US 12,356,656 B2
FinFET structures and methods of forming the same
Yu-Sheng Wang, Tainan (TW); Chi-Cheng Hung, Tainan (TW); Chia-Ching Lee, New Taipei (TW); Chung-Chiang Wu, Taichung (TW); and Ching-Hwanq Su, Tainan (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on May 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,624.
Application 16/675,306 is a division of application No. 15/474,187, filed on Mar. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,497,811, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Application 18/669,624 is a continuation of application No. 18/064,350, filed on Dec. 12, 2022, granted, now 12,021,147.
Application 18/064,350 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,383, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,563,120, issued on Jan. 24, 2023.
Application 17/077,383 is a continuation of application No. 16/675,306, filed on Nov. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,833,196, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,972, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0304725 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10D 30/62 (2025.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01); H10D 64/66 (2025.01); H10D 64/68 (2025.01)
CPC H10D 30/6211 (2025.01) [H10D 30/024 (2025.01); H10D 64/017 (2025.01); H10D 64/667 (2025.01); H10D 30/0212 (2025.01); H10D 64/685 (2025.01); H10D 64/691 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a fin extending over a semiconductor substrate;
an isolation region adjacent the fin;
a gate structure along sidewalls and over a top surface of a channel region of the fin, wherein the gate structure comprises:
a gate dielectric layer over the channel region;
a plurality of sublayers over the gate dielectric layer, the plurality of sublayers comprising an amorphous layer of a first metal and a crystalline layer of the first metal; and
a bulk metal material of the first metal over the plurality of sublayers; and
an epitaxial region over the fin adjacent the gate structure.