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Bulk non-planar transistor having strained enhanced mobility and methods of fabrication

US7781771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2008
Grant dateAug 24, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/822

Abstract

A method of a bulk tri-gate transistor having stained enhanced mobility and its method of fabrication. The present invention is a nonplanar transistor having a strained enhanced mobility and its method of fabrication. The transistor has a semiconductor body formed on a semiconductor substrate wherein the semiconductor body has a top surface on laterally opposite sidewalls. A semiconductor capping layer is formed on the top surface and on the sidewalls of the semiconductor body. A gate dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor capping layer on the top surface of a semiconductor body and is formed on the capping layer on the sidewalls of the semiconductor body. A gate electrode having a pair of laterally opposite sidewalls is formed on and around the gate dielectric layer. A pair of source/drain regions are formed in the semiconductor body on opposite sides of the gate electrode.

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