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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Cheng-Wei Cheng, White Plains, NY (US);
Sanghoon Lee, White Plains, NY (US);
Effendi Leobandung, Stormville, NY (US);
Renee T. Mo, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for use in forming a fin of a field-effect transistor includes: patterning a mandrel into a substrate at least by recessing portions of the substrate; forming dielectric material at least on the recessed portions of the substrate, wherein the dielectric material partially covers exterior sidewalls of the mandrel; forming a first buffer at least on a portion of the exterior sidewalls of the mandrel not covered by the dielectric material; forming a second buffer at least on exterior sidewalls of the first buffer; forming a semiconductor channel at least on the dielectric material, wherein at least the second buffer is between the channel and the mandrel; exposing interior sidewalls of at least the first buffer at least by removing the mandrel; and removing the first buffer and the second buffer without removing the channel.