USPatentGranted
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Fin profile structure and method of making same

Granted 13 Aug 2013 · no office action yet

Application
13/408,538
filed 29 Feb 2012
Publication
Not published
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US 8,508,000
granted 13 Aug 2013

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Abstract

A FinFET device may include a first semiconductor fin laterally adjacent a second semiconductor fin. The first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin may have profiles to minimize defects and deformation. The first semiconductor fin comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the first semiconductor fin may have a flared profile that is wider at the bottom than the upper portion of the first semiconductor fin. The second semiconductor fin comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the second semiconductor fin may have a flared profile that is wider than the upper portion of the second semiconductor fin, but less than the lower portion of the first semiconductor fin.

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3 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H01L29/78
USPC · US Patent Classification
257/401257/E29.266

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Examiner
Roy Potter
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