Patent ID: 7268024

Claim:
A method of forming a silicon-on-insulator device with a strained channel, the method comprising: providing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of silicon fins electrically isolated from each other by shallow trench isolation, each silicon fin of said plurality extending between first and second ends and overlying at least one portion of an insulator layer, and each of said silicon fins defining an active region having a top surface and a pair of sidewalls; forming a gate dielectric layer, over an intermediate portion of said top surface and said pair of sidewalls of said plurality of said silicon fins; forming a gate electrode covering the gate dielectric layer; forming source and drain regions in each of said silicon fins, one each of said source and drain region adjacent to one of said first and second ends and each adjacent to the gate electrode; forming a high-stress film covering the gate electrode, source region, and drain region.