Patent ID: 9627483
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B82Y,H01L

Claim:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: an insulation layer including a major surface and a protruding portion protruding from the major surface; first and second multi-channel active fins directly adjacent to one another whereby the first and second multi-channel active fins extend in a first direction end-to-end and are separated from one another by the protruding portion; a finFET on the first multi-channel active fin; a conductive layer extending from an uppermost surface of the protruding portion to cross over the protruding portion between, in the first direction, respective facing ends of the first and second multi-channel active fins; an epitaxial source/drain region in the first multi-channel active fin; a side wall spacer on the conductive layer including a base of the side wall spacer that overlaps the epitaxial source/drain region; and a portion of the first multi-channel active fin, outside the epitaxial source/drain region, between the epitaxial source/drain region and the protruding portion of the insulation layer beneath the conductive layer wherein the base of the side wall spacer contacts the epitaxial source/drain region and the portion of the first multi-channel active fin, and wherein a distance that the protruding portion protrudes from the major surface is greater than a height from the major surface to an uppermost surface of the first and second multi-channel active fins directly beneath respective gates and is less than a height from the major surface to a top surface of the respective gates.