Patent ID: 11961886
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A semiconductor structure, comprising:
a gate structure formed in a channel region of a substrate;
a gate spacer covering a sidewall of the gate structure;
a mask layer formed over the gate structure and the gate spacer;
a first conductive structure formed through the mask layer;
a second conductive structure formed adjacent to the first conductive structure; and
a contact formed over a source/drain region of the substrate,
wherein the gate spacer is laterally sandwiched between a first portion of the contact and the gate structure, the mask layer is laterally sandwiched between a second portion of the contact and the first conductive structure, the second conductive structure is laterally sandwiched between a third portion of the contact and the first conductive structure.