Semiconductor structures employing strained material layers with defined impurity gradients and methods for fabricating same

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PATENT NO 6831292
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10251424

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Semiconductor structures and devices including strained material layers having impurity-free zones, and methods for fabricating same. Certain regions of the strained material layers are kept free of impurities that can interdiffuse from adjacent portions of the semiconductor. When impurities are present in certain regions of the strained material layers, there is degradation in device performance. By employing semiconductor structures and devices (e.g., field effect transistors or 'FETs') that have the features described, or are fabricated in accordance with the steps described, device operation is enhanced.

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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTDHSINCHU

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Currie, Matthew Windham, NH 27 1113
Fitzgerald, Eugene Windham, NH 11 474
Hammond, Richard Cambridge, MA 95 3215
Lochtefeld, Anthony Somerville, MA 26 788

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