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Self-aligned tunneling pocket in field-effect transistors and processes to form same

US7777282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2008
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/017
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microelectronic device includes a tunneling pocket within an asymmetrical semiconductive body including source- and drain wells. The tunneling pocket is formed by a self-aligned process by removing a dummy gate electrode from a gate spacer and by implanting the tunneling pocket into the semiconductive body or into an epitaxial film that is part of the semiconductive body.

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