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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Ran Yan, Dresden, DE;

Alban Zaka, Dresden, DE;

Jan Hoentschel, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/308 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 29/04 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7853 (2013.01); H01L 21/308 (2013.01); H01L 21/30604 (2013.01); H01L 21/76224 (2013.01); H01L 29/045 (2013.01); H01L 29/0649 (2013.01); H01L 29/1037 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01); H01L 2029/7858 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides, in various aspects, a method of forming a semiconductor device and accordingly formed semiconductor devices. In accordance with some illustrative embodiments herein, a fin is provided in an upper surface of a substrate, the fin having a height dimension and an initial width dimension. After forming a mask on the fin, wherein the mask only partially covers an upper surface of the fin, the fin is exposed to an etch process for removing material in accordance with the mask such that a channel portion connecting end portions of the fin is formed. Herein, a width dimension of the channel portion is smaller than a width dimension of the end portions. In accordance with some illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure, the channel portion may substantially have a cross-section of one of a triangular shape and a double-sigma shape.


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