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Self-aligned wrapped-around structure

US9209247B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 2013
Grant dateDec 8, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/518

Abstract

An embodiment vertical wrapped-around structure and method of making. An embodiment method of making a self-aligned vertical structure-all-around device including forming a spacer around an exposed portion of a semiconductor column projecting from a structure layer, forming a photoresist over a protected portion of the structure layer and a first portion of the spacer, etching away an unprotected portion of the structure layer disposed outside a periphery collectively defined by the spacer and the photoresist to form a structure having a footer portion and a non-footer portion, the non-footer portion and the footer portion collectively encircling the semiconductor column, and removing the photoresist and the spacer.

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