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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Stephen M. Cea, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ravindra Soman, Portland, OR (US);
Ramune Nagisetty, Portland, OR (US);
Sunit Tyagi, Portland, OR (US);
Sanjay Natarajan, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen M. Cea, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ravindra Soman, Portland, OR (US);
Ramune Nagisetty, Portland, OR (US);
Sunit Tyagi, Portland, OR (US);
Sanjay Natarajan, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods for forming a layer of strained silicon in a channel region of a device and devices constructed according to the disclosed methods. In one embodiment, a strain-inducing layer is formed, a relaxed layer is formed on the strain-inducing layer, a portion of the strain-inducing layer is removed, which allows the strain-inducing layer to relax and strain the relaxed layer.