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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chih-Ping Chao, Plano, TX (US);
Ih-Chin Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
Rick L. Wise, Fairview, TX (US);
Katherine E. Violette, Dallas, TX (US);
Sreenath Unnikrishnan, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ;
Abstract
Sidewall spacers extending above a silicon gate with the distance between the spacers exceeding the length of the gate are used to confine selective silicon growth of the gate and subsequent self-aligned silicidation.