Patent ID: 11887838
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:
a fin comprising silicon;
a plurality of gate structures over the fin, individual ones of the plurality of gate structures along a direction orthogonal to the fin and having a pair of dielectric sidewall spacers;
a trench contact structure over the fin and between the dielectric sidewall spacers of a first pair of the plurality of gate structures; and
a contact plug over the fin and between the dielectric sidewall spacers of a second pair of the plurality of gate structures without an intervening trench contact structure between the dielectric sidewall spacers of the second pair of the plurality of gate structures, the contact plug comprising a lower dielectric material and an upper hardmask material, the upper hardmask material having a rounded bottom surface.