Patents Examined by Kenneth Hamlin
  • Patent number: 7683428
    Abstract: A new class of high-density, vertical Fin-FET devices that exhibit low contact resistance is described. These vertical Fin-FET devices have vertical silicon “fins” (12A) that act as the transistor body. Doped source and drain regions (26A, 28A) are formed at the bottoms and tops, respectively, of the fins (12A). Gates (24A, 24B) are formed along sidewalls of the fins. Current flows vertically through the fins (12A) between the source and drain regions (26A, 28A) when an appropriate bias is applied to the gates (24A, 24B). An integrated process for forming pFET, nFET, multi-fin, single-fin, multi-gate and double-gate vertical Fin-FETs simultaneously is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Jochen Beintner, Ramachandra Divakaruni