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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Jan Hoentschel, Dresden, DE;

Robert Mulfinger, Dresden, DE;

Vassilios Papageorgiou, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jan Hoentschel, Dresden, DE;

Robert Mulfinger, Dresden, DE;

Vassilios Papageorgiou, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a sophisticated semiconductor device, FINFET elements may be provided with individually accessible semiconductor fins which may be connected to a controllable inter-connect structure for appropriately adjusting the transistor configuration, for instance with respect to current drive capability, replacing defective semiconductor fins and the like. Consequently, different transistor configurations may be obtained on the basis of a standard transistor cell architecture, which may result in increased production yield of highly complex manufacturing strategies in forming non-planar transistor devices.


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