Patent attributes
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, semiconductor layers, which are vertically arranged with a space between adjacent semiconductor layers, are provided over a substrate, an interfacial layer is formed around each of the semiconductor layers, a dielectric layer is formed on the interfacial layer around each of the semiconductor layers, a first conductive layer is formed on the dielectric layer, the first conductive layer is removed so that the dielectric layer is exposed, a second conductive layer is formed on the exposed dielectric layer so that the space between adjacent semiconductor layers is not fully filled by the second conductive layer, a third conductive layer is formed on the second conductive layer so that the space between adjacent semiconductor layers is filled by the third conductive layer, and the semiconductor layers are semiconductor wires or sheets.