US 12,238,922 B2
Semiconductor device and method of forming the same
Chun-Lin Li, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP., Taichung (TW)
Filed by Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,875.
Claims priority of application No. 110127370 (TW), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024465 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H10B 12/00 (2023.01); H01L 21/283 (2006.01)
CPC H10B 12/36 (2023.02) [H10B 12/053 (2023.02); H10B 12/315 (2023.02); H01L 21/283 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate having a trench therein;
a pair of source/drain regions disposed in the substrate at opposite sides of the trench;
a metal-containing layer disposed below the trench, wherein the metal-containing layer comprises a metal silicide layer, the metal-containing layer and the substrate on opposite sidewalls of the trench collectively form a channel region of the semiconductor device; and
a gate structure disposed in the trench, the gate structure comprising:
a gate dielectric layer disposed on opposite sidewalls of the trench;
a buffer layer disposed on the metal-containing layer; and
a gate conductive layer disposed on the buffer layer and filling into the trench.