Patent ID: 8871626

Claim:
A method of forming a MOSFET, comprising: providing a substrate with a plurality of fins; forming a gate stack above the substrate wherein the gate stack has at least one sidewall; forming an off-set spacer adjacent the gate stack sidewall; growing an epitaxial film which merges the fins to form an epi-merge layer; forming a field oxide layer adjacent to at least a portion of the off-set spacer; removing a portion of the field oxide layer to expose a portion of the epi-merge-layer; removing a portion of the exposed portion of the epi-merge-layer to form an epi-merge sidewall, an epi-merge spacer field region, and an epi-merge field region, wherein the epi-merge field region includes a remaining portion of the exposed portion of the epi-merge-layer that was not removed; and forming a silicide within the epi-merge sidewall to form a silicide layer and two silicide sidewalls.