Patent ID: 7276408

Claim:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a gate on a semiconductor substrate, the gate including opposing side surfaces and a top surface; after forming the gate, selectively depositing an oxide material comprising at least one material from the group consisting of AlO 3 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 (AlHf) O x , HfO 2 , La 2 O 3 , Y 2 O 3 , silicon oxynitride, and hafnium silicon oxynitride substantially on the top surface of the gate, as well as over the semiconductor substrate, the opposing side surfaces of the gate being substantially free of the oxide material; and forming spacers on the opposing side surfaces of the gate subsequent to depositing said oxide material, the spacers contacting the opposing side surfaces of the gate substantially along the opposing side surfaces.