US 12,112,986 B2
FinFET device and method
Kun-Mu Li, Zhudong Township (TW); Heng-Wen Ting, Pingtung (TW); Hsueh-Chang Sung, Zhubei (TW); Yen-Ru Lee, Hsinchu (TW); and Chien-Wei Lee, Kaohsiung (TW)
Assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,562.
Application 17/382,562 is a continuation of application No. 16/542,578, filed on Aug. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,075,120.
Prior Publication US 2021/0351081 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01L 21/308 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 21/823431 (2013.01) [H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/3083 (2013.01); H01L 21/823418 (2013.01); H01L 21/823481 (2013.01); H01L 27/0886 (2013.01); H01L 29/785 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
forming a semiconductor structure over a substrate;
forming a dummy structure over the semiconductor structure;
forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the dummy structure;
performing a first etching process on the semiconductor structure adjacent the dummy structure;
performing a second etching process on the semiconductor structure to form a reshaped semiconductor structure, wherein a first end of the reshaped semiconductor structure is a convex sidewall in a plan view when viewed from above the dummy structure; and
epitaxially growing a source/drain region adjacent ends of the reshaped semiconductor structure.