Patent 12112984 was granted and assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on October, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A semiconductor device includes a conductive feature, a dielectric layer disposed over the conductive feature, and a contact feature extending through the dielectric layer. The contact feature has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is spaced apart from the dielectric layer with a spacer layer. The lower portion is electrically coupled to the conductive feature and in contact with the dielectric layer.