Patent ID: 11942529
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a plurality of semiconductor layers vertically separated from one another, wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor layers extends along a first lateral direction;
a gate structure that extends along a second lateral direction, wherein the gate structure comprises a plurality of first gate sections and a plurality of second gate sections, and wherein the plurality of first gate sections are laterally aligned with the plurality of semiconductor layers, respectively, and the plurality of second gate sections are each vertically disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of semiconductor layers; and
an inner spacer comprising a first group and a second group;
wherein each of the first group of the inner spacer contacts a first end of a corresponding one of the plurality of first gate sections, and each of the second group of the inner spacer contacts a second end of a corresponding one of the plurality of second gate sections; and
wherein the first end has a single arc, and the second end has a plurality of arcs connected to one another.