Patent ID: 11942550
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The nanosheet semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one nanosheet includes a lateral surface contacting the corresponding one of the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, the inner spacer includes a lateral surface contacting the corresponding one of the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, the lateral surface of the at least one nanosheet is indented relative to the first surface of the dummy spacer in a direction from the lateral surface of the at least one nanosheet toward a center of the at least one nanosheet, and the second surface of the dummy spacer is disaligned with the lateral surface of the inner spacer.