Patent ID: 11791216

Abstract:
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming, in a first device region of the semiconductor device, first nanostructures over a first fin that protrudes above a substrate; forming, in a second device region of the semiconductor device, second nanostructures over a second fin that protrudes above the substrate, where the first and the second nanostructures include a semiconductor material and extend parallel to an upper surface of the substrate; forming a dielectric material around the first and the second nanostructures; forming a first hard mask layer in the first device region around the first nanostructures and in the second device region around the second nanostructures; removing the first hard mask layer from the second device region after forming the first hard mask layer; and after removing the first hard mask layer, increasing a first thickness of the dielectric material around the second nanostructures by performing an oxidization process.