US 12,080,798 B2
Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same
Chae Ho Na, Changwon-si (KR); Sung Soo Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sun Ki Min, Seoul (KR); and Dong Hyun Roh, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,608.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0071267 (KR), filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393030 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/7851 (2013.01) [H01L 29/41791 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a first fin-type pattern on a substrate and extending in a first direction;
a second fin-type pattern on the substrate, wherein the second fin-type pattern is spaced apart from the first fin-type pattern in a second direction and extends in the first direction;
a first epitaxial pattern on and connected to the first fin-type pattern;
a second epitaxial pattern on and connected to the second fin-type pattern, wherein the second epitaxial pattern is spaced apart from the first epitaxial pattern;
a lower field insulating film on the substrate and extending on a sidewall of the first fin-type pattern and a sidewall of the second fin-type pattern, wherein the lower field insulating film includes a protrusion protruding in a third direction;
a lower epitaxial etch stop film extending along a top surface of the lower field insulating film, a sidewall of the first epitaxial pattern, and a sidewall of the second epitaxial pattern;
an upper field insulating film on the lower epitaxial etch stop film and extending on a portion of the sidewall of the first epitaxial pattern and a portion of the sidewall of the second epitaxial pattern;
an upper epitaxial etch stop film extending along a top surface of the upper field insulating film; and
a source/drain contact on and connected to the first epitaxial pattern and the second epitaxial pattern,
wherein the protrusion of the lower field insulating film is between the first fin-type pattern and the second fin-type pattern, and
wherein a vertical level of a top surface of the protrusion of the lower field insulating film increases and then decreases with increasing distance from the sidewall of the first fin-type pattern.