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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Globalfoundries, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Andrew M. Greene, Albany, NY (US);
Injo Ok, Loudonville, NY (US);
Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan, Watervliet, NY (US);
Charan V. V. S. Surisetty, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A self-aligned interconnect structure includes a fin structure patterned in a substrate; an epitaxial contact disposed over the fin structure; a first metal gate and a second metal gate disposed over and substantially perpendicular to the epitaxial contact, the first metal gate and the second metal gate being substantially parallel to one another; and a metal contact on and in contact with the substrate in a region between the first and second metal gates.