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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Jiong-ping LU, Richardson, TX (US);
Periannan Chidambaram, Richardson, TX (US);
Srinivasan Chakravarthi, Murphy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jiong-Ping Lu, Richardson, TX (US);
Periannan Chidambaram, Richardson, TX (US);
Srinivasan Chakravarthi, Murphy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A low stress sacrificial cap layerhaving a silicon oxide liner film, a low stress silicon film, and a silicon nitride film. Alternatively, a low stress sacrificial cap layerhaving a silicon oxide liner filmand a graded silicon nitride film. Also, methodsfor fabricating a transistorhaving a low stress sacrificial cap layer