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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Hemanth Jagannathan, Guilderland, NY (US);
Sanjay C. Mehta, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Junli Wang, Singerlands, NY (US);
Chun-Chen Yeh, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stefan Schmitz, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A field effect transistor device includes a fin including a semiconductor material arranged on an insulator layer, the fin including a channel region, a hardmask layer arranged partially over the channel region of the fin, a gate stack arranged over the hardmask layer and over the channel region of the fin, a metallic alloy layer arranged on a first portion of the hardmask layer, the metallic alloy layer arranged adjacent to the gate stack, and a first spacer arranged adjacent to the gate stack and over the metallic alloy layer.