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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tao Chu, Portland, OR (US);
Feng Zhang, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Minwoo Jang, Portland, OR (US);
Yanbin Luo, Portland, OR (US);
Chia-Ching Lin, Portland, OR (US);
Ting-Hsiang Hung, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Fin trim plug structures with metal for imparting channel stress are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin including silicon, the fin having a top and sidewalls, wherein the top has a longest dimension along a direction. A first isolation structure is over a first end of the fin. A gate structure including a gate electrode is over the top of and laterally adjacent to the sidewalls of a region of the fin. The gate structure is spaced apart from the first isolation structure along the direction. A second isolation structure is over a second end of the fin, the second end opposite the first end, the second isolation structure spaced apart from the gate structure along the direction. The first isolation structure and the second isolation structure both include a dielectric material laterally surrounding an isolated metal structure.