Patent ID: 8222680

Claim:
A triple gate metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), comprising: a silicon fin including a left side surface and a right side surface; a capping layer formed on top of the fin, where the capping layer causes the fin to be strained, and where a left side surface of the capping layer is substantially aligned with the left side surface of the fin and a right side surface of the capping layer is substantially aligned with a right side surface of the fin; a first gate structure formed on top of the capping layer, a left side surface of the first gate structure being substantially aligned with the left side surface of the capping layer and the left side surface of the silicon fin, and a right side surface of the first gate structure being substantially aligned with the right side surface of the capping layer and the right side surface of the silicon fin; a second gate structure formed adjacent the fin; and a third gate structure formed adjacent the fin and opposite the second gate structure, the first gate structure, the second gate structure, and the third gate structure being separated from each other.