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Henry K. Utomo0
Sameer Hemchand Jain0
Cung D. Tran0
Ravikumar Ramachandran0
Date of Patent
August 7, 2012
0Patent Application Number
128932450
Date Filed
September 29, 2010
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Patent abstract
A planar silicide structure and method of fabrication is disclosed. A FET having a silicided raised source-drain structure is formed where the height of the source-drain structures are the same as the height of the gates, simplifying the process of forming contacts on the FET. One embodiment utilizes a replacement metal gate FET and another embodiment utilizes a gate-first FET.
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