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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Andy C. Wei, Queensbury, NY (US);
Shao Ming Koh, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 21/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66606 (2013.01); H01L 21/823431 (2013.01); H01L 21/823821 (2013.01); H01L 21/845 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example, the method disclosed herein includes forming at least one fin for a FinFET device in a semiconducting substrate, performing at least one process operation to form a region in the at least one fin that contains a metal diffusion inhibiting material, depositing a layer of metal on the region in the at least one fin and forming a metal silicide region on the at least one fin.