US 11,942,528 B2
Semiconductor devices having variously-shaped source/drain patterns
Hyun-Kwan Yu, Suwon-si (KR); and Min-Hee Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,533.
Application 18/196,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/131,977, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,688,781.
Application 17/131,977 is a continuation of application No. 16/252,919, filed on Jan. 21, 2019, granted, now 10,896,964, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0067354 (KR), filed on Jun. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0282719 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/41791 (2013.01) [H01L 21/76224 (2013.01); H01L 21/823425 (2013.01); H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 27/0886 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate;
a first fin, a second fin, a third fin and a fourth fin on the substrate;
a first isolation on the substrate;
a second isolation on the substrate and between the first fin and the second fin, the first fin between the first isolation and the second isolation;
a third isolation on the substrate and between the second fin and the third fin;
a fourth isolation on the substrate and between the third fin and the fourth fin;
a fifth isolation on the substrate, the fourth fin between the fourth isolation and the fifth isolation;
a first gate on the first through fourth fins and the first through fifth isolations;
a second gate on the first through fourth fins and the first through fifth isolations;
a first epitaxial source/drain on the first fin and between the first gate and the second gate;
a second epitaxial source/drain on the second fin and between the first gate and the second gate;
a third epitaxial source/drain on the third fin and between the first gate and the second gate;
a fourth epitaxial source/drain on the fourth fin and between the first gate and the second gate; and
a contact on the first through fourth epitaxial source/drain,
wherein the first, second, third and fourth epitaxial source/drains are merged into a merged epitaxial source/drain, and
wherein an upper surface of the merged epitaxial source/drain includes a first recess and a second recess.