Patent · US Active

Semiconductor device

US12245440B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2022
Grant dateMar 4, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/364
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A semiconductor includes an active pattern with a lower pattern and sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction, a source/drain pattern on the lower pattern, the source/drain pattern being in contact with the sheet patterns, and gate structures on opposite sides of the source/drain pattern, the gate structures being spaced apart from each other along a second direction and including gate electrodes that surround the sheet patterns, wherein the source/drain pattern includes a first epitaxial region having at least one of antimony and bismuth, the first epitaxial region having a bottom part in contact with the lower pattern, but not with the sheet patterns, and a thickness of the bottom part increasing and decreasing away from the gate structures in the second direction, and a second epitaxial region on the first epitaxial region, the second epitaxial region including phosphorus.

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