Patent ID: 9595611
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate with a first semiconductor fin with a first protrusion and a second semiconductor fin with a second protrusion, the first semiconductor fin being adjacent the second semiconductor fin, the first and second semiconductor fins extending in a first direction; a gate electrode extending in a second direction and positioned over the first protrusion of the first semiconductor fin and over the second protrusion of the second semiconductor fin; a first source/drain adjacent the first protrusion and extending from the first semiconductor fin, an upper oblique surface of the first source/drain and a lower oblique surface of the first source/drain meeting at a first corner of the first source/drain; a second source/drain adjacent the second protrusion and extending from the second semiconductor fin, an upper oblique surface of the second source/drain and a lower oblique surface of the second source/drain meeting at a second corner of the second source/drain, a semiconductor bridge extending between and contacting the first corner of the first source/drain and the second corner of the second source/drain, wherein the semiconductor bridge includes a first portion at the first corner and the second corner and a second portion on the first portion extending between and contacting the upper oblique surface of the first source/drain and the upper oblique surface of the second source/drain, and wherein the upper oblique surface of the first source/drain intersects the upper oblique surface of the second source/drain.