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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karsten Wieczorek, Reichenberg-Boxdorf, DE;
Rolf Stephan, Dresden, DE;
Manfred Horstmann, Dresden, DE;
Stephan Kruegel, Boxdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ; H01L 3/1062 ; H01L 3/1113 ; H01L 3/1119 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ; H01L 3/1062 ; H01L 3/1113 ; H01L 3/1119 ;
Abstract
A field effect transistor comprises a gate electrode contact of a highly conductive material that contacts the gate electrode and extends in the transistor width dimension at least along a portion of the channel. Thus, the gate resistance and the gate signal propagation time for a voltage applied to the gate contact is significantly reduced even for devices with an extremely down scaled gate length. Moreover, a method for fabricating the above FET is disclosed.