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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Shanghai, CN;
Xinyun Xie, Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a fin structure of a first semiconductor material on a substrate. The fin structure has a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region. The device also has a gate structure overlying the fin structure. The source region includes an inner portion of the first semiconductor material and an outer portion of a second semiconductor material overlying a top surface and side surfaces of the inner portion. The drain region includes an inner portion of the first semiconductor material and an outer portion of the second semiconductor material overlying a top surface and side surfaces of the inner portion.