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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jay Paul John, Austin, TX (US);
Vishal Trivedi, Austin, TX (US);
James Albert Kirchgessner, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/735 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/265 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/735 (2013.01); H01L 21/26513 (2013.01); H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01L 29/0821 (2013.01); H01L 29/6625 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor structure having a side wall that is non planar and that extends farther outward at an upper portion than at a lower portion of the side wall. The semiconductor structure extends underneath a semiconductor layer wherein a top portion of the structure contacts the semiconductor layer.