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Self-aligned trenched-channel lateral-current-flow transistor

US6118161A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1998
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/6213
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A transistor (100) having a strip channel or channels (108) in which the current flow in is the lateral direction between source (110) and drain (112). The gate (116) is located on the sidewalls and, if desired, the top of the strip channel (108). In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a disposable gate process is used that allows the source (110) and drain (112) regions to be self-aligned to the gate (116).

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