Method for fabricating a finFET device including a stem region of a fin element

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PATENT NO 9735255
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13745431

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A method includes providing a substrate having a fin extending from a first (e.g., top) surface of the substrate. The fin has first region (a stem region) and a second region (an active region) each having a different composition. The first region of the fin is modified to decrease a width of semiconductor material for example by etching and/or oxidizing the first region of the fin. The method then continues to provide a gate structure on the second region of the fin. FinFET devices having stem regions with decreased widths of semiconductor material are also provided.

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  • TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.;TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., ("TSMC")

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Ching, Kuo-Cheng Zhubei, TW 374 8264
Colinge, Jean-Pierre Hsinchu, TW 163 5338
Wu, Zhiqiang Hsinchu County, TW 362 5279

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