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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Peter Baars, Dresden, DE;
Matthias Goldbach, Dresden, DE;
Peter Baars, Dresden, DE;
Matthias Goldbach, Dresden, DE;
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Semiconductor devices and related fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary fabrication method involves forming a pair of gate structures having a dielectric region disposed between a first gate structure of the pair and a second gate structure of the pair, and forming a voided region in the dielectric region between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The first and second gate structures each include a first gate electrode material, wherein the method continues by removing the first gate electrode material to provide second and third voided regions corresponding to the gate structures and forming a second gate electrode material in the first voided region, the second voided region, and the third voided region.