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Semiconductor device and method

US12266541B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 2021
Grant dateApr 1, 2025
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/31144
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes: forming a photoresist over a target layer; performing a plasma-enhanced deposition process, the plasma-enhanced deposition process etching sidewalls of the photoresist while depositing a spacer layer on the sidewalls of the photoresist; patterning the spacer layer to form spacers on the sidewalls of the photoresist; and etching the target layer using the spacers and the photoresist as a combined etching mask.

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