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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruce B Doris, Brewster, NY (US);
Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas C LA Tulipe, Guilderland, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruce B Doris, Brewster, NY (US);
Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas C La Tulipe, Guilderland, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/338 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/772 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/772 (2013.01); H01L 29/6653 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66628 (2013.01); H01L 29/785 (2013.01); H01L 29/78654 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a semiconductor substrate. A gate stack on the semiconductor substrate includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductor layer. Low-k spacers are adjacent to the gate dielectric layer. Raised source/drain (RSD) regions are adjacent to the low-k spacers. The low-k spacers are embedded in an ILD on the RSD regions.