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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Thomas W Dyer, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Haining S Yang, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas W Dyer, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Haining S Yang, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/70 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/823807 (2013.01); H01L 21/823842 (2013.01); H01L 29/7845 (2013.01);
Abstract
Semiconductor devices are provided which have a tensile and/or compressive strain applied thereto and methods of manufacturing. The structure includes a gate stack comprising an oxide layer, a polysilicon layer and sidewalls with adjacent spacers. The structure further includes an epitaxially grown straining material directly on the polysilicon layer and between portions of the sidewalls. The epitaxially grown straining material, in a relaxed state, strains the polysilicon layer.