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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Vassilios Papageorgiou, Dresden, DE;

Jan Hoentschel, Dresden, DE;

Robert Mulfinger, Dresden, DE;

Casey Scott, Dresden, DE;

Inventors:

Vassilios Papageorgiou, Dresden, DE;

Jan Hoentschel, Dresden, DE;

Robert Mulfinger, Dresden, DE;

Casey Scott, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Transistor characteristics may be adjusted on the basis of asymmetrically formed cavities in the drain and source areas so as to maintain a strain-inducing mechanism while at the same time providing the possibility of obtaining asymmetric configuration of the drain and source areas while avoiding highly complex implantation processes. For this purpose, the removal rate during a corresponding cavity etch process may be asymmetrically modified on the basis of a tilted ion implantation process.


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