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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Giuseppe Curello, Portland, OR (US);
Ian R. Post, Portland, OR (US);
Chia-hong Jan, Portland, OR (US);
Sunit Tyagi, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Bohr, Aloha, OR (US);
Inventors:
Giuseppe Curello, Portland, OR (US);
Ian R. Post, Portland, OR (US);
Chia-Hong Jan, Portland, OR (US);
Sunit Tyagi, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Bohr, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/76 (2006.01); H01L 29/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device and method for its fabrication are described. An active region spacer may be formed on a top surface of an isolation region and adjacent to a sidewall of an active region. In one embodiment, the active region spacer may suppress the formation of metal pipes in the active region.