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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Antonio Luis Pacheco Rotondaro, Dallas, TX (US);
Trace Q. Hurd, Plano, TX (US);
Elisabeth Marley Koontz, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Antonio Luis Pacheco Rotondaro, Dallas, TX (US);
Trace Q. Hurd, Plano, TX (US);
Elisabeth Marley Koontz, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises a gate structure on a semiconductor substrate and a recessed region in the semiconductor substrate. The recessed region has a widest lateral opening that is near a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The widest lateral opening undercuts the gate structure.