US 12,205,980 B2
Semiconductor device having a resistor
Liang-Hsiang Chen, Taichung (TW); Chinyu Su, Taichung (TW); and Che-Chih Hsu, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,185.
Prior Publication US 2023/0378244 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 49/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 28/20 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
forming a plurality of isolation regions on a semiconductor substrate;
forming a protective layer in a resistor region of the semiconductor substrate;
after forming the protective layer, etching a gate dielectric layer to form first and second gate dielectric layers of a transistor in a transistor region of the semiconductor substrate;
removing the protective layer;
forming first and second dummy gate stacks over the first and second gate dielectric layers, respectively;
forming a resistor in the resistor region;
forming third and fourth dummy gate stacks over the resistor; and
replacing each of the first, second, third, and fourth dummy gate stacks with a conductive material.