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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Mariam G. Sadaka, Austin, TX (US);

Alexander L. Barr, Crolles, FR;

Dejan Jovanovic, Austin, TX (US);

Bich-yen Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);

Voon-yew Thean, Austin, TX (US);

Shawn G. Thomas, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Ted R. White, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mariam G. Sadaka, Austin, TX (US);

Alexander L. Barr, Crolles, FR;

Dejan Jovanovic, Austin, TX (US);

Bich-Yen Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);

Voon-Yew Thean, Austin, TX (US);

Shawn G. Thomas, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Ted R. White, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 21/336 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to the embodiments to the present disclosure, the process of making a dual strained channel semiconductor device includes integrating strained Si and compressed SiGe with trench isolation for achieving a simultaneous NMOS and PMOS performance enhancement. As described herein, the integration of NMOS and PMOS can be implemented in several ways to achieve NMOS and PMOS channels compatible with shallow trench isolation.


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