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US 2021/0280516 A1Published application
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsHung-Ming CHEN, Yu-Chang LIN, Chung-Ting LI, Jen-Hsiang LU, Hou-Ju LI, Chih-Pin TSAO
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Abstract
A method includes forming a gate structure on a substrate; forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure; forming a carbon-containing layer on the gate spacer; diffusing carbon from the carbon-containing layer into a portion of the substrate below the gate spacer; forming a recess in the substrate on one side of the gate spacer opposite to the gate structure; and forming an epitaxy feature in the recess of the substrate.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a gate structure on a substrate;
- forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure;
- forming a carbon-containing layer on the gate spacer;
- diffusing carbon from the carbon-containing layer into a portion of the substrate below the gate spacer;
- forming a recess in the substrate on one side of the gate spacer opposite to the gate structure;
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- forming an epitaxy feature in the recess of the substrate.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a gate structure over a substrate;
- forming a spacer layer over the gate structure;
- forming a carbon-containing layer over the spacer layer;
- performing an annealing process to diffuse carbon dopants from the carbon-containing layer into the spacer layer and the substrate, so as to form first carbon-containing diffusion barriers in the spacer layer and second carbon-containing diffusion barriers in the substrate, wherein a first one of the first carbon-containing diffusion barriers is vertically aligned with the second carbon-containing diffusion barriers;
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- forming an epitaxy structure in the substrate.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a gate structure on a substrate;
- forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure;
- forming a carbon-containing layer over the gate spacer;
- removing the carbon-containing layer;
- removing a horizontal portion of the gate spacer to expose a surface of the substrate;
- and
- forming an epitaxy structure in the substrate.
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