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Patent No.:

US 8003539 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2007
Applicants:

Omar Zia, Austin, TX (US);

Ruiqi Tian, Austin, TX (US);

Edward O. Travis, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Omar Zia, Austin, TX (US);

Ruiqi Tian, Austin, TX (US);

Edward O. Travis, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/311 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for making a semiconductor device is provided which comprises (a) creating a data set () which defines a set of tiles for a polysilicon deposition process; (b) deriving a polysilicon deposition mask set () from the data set, wherein the polysilicon deposition mask set includes a plurality of polysilicon tiles (); (c) deriving an epitaxial growth mask set () from the data set, wherein the epitaxial growth mask set includes a plurality of epitaxial tiles (); and (d) using the polysilicon deposition mask set and the epitaxial growth mask set to make a semiconductor device (); wherein the epitaxial growth mask set is derived from the data set by using at least a portion of the tile pattern defined in the data set for at least a portion of the tile pattern defined in the epitaxial deposition mask set.


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