Patent ID: 9425292
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method for fabricating a field effect transistor device, the method comprising: forming a fin on a semiconductor substrate; depositing an insulator layer on the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the fin; forming a first dummy gate stack and a second dummy gate stack over the fin; depositing a layer of spacer material over the first dummy gate stack and the second dummy gate stack and the fin; removing portions of the layer of spacer material to define spacers adjacent to sidewalls of the first dummy gate stack, the second dummy gate stack, and sidewalls of the fin; removing exposed portions of the fin to form a cavity defined by the spacers and the fin; depositing a first insulator material in the cavity and over the first dummy gate stack, the second dummy gate stack, and the spacers; patterning a mask over the second dummy gate stack, portions of the fin, and the insulator layer; removing exposed portions of the first insulator material from the cavity and the insulator layer to expose portions of the semiconductor substrate; performing an epitaxial growth process to form a first epitaxially grown semiconductor material in the cavity; removing the mask; depositing a second insulator material over the spacers, the first epitaxially grown semiconductor material, the first insulator material, the first dummy gate stack, and the second dummy gate stack; patterning a second mask over the second insulator material on first dummy gate stack; removing exposed portions of the second insulator material to expose portions of the first insulator material; removing exposed portions of the first insulator material from the cavity and the insulator layer to expose portions of the semiconductor substrate; performing an epitaxial growth process to form a second epitaxially grown semiconductor material in the cavity; depositing a second insulator layer over the first epitaxially grown semiconductor material and the second epitaxially grown semiconductor material; removing the first dummy gate stack and the second dummy gate stack to expose a first channel region of the fin and a second channel region of the fin; and forming a first gate stack over the first channel region of the fin and a second gate stack over the second channel region of the fin.