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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Sang-Su Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/823857 (2013.01); H01L 21/823412 (2013.01); H01L 21/823807 (2013.01); H01L 27/092 (2013.01); H01L 29/0673 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first nanowire extending through a first gate electrode and between first source and drain regions. The second transistor includes a second nanowire extending through a second gate electrode and between a second source and drain regions. The first nanowire has a first size in a first direction and a second size in a second direction, and the second nanowire has a second size in the first direction and substantially the second size in the second direction. The first nanowire has a first on current and the second nanowire has a second on current. The on current of the first nanowire may be substantially equal to the on current of the second nanowire based on a difference between the sizes of the first and second nanowires. In another arrangement, the on currents may be different.


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