Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsKuan-Ting PAN, Che-Lun CHANG, Kuo-Cheng CHIANG, Chih-Hao WANG
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Abstract
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first bottommost semiconductor layer formed over a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a plurality of first nanostructures formed over the first bottommost semiconductor layer, and the first nanostructure comprises a plurality of second semiconductor layers. The semiconductor device structure includes a first layer formed adjacent to the first bottommost semiconductor layer, wherein a top surface of the first layer is lower than a bottommost surface of the first nanostructures.
Claims20
A semiconductor device structure, comprising:
- a first bottommost semiconductor layer formed over a substrate;
- a plurality of first nanostructures formed over the first bottommost semiconductor layer, wherein the first nanostructure comprises a plurality of second semiconductor layers;
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- a first layer formed adjacent to the first bottommost semiconductor layer, wherein a top surface of the first layer is lower than a bottommost surface of the first nanostructures.
A semiconductor device structure, comprising:
- a substrate having a first region and a second region;
- a plurality of first nanostructures stacked in a vertical direction in the first region;
- a plurality of second nanostructures stacked in the vertical direction in the second region;
- a semiconductor layer formed below the first nanostructures in the first region, wherein a material of the semiconductor layer is different from a material of the substrate;
- a first layer formed adjacent to the semiconductor layer;
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- a second layer formed adjacent to the second nanostructures, wherein a top surface of the first layer is higher than a top surface of the second layer.
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure, comprising:
- forming a first stack structure over a substrate, wherein the first stack structure comprises a plurality of first semiconductor layers and a plurality of second semiconductor layers stacked in a vertical direction;
- forming a dummy gate structure over the first stack structure;
- removing a portion of the first stack structure to form a first S/D trench;
- removing a portion of the first semiconductor layers to form recesses, wherein a bottommost first semiconductor layer remains;
- forming a sacrificial layer in the recesses, wherein the sacrificial layer is higher than a top surface of the bottommost first semiconductor layer;
- forming a first layer in the first S/D trench, wherein a top surface of the first layer is higher than a top surface of the bottommost first semiconductor layer;
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- forming a first source/drain (S/D) structure over the first layer.
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