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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2020
Tessera Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lawrence A. Clevenger, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Balasubramanian S. Pranatharthiharan, Watervliet, NY (US);
John Zhang, Altamont, NY (US);
TESSERA LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a first stack of nanowires above a substrate with a first gate structure over, around, and between the first stack of nanowires and a second stack of nanowires above the substrate with a second gate structure over, around, and between the second stack of nanowires. The device also includes a first source/drain region contacting a first number of nanowires of the first nanowire stack and a second source/drain region contacting a second number of nanowires of the second nanowire stack such that the first number and second number of contacted nanowires are different.