The invention provides a
semiconductor device and a preparation method thereof, and the method comprises the steps: enabling a pad
oxide layer and a
silicide barrier layer to cover the surfaces of a first region and a second region in a conformal manner, and removing the
silicide barrier layer of the first region; the sacrificial material layer fills and covers the surfaces of the first region and the second region; part of the sacrificial material layer is removed to be lower than the preset height of the gate structure, the exposed pad
oxide layer is removed, and the first region side wall structure is thinned to
expose the top wall of the gate structure; and removing the sacrificial material layer,
thinning the side wall structure in the first region, removing the pad
oxide layer, exposing the surface of the substrate in the first region, and forming a
metal silicide. After the silicide
barrier layer is removed and before the side wall structure is thinned, the sacrificial material layer is arranged to cover the pad oxide layer on the surface of the substrate, the
line width effect is reduced, meanwhile, the surface material of the substrate and
doping distribution are protected against loss, and the limitation of the SPT technology on the
metal silicide technology is reduced; and meanwhile, the
etching selection ratio of the pad oxide
layer removal and the first
thinning process is set, so that the protection of the sacrificial material layer on the pad oxide layer is ensured.