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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY (US);
Inventors:
Andy C. Wei, Queensbury, NY (US);
Dae Geun Yang, Watervliet, NY (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example, the method disclosed herein includes forming a shared sacrificial gate structure above at least one first fin for a first type of FinFET device and at least one second fin for a second type of FinFET device, wherein the second type is opposite to the first type, and forming a first sidewall spacer around an entire perimeter of the sacrificial gate structure in a single process operation.