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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Jerome Ciavatti, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Johannes M. van Meer, Newburgh, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a plurality of source/drain regions positioned in an active region on opposite sides of a gate structure, each of the source/drain regions having a lateral width in a gate length direction of the transistor and a plurality of halo regions, wherein each of the halo regions is positioned under a portion, but not all, of the lateral width of one of the plurality of source/drain regions. A method disclosed herein includes forming a plurality of halo implant regions in an active region, wherein an outer edge of each of the halo implant regions is laterally spaced apart from an adjacent inner edge of an isolation region.