High performance non-planar semiconductor devices with metal filled inter-fin gaps

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8901667
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14073366

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A non-planar semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate layer. Conductive channels extend between corresponding source and drain electrodes. A gate stack extending in a direction perpendicular to the conductive channels crosses over the plurality of conductive channels. The gate stack includes a dielectric layer running along the substrate and the plurality of conductive channels and arranged with a substantially uniform layer thickness, a work-function electrode layer covers the dielectric layer and is arranged with a substantially uniform layer thickness, and a metal layer, distinct from the work-function electrode layer, covers the work-function electrode layer and is arranged with a substantially uniform height with respect to the substrate such that the metal layer fills a gap between proximate conductive channels of the plurality of conductive channels.

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  • AURIGA INNOVATIONS, INC.

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Jagannathan, Hemanth Albany, US 258 2195
Kanakasabapathy, Sivananda Albany, US 30 327

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