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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Applicant:
Sriram Balasubramanian, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Sriram Balasubramanian, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
MOS structures that exhibit lower contact resistance and methods for fabricating such MOS structures are provided. In one method, a semiconductor substrate is provided and a gate stack is fabricated on the semiconductor substrate. An impurity-doped region within the semiconductor substrate aligned with the gate stack is formed. Adjacent contact fins extending from the impurity-doped region are fabricated and a metal silicide layer is formed on the contact fins. A contact to at least a portion of the metal silicide layer on at least one of the contact fins is fabricated.