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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Shesh Mani Pandey, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Hui Zang, Guilderland, NY (US);
Josef S. Watts, Stillwater, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
The disclosure provides a vertical FinFET structure, including: a substrate including a first source/drain region; a looped channel region positioned on the first source/drain region of the substrate, the looped channel region having an inner perimeter which surrounds a hollow interior of the looped channel region; a first gate positioned within the hollow interior of the looped channel region, wherein the first gate is formed onto the looped channel region along the inner perimeter of the looped channel region; and a second source/drain region positioned on and overlying an upper surface of the looped channel region.