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公开(公告)号:US12302553B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-13
申请号:US17668770
申请日:2022-02-10
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chia-Ta Yu , Bo-Feng Young , Hung Wei Li , Sai-Hooi Yeong , Chi On Chui
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a side-channel dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and cell array that utilizes a vertical design with side channel transistors. A dielectric layer disposed over a substrate. A gate electrode is embedded in the dielectric layer. A channel layer wraps the gate electrode and a conductive structure is adjacent to the channel layer, with the channel layer interposed between the gate electrode and the conductive structure. The semiconductor structure also includes a dielectric structure disposed over the conductive structure and the gate electrode, the channel layer extending up through the dielectric structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20250151285A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-08
申请号:US19013848
申请日:2025-01-08
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Sai-Hooi Yeong , Chi On Chui , Chenchen Jacob Wang
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first dielectric layer over the substrate; a memory cell over the substrate in a first region of the semiconductor device, where the memory cell includes a first ferroelectric structure in the first dielectric layer, where the first ferroelectric structure includes a first bottom electrode, a first top electrode, and a first ferroelectric layer in between; and a tunable capacitor over the substrate in a second region of the semiconductor device, where the tunable capacitor includes a second ferroelectric structure, where the second ferroelectric structure includes a second bottom electrode, a second top electrode, and a second ferroelectric layer in between, where at least a portion of the second ferroelectric structure is in the first dielectric layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20250133759A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-24
申请号:US18420550
申请日:2024-01-23
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chun-Hsiu Chiang , Pei Ying Lai , Cheng-Hao Hou , Chi On Chui , Shan-Mei Liao , Hung-Chi Wu
Abstract: A method forming a source/drain region based on a first portion of a semiconductor region, forming a high-k dielectric layer based on a second portion of the semiconductor region, forming a dipole film on the high-k dielectric layer, performing a treatment process on the dipole film using a process gas comprising nitrogen and hydrogen, performing a drive-in process to drive a dipole dopant in the dipole film into the high-k dielectric layer, and depositing a work-function layer on the high-k dielectric layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12283613B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-22
申请号:US18418678
申请日:2024-01-22
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hsin-Yi Lee , Cheng-Lung Hung , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L29/40 , H01L21/28 , H01L21/8238 , H01L27/092 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/49 , H01L29/51 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/786
Abstract: A device includes a first nanostructure; a second nanostructure over the first nanostructure; a first high-k gate dielectric around the first nanostructure; a second high-k gate dielectric around the second nanostructure; and a gate electrode over the first and second high-k gate dielectrics. The gate electrode includes a first work function metal; a second work function metal over the first work function metal; and a first metal residue at an interface between the first work function metal and the second work function metal, wherein the first metal residue has a metal element that is different than a metal element of the first work function metal.
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公开(公告)号:US12283485B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-22
申请号:US17872623
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Ting-Gang Chen , Wan-Hsien Lin , Chieh-Ping Wang , Tai-Chun Huang , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L27/088 , H01L21/28 , H01L21/764 , H01L21/8238 , H01L23/535 , H01L27/092 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/66
Abstract: A gate stack can be etched to form a trench extending through the gate stack, the trench removing a portion of the gate stack to separate the gate stack into a first gate stack portion and a second gate stack portion. A dielectric material is deposited in the trench to form a dielectric region, the dielectric region having an air gap in the dielectric material. The air gap may extend upward from beneath the gate stack to an area interposed between the end of the first gate stack portion and the end of the second gate stack portion. Contacts to the first gate stack portion and contacts to the second gate stack portion may be formed which are electrically isolated from each other by the dielectric material and air gap formed therein.
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公开(公告)号:US20250125150A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-17
申请号:US19002450
申请日:2024-12-26
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Ting-Gang Chen , Wan-Hsien Lin , Chieh-Ping Wang , Tai-Chun Huang , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L21/28 , H01L21/764 , H01L23/535 , H10D62/10 , H10D64/01 , H10D84/01 , H10D84/03 , H10D84/85
Abstract: A gate stack can be etched to form a trench extending through the gate stack, the trench removing a portion of the gate stack to separate the gate stack into a first gate stack portion and a second gate stack portion. A dielectric material is deposited in the trench to form a dielectric region, the dielectric region having an air gap in the dielectric material. The air gap may extend upward from beneath the gate stack to an area interposed between the end of the first gate stack portion and the end of the second gate stack portion. Contacts to the first gate stack portion and contacts to the second gate stack portion may be formed which are electrically isolated from each other by the dielectric material and air gap formed therein.
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公开(公告)号:US20250102916A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-27
申请号:US18973300
申请日:2024-12-09
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Liang-Yi Chang , Tai-Chun Huang , Chi On Chui
IPC: G03F7/09 , G03F7/16 , G03F7/20 , G03F7/26 , H01L21/027 , H01L21/3105 , H01L21/311
Abstract: Multi-layer photoresists, methods of forming the same, and methods of patterning a target layer using the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes depositing a reflective film stack over a target layer, the reflective film stack including alternating layers of a first material and a second material, the first material having a higher refractive index than the second material; depositing a photosensitive layer over the reflective film stack; patterning the photosensitive layer to form a first opening exposing the reflective film stack, patterning the photosensitive layer including exposing the photosensitive layer to a patterned energy source, the reflective film stack reflecting at least a portion of the patterned energy source to a backside of the photosensitive layer; patterning the reflective film stack through the first opening to form a second opening exposing the target layer; and patterning the target layer through the second opening.
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公开(公告)号:US12255205B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-18
申请号:US17826845
申请日:2022-05-27
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chieh-Ping Wang , Tai-Chun Huang , Yung-Cheng Lu , Ting-Gang Chen , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L27/088 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/8238 , H01L27/092 , H10B99/00
Abstract: A semiconductor device with isolation structures of different dielectric constants and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes fin structures with first and second fin portions disposed on first and second device areas on a substrate and first and second pair of gate structures disposed on the first and second fin portions. The second pair of gate structures is electrically isolated from the first pair of gate structures. The semiconductor device further includes a first isolation structure interposed between the first pair of gate structures and a second isolation structure interposed between the second pair of gate structures. The first isolation structure includes a first nitride liner and a first oxide fill layer. The second isolation structure includes a second nitride liner and a second oxide fill layer. The second nitride layer is thicker than the first nitride layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20250089330A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18516147
申请日:2023-11-21
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Cheng-Yu Wei , Cheng-I Lin , Hao-Ming Tang , Shu-Han Chen , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L21/8234 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/775 , H01L29/786
Abstract: A method includes forming a protruding fin, and forming a first dielectric layer including a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer includes a first top portion on a top surface of the protruding fin, and a sidewall portion on a sidewall of the protruding fin. The second dielectric layer is over the first top portion and the top surface of the protruding fin, and is formed using an anisotropic deposition process. The method further includes forming a dummy gate electrode on the second dielectric layer, forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the dummy gate electrode, removing the dummy gate electrode, and forming a replacement gate electrode in a space left by the dummy gate electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US12243786B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US17744334
申请日:2022-05-13
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Cheng-I Lin , Da-Yuan Lee , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L21/8238 , H01L27/092
Abstract: An embodiment includes a device including a first semiconductor fin extending from a substrate, a second semiconductor fin extending from the substrate, a hybrid fin over the substrate, the hybrid fin disposed between the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin, and the hybrid fin having an oxide inner portion extending downward from a top surface of the hybrid fin. The device also includes a first isolation region between the second semiconductor fin, the first semiconductor fin, and the hybrid fin, the hybrid fin extending above a top surface of the first isolation region, a high-k gate dielectric over sidewalls of the hybrid fin, sidewalls of the first semiconductor fin, and sidewalls of the second semiconductor fin, a gate electrode on the high-k gate dielectric, and source/drain regions on the first semiconductor fin on opposing sides of the gate electrode.
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