IP Library Granted Patent US 7,888,736
Granted Patent B2
US 7,888,736 · App. 11/846,825 · Granted Feb 15, 2011

MUGFET with optimized fill structures

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,888,736
App. No.
11/846,825
Granted
Feb 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor structure includes active multi-gate fin-type field effect transistor (MUGFET) structures and inactive MUGFET fill structures between the active MUGFET structures. The active MUGFET structures comprise transistors that change conductivity depending upon voltages within gates of the active MUGFET structures. Conversely, the inactive MUGFET fill structures comprise passive devices that do not change conductivity irrespective of voltages within gates of the inactive MUGFET fill structures. The gates of the active MUGFET structures are parallel to the gates of the inactive MUGFET fill structures, and the fins of the active MUGFET structures are the same size as the fins of the inactive MUGFET fill structures. The active MUGFET structures have the same pitch as the gates of the inactive MUGFET fill structures. The gates of the active MUGFET structures comprise active doping agents, but the inactive MUGFET fill structures do not contain the active doping agents.

Claims (11)

1. A semiconductor structure comprising:

active multi-gate fin-type field effect transistor (MUGFET) structures; and

inactive MUGFET fill structures between said active MUGFET structures,

wherein said gates of said active MUGFET structures are parallel to said gates of said inactive MUGFET fill structures, and

wherein said gates of said active MUGFET structures have a same pitch as said gates of said inactive MUGFET fill structures.

2. A semiconductor structure comprising:

active multi-gate fin-type field effect transistor (MUGFET) structures; and

inactive MUGFET fill structures between said active MUGFET structures,

wherein said gates of said active MUGFET structures have a same pitch as said gates of said inactive MUGFET fill structures,

wherein said gates of said active MUGFET structures are parallel to said gates of said inactive MUGFET fill structures, and

wherein fins of said active MUGFET structures are a same size as fins of said inactive MUGFET fill structures.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2017
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: AURIGA INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 041777/0233 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC; GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 036779/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 036550/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 019672 FRAME 0242. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 31, 2007
From: ANDERSON, BRENT; BRYANT, ANDRES; NOWAK, EDWARD J
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019772/0165 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2007
From: ANDERSON, BRENT; BRYANT, ANDRES; NOWAK, EDWARD J
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019762/0242 →
Continuity (1)
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