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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Globalfoundries Inc., George Town, KY;
Edward J. Nowak, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert R. Robison, Colchester, VT (US);
Lyndon R. Logan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., George Town, KY;
Abstract
A source/drain epitaxial electrical monitor and methods of characterizing epitaxial growth through capacitance measurements are provided. The structure includes a plurality of fin structures; one or more gate structures, perpendicular to and intersecting the plurality of fin structures. The structure further includes a first connection by a first contact at one fin-end of every other fin structure of the plurality of fin structures, and a second connection by a second contact at one end of an alternate fin structure of the plurality of fin structures.