Patent ID: 8492851
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate including at least one diffusion region; at least one gate structure located on the substrate, laterally adjacent to at least a portion of the at least one diffusion region, the at least one gate structure including at least one conductive element over a gate dielectric; and at least one at least partially reoxidized oxide material located on the substrate, laterally adjacent to the at least one gate structure and at least partially over the at least one diffusion region, at least one reoxidized portion of the at least one at least partially reoxidized oxide material extending to a point of maximum extension disposed below a midpoint of the thickness of the at least one at least partially reoxidized oxide material, the at least one reoxidized portion of the at least one at least partially reoxidized oxide material extending partially laterally beneath a portion of the gate dielectric of the at least one gate structure, the at least one reoxidized portion of the at least one at least partially reoxidized oxide material being vertically overlain a lateral distance of about 5 Å to about 80 Å by the portion of the gate dielectric of the at least one gate structure, the at least one at least partially reoxidized oxide material isolating the gate dielectric from the at least one diffusion region.