US 12,302,604 B2
Multi-gate device and related methods
Shih-Hao Lin, Hsinchu (TW); Chong-De Lien, Taoyuan (TW); Chih-Chuan Yang, Hsinchu (TW); Chih-Yu Hsu, Hsinchu County (TW); Ming-Shuan Li, Hsinchu County (TW); and Hsin-Wen Su, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/755,281.
Application 18/755,281 is a division of application No. 17/319,783, filed on May 13, 2021, granted, now 12,040,405.
Prior Publication US 2024/0347642 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H10D 30/67 (2025.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H10B 10/00 (2023.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01); H10D 62/00 (2025.01); H10D 62/10 (2025.01); H10D 62/80 (2025.01); H10D 62/832 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01); H10D 84/85 (2025.01)
CPC H10D 30/6713 (2025.01) [H01L 21/0259 (2013.01); H10D 30/031 (2025.01); H10D 30/6735 (2025.01); H10D 30/6757 (2025.01); H10D 62/021 (2025.01); H10D 62/118 (2025.01); H10D 62/80 (2025.01); H10D 62/832 (2025.01); H10D 64/017 (2025.01); H10D 64/018 (2025.01); H10D 84/0167 (2025.01); H10D 84/017 (2025.01); H10D 84/0184 (2025.01); H10D 84/038 (2025.01); H10D 84/85 (2025.01); H10B 10/125 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a first gate structure formed over a first fin in a first region of a substrate and a first source/drain feature adjacent to the first gate structure; and
a second gate structure formed over a second fin in a second region of the substrate and a second source/drain feature adjacent to the second gate structure;
wherein the first fin includes a first plurality of semiconductor channel layers interposed by a first plurality of inner spacers, the first plurality of semiconductor channel layers and the first plurality of inner spacers collectively defining a first sidewall surface;
wherein the second fin includes a second plurality of semiconductor channel layers interposed by a second plurality of inner spacers, the second plurality of semiconductor channel layers and the second plurality of inner spacers collectively defining a second sidewall surface;
wherein a first continuous adhesion layer interposes, and is in contact with, each of the first source/drain feature and the first sidewall surface; and
wherein a second continuous adhesion layer interposes, and is in contact with, each of the second source/drain feature and the second sidewall surface.