a source/drain feature, a gate structure, a contact, a gate spacer, and a contact spacer. The source/drain feature is at least partially disposed in the substrate. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the source/drain feature. The contact is electrically connected to the source/drain feature. The gate spacer is disposed on a sidewall of the gate structure and between the gate structure and the contact. The contact spacer is disposed on the gate spacer and on a sidewall of the contact. An interface is formed between the gate spacer and the contact spacer, and a bottom surface of the contact spacer is in contact with the contact.

Claims (40)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a source/drain feature at least partially disposed in the substrate;

a gate structure disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the source/drain feature;

a contact electrically connected to the source/drain feature;

a gate spacer disposed on a sidewall of the gate structure and between the gate structure and the contact; and

a contact spacer disposed on the gate spacer and on a sidewall of the contact, wherein an interface is formed between the gate spacer and the contact spacer, and a bottom surface of the contact spacer is in direct contact with the contact.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the contact comprises:

a top portion having a first width; and

a bottom portion disposed between the top portion and the source/drain feature and having a second width greater than the first width.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the bottom surface of the contact spacer is in direct contact with the bottom portion of the contact.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the bottom portion of the contact is in contact with the gate spacer, and the top portion of the contact is in contact with the contact spacer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the gate structure.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the interlayer dielectric is in contact with the contact spacer and the contact.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the interlayer dielectric comprises a top interlayer dielectric and a bottom interlayer dielectric disposed between the top interlayer dielectric and the substrate, and the semiconductor device further comprises an etch stop layer disposed between the top interlayer dielectric and the bottom interlayer dielectric.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the etch stop layer is in contact with the contact spacer.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the contact spacer is spaced apart from the source/drain feature.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the contact spacer is higher than a top surface of the gate structure.

11. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate comprising at least one semiconductor fin;

a gate structure disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the semiconductor fin;

an epitaxy structure disposed on the semiconductor fin;

a contact electrically connected to the epitaxy structure;

a gate spacer disposed on a sidewall of the gate structure and between the gate structure and the contact; and

a contact spacer disposed on the gate spacer and on a sidewall of the contact, wherein a bottommost surface of the contact is lower than a bottommost surface of the contact spacer.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the contact is disposed between the gate spacer and the epitaxy structure.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the gate spacer is disposed between the contact spacer and the gate structure.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed on the substrate and in contact with the contact and the contact spacer.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising an etch stop layer disposed on the gate structure and in contact with the gate spacer.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a source/drain feature at least partially disposed in the substrate;

a gate structure disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the source/drain feature;

a contact electrically connected to the source/drain feature;

a contact spacer disposed on a sidewall of the contact, wherein a portion of the contact is sandwiched between a bottommost surface of the contact spacer and a topmost surface of the source/drain feature.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a gate spacer disposed on a sidewall of the gate structure and in contact with the contact.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein a portion of the gate spacer is disposed between the contact spacer and the gate structure.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , further comprising an etch stop layer disposed on the gate structure and in contact with the gate spacer.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the contact spacer is free from in contact with the source/drain feature.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: LI, PO-HSUEH
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62427940 · Nov 30, 2016
Related Publication 20180151678A1 · May 31, 2018