Patent ID: 9608099
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B82Y,H01L

Claim:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first nanowire arranged above a substrate; a second nanowire arranged above the substrate, the second nanowire arranged adjacent to the first nanowire such that the first nanowire and the second nanowire are substantially coplanar; a gate stack arranged surrounding a first portion of the first nanowire and a first portion of the second nanowire, the first portion of the first nanowire having a substantially rounded cross-sectional profile; and an epitaxially grown active region arranged around a second portion of the first nanowire and a second portion of the second nanowire, the second portion of the first nanowire having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional profile, wherein the first portion of the first nanowire and the second portion of the first nanowire define a continuous crystalline semiconductor material nanowire, and the first portion of the second nanowire and the second portion of the second nanowire define a continuous crystalline semiconductor material nanowire.