Patent ID: 10546942

Abstract:
A substrate structure having a set of nanosheet layers and a set of sacrificial layers stacked upon a substrate is received and a dummy gate is formed upon the nanosheet layers and the sacrificial layers. A portion of a subset of the set of sacrificial layers and a subset of the set of nanosheet layers is etched. A portion of a subset of the subset of sacrificial layers is etched to create divots within the sacrificial layers. A divot fill layer is deposited. The divot fill layer is etched to form an inner spacer between the nanosheet layers. A source/drain region is formed adjacent to the nanosheet layers and the divots. A remaining portion of the subset of the sacrificial layers is removed. The subset of the nanosheet layers is etched to a desired channel thickness producing faceted surfaces between the subset of nanosheet layers and the inner spacer.