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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Steven Soss, Cornwall, NY (US);
Steven Bentley, Menands, NY (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/823885 (2013.01); H01L 21/76829 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/6656 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66666 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to various embodiments of a product that includes first and second vertical semiconductor structures for first and second, respectively, vertical transistor devices, and first and second gate structures positioned adjacent the first and second, respectively, vertical semiconductor structures. The product also includes a shared conductive gate plug positioned laterally between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, wherein the shared conductive gate plug is conductively coupled to both the first gate structure and the second gate structure.