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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
William R. Roche, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Donggang Wu, Austin, TX (US);
Massud Aminpur, Dresden, DE;
Scott D. Luning, Austin, TX (US);
William R. Roche, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Donggang Wu, Austin, TX (US);
Massud Aminpur, Dresden, DE;
Scott D. Luning, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a semiconductor device having a gate electrode includes of a plurality of sidewalls, each having a recess formed therein. The present invention is also directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises forming a layer of dopant material in a layer of polysilicon and etching the layer of polysilicon to define a gate electrode having a plurality of sidewalls, each of which have a recess formed therein.