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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rishabh Mehandru, Portland, OR (US);
Cory Weber, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Varun Mishra, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tahir Ghani, Portland, OR (US);
Pratik Patel, Portland, OR (US);
Wonil Chung, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mohammad Hasan, Aloha, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having necked features, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having necked features, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical stack of horizontal nanowires. Each nanowire of the vertical stack of horizontal nanowires has a channel portion with a first vertical thickness and has end portions with a second vertical thickness greater than the first vertical thickness. A gate stack is surrounding the channel portion of each nanowire of the vertical stack of horizontal nanowires.