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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anton Tokranov, Cohoes, NY (US);
Kai Sun, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Elizabeth Strehlow, Malta, NY (US);
James Mazza, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
David Pritchard, Glenville, NY (US);
Heng Yang, Rexford, NY (US);
Mohamed Rabie, Clifton Park, NY (US);
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An illustrative device disclosed herein includes a semiconductor substrate and a FinFET transistor device positioned above the semiconductor substrate, wherein the FinFET transistor device has a single active fin structure. The device also includes an electrically inactive dummy fin structure positioned adjacent the single active fin structure, wherein the electrically inactive dummy fin structure is electrically inactive with respect to electrical operation of the FinFET transistor having the single active fin.