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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Wedlake, Albany, NY (US);
Xiuyu Cai, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One illustrative device disclosed includes, among other things, first and second active regions that are separated by an isolation region, first and second replacement gate structures positioned above the first and second active regions, respectively, and a gate registration structure positioned above the isolation region, wherein the gate registration structure comprises a layer of insulating material positioned above the isolation region and a polish-stop layer and wherein a first end surface of the first replacement gate structure abuts and engages a first side surface of the gate registration structure and a second end surface of the second replacement gate structure abuts and engages a second side surface of the gate registration structure.