Patents by Inventor Kerem Murat Akarvardar

Kerem Murat Akarvardar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8809947
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating integrated circuits includes providing a semiconductor substrate. The method etches the semiconductor substrate to form a non-planar transistor structure having sidewalls. On a standard (100) <110> substrate the fin sidewalls have (110) surface plane if the fins are aligned or perpendicular with the <110> wafer notch. The method includes depositing a sacrificial liner along the sidewalls of the non-planar transistor structure. Further, a confining material is deposited overlying the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the sacrificial liner. The method includes removing at least a portion of the sacrificial liner and forming a void between the sidewalls of the non-planar transistor structure and the confining material. A cladding layer is epitaxially grown in the void. Since the sidewall growth is limited by the confining material, a cladding layer of uniform thickness is enabled on fins with (110) sidewall and (100) top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerem Murat Akarvardar, Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob