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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Hui Zang, Guilderland, NY (US);
Chung Foong Tan, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Guowei Xu, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Haiting Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Yue Zhong, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Tek Po Rinus Lee, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Scott Beasor, Greenwich, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
An integrated circuit product is disclosed that includes a transistor device that includes a final gate structure, a gate cap, a low-k sidewall spacer positioned on and in contact with opposing sidewalls of the final gate structure, first and second contact etch stop layers (CESLs) located on opposite sides of the final gate structure, whereby the CESLs are positioned on and in contact with the low-k sidewall spacer, and a high-k spacer located on opposite sides of the final gate structure, wherein the high-k spacer is positioned in recesses formed in an upper portion of the CESLs.