Patent ID: 11942420
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a first gate structure extending along a first lateral direction;
a first interconnect structure, disposed above the first gate structure, that extends along a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction, the first interconnect structure including a first portion and a second portion electrically isolated from each other by a first dielectric structure;
a second interconnect structure, disposed between the first gate structure and the first interconnect structure, that electrically couples the first gate structure to the first portion of the first interconnect structure,
wherein the second interconnect structure includes a recessed portion that is substantially aligned with the first gate structure and the first dielectric structure along a vertical direction, and wherein the recessed portion is separated from the first portion of the first interconnect structure with a dielectric recess structure along the vertical direction.