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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 27/085 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7827 (2013.01); H01L 27/085 (2013.01); H01L 29/41791 (2013.01); H01L 29/66666 (2013.01);
Abstract
Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. Integrated circuit devices may include a vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) that includes a bottom source/drain region in a substrate, a channel region on the bottom source/drain region, a top source/drain region on the channel region, and a gate structure on a side of the channel region. The channel region may have a cross-shaped upper surface.