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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Song Guo, Xinyang, CN;
Yushi Hu, Boise, ID (US);
Roy Meade, Boise, ID (US);
Sanh D. Tang, Boise, ID (US);
Michael P. Violette, Boise, ID (US);
David H. Wells, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and resulting structures which provide an opening for epitaxial growth, the opening having an associated projection for reducing the size of the contact area on a substrate at which growth begins. During growth, the epitaxial material grows vertically from the contact area and laterally over the projection. The projection provides a stress relaxation region for the lateral growth to reduce dislocation and stacking faults at the side edges of the grown epitaxial material.