US 12,302,609 B2
Semiconductor device including alternating semiconductor layers with different widths and method for forming the same
Hsin-Wen Su, Yunlin County (TW); Yu-Kuan Lin, Taipei (TW); Shih-Hao Lin, Hsinchu (TW); Lien-Jung Hung, Taipei (TW); and Ping-Wei Wang, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/596,115.
Application 18/596,115 is a continuation of application No. 17/711,448, filed on Apr. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,956,948.
Application 17/711,448 is a continuation of application No. 16/900,200, filed on Jun. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,296,095, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0215230 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H10B 20/00 (2023.01); H10B 20/25 (2023.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01); H10D 30/67 (2025.01); H10D 62/10 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01)
CPC H10D 30/6757 (2025.01) [H01L 21/02532 (2013.01); H01L 21/02603 (2013.01); H01L 21/30604 (2013.01); H10B 20/00 (2023.02); H10B 20/25 (2023.02); H10D 30/031 (2025.01); H10D 30/673 (2025.01); H10D 30/6735 (2025.01); H10D 30/6739 (2025.01); H10D 62/121 (2025.01); H10D 64/017 (2025.01); H10D 84/0158 (2025.01); H10D 84/038 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method, comprising:
forming a first transistor and a second transistor over a substrate and electrically connected to each other, wherein each of the first and second transistors comprises:
first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternately stacked over the substrate;
a gate structure crossing the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers, wherein in a cross-sectional view where the gate structure crosses the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers, the first semiconductor layers are in contact with the second semiconductor layers, and a width of the first semiconductor layers is narrower than a width of the second semiconductor layers; and
source/drain structures on opposite sides of the gate structure;
forming a first word line electrically connected to the gate structure of the first transistor;
forming a second word line electrically connected to the gate structure of the second transistor; and
forming a bit line electrically connected to a first one of the source/drain structures of the first transistor.