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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaaki Niwa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257401 ; 257623 ;
Abstract
A field-effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate including a source region, a drain region and a channel region located between the source and drain regions; a gate insulating film formed on at least the channel region of the semiconductor substrate; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. The surface the semiconductor substrate includes a plural of terraces having crystallographically smooth planes and at least one step located in a boundary portion of the plurality of terraces. The step extends substantially along a channel length direction.