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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Globalfoundries, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY (US);
Xiang Hu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jin Ping Liu, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Jill Hildreth, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Taejoon Han, Clifton Park, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes providing a fin structure overlying a semiconductor substrate. The fin structure defines a fin axis extending in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a lateral direction and has two fin sidewalls parallel to the fin axis. The method includes forming gate structures overlying the fin structure and transverse to the fin axis. Further, the method includes growing an epitaxial material on the fin structure and confining growth of the epitaxial material in the lateral direction.