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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Globalfoundries, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Min Gyu Sung, Latham, NY (US);
Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Catherine B. Labelle, Schenectady, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
FinFET devices and methods of fabricating a FinFET device are provided. An exemplary method of fabricating a FinFET device includes providing a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of fins and a multi-layered hardmask stack formed thereover. The multi-layered hardmask stack is patterned to form a patterned multi-layered hardmask stack having a tapered fin masking configuration with a shortened region and an elongated region. A region of fins adjacent to the shortened region is masked with a second mask. The region of fins masked with the second mask is free from the patterned multi-layered hardmask stack. Fins in unmasked areas are etched after forming the second mask. The second mask is removed with at least one layer of the patterned multi-layered hardmask stack remaining after etching the fins in the unmasked areas. End portions of the fins adjacent to the shortened region are etched after removing the second mask.