Integrated circuit including a first channel and a second channel

US8877576B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Knoblinger · Villach, AT
• Franz Kuttner · Braunau am Inn, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D84/85

Abstract

An integrated circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit includes a first area and a second area. The first area is stress engineered to provide enhanced mobility in a first channel that has a first width. The second area is stress engineered to provide enhanced mobility in a second channel that has a second width. The first channel and the second channel provide a combined current that is greater than a single current provided via a single channel having a single width that is substantially equal to the sum of the first width and the second width.