US 11,742,428 B2
Formation method of semiconductor device with isolation structure
Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Zhubei (TW); Huan-Chieh Su, Tianzhong Township, Changhua County (TW); Kuan-Ting Pan, Taipei (TW); Shi-Ning Ju, Hsinchu (TW); and Chih-Hao Wang, Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,450.
Application 17/739,450 is a division of application No. 16/801,423, filed on Feb. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,329,165.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271173 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/78651 (2013.01) [H01L 29/42384 (2013.01); H01L 29/785 (2013.01); H01L 2029/7858 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming a semiconductor device structure, comprising:
forming a first fin structure and a second fin structure over a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the first fin structure and the second fin structure has a plurality of sacrificial layers and a plurality of semiconductor layers laid out alternately;
forming a dielectric fin to fill a space between the first fin structure and the second fin structure;
removing the plurality of sacrificial layers to release a plurality of semiconductor nanostructures constructed by the plurality of semiconductor layers;
forming a sacrificial material on the first fin structure and the second fin structure before the dielectric fin is formed;
removing the sacrificial material and the plurality of sacrificial layers in a same etching process;
forming a metal gate stack to wrap around each of the plurality of semiconductor nanostructures;
forming an insulating structure extending into the metal gate stack and reaching the dielectric fin, wherein the insulating structure and the dielectric fin together separate the metal gate stack into a first part and a second part, and the first part is electrically isolated from the second part.