Patent attributes
A finFET device is provided. The finFET device includes a BOX layer, fin structures located over the BOX layer, a gate stack located over the fin structures, gate spacers located on vertical sidewalls of the gate stack, an epi layer covering the fin structures, source and drain regions located in the semiconductor layers of the fin structures, and silicide regions abutting the source and drain regions. The fin structures each comprise a semiconductor layer and extend in a first direction, and the gate stack extends in a second direction that is perpendicular. The gate stack comprises a high-K dielectric layer and a metal gate, and the epi layer merges the fin structures together. The silicide regions each include a vertical portion located on the vertical sidewall of the source or drain region.
