Patent ID: 11923196
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method, comprising:
depositing a first capping layer over a substrate;
growing a network of nanowires over the first capping layer;
depositing a second capping layer over the network of nanowires, wherein the first capping layer and the second capping layer encapsulate the nanowires;
patterning the substrate according to a patterned mask layer; and
patterning the first capping layer and the second capping layer according to the patterned mask layer to form a coating, from the first capping layer and the second capping layer, on a first portion of the nanowires, and to keep a second portion of the nanowires encapsulated by the first capping layer and the second capping layer.