US 12,469,742 B2
Shallow trench isolation forming method and structures resulting therefrom
Szu-Ying Chen, Hsinchu (TW); Sen-Hong Syue, Zhubei (TW); Huicheng Chang, Tainan (TW); and Yee-Chia Yeo, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/401,955.
Application 18/401,955 is a division of application No. 17/715,261, filed on Apr. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,901,218.
Application 17/715,261 is a continuation of application No. 16/917,159, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,302,567, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0136220 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H10D 62/10 (2025.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01); H10D 84/83 (2025.01)
CPC H01L 21/76229 (2013.01) [H10D 62/115 (2025.01); H10D 84/0151 (2025.01); H10D 84/0158 (2025.01); H10D 84/038 (2025.01); H10D 84/834 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a first plurality of fins protruding from a substrate;
a base over and joined to a top surface of the substrate;
a second plurality of fins overlapping and joined to the base, wherein a difference between a first height of the first plurality of fins and a second height of the second plurality of fins is in a range from 10 nm to 60 nm, the first plurality of fins having a first width between a first sidewall of a fin of the first plurality of fins and nearest sidewall of an adjacent fin of the first plurality of fins, and the second plurality of fins having a second width between a second sidewall of a fin of the second plurality of fins and nearest sidewall of an adjacent fin of the second plurality of fins, wherein a first ratio of the second height to the second width is smaller than a second ratio of the first height to the first width;
an isolation region disposed between adjacent fins of the first plurality of fins, wherein a top surface of the isolation region is substantially at a same level as a top surface of the base;
first source/drain regions disposed in the second plurality of fins, wherein each first source/drain region in a fin of the second plurality of fins is separate from an adjacent first source/drain region in an adjacent fin of the second plurality of fins; and
second source/drain regions disposed in the first plurality of fins, wherein bottom surfaces of the second source/drain regions are below the top surface of the isolation region and below the top surface of the base.