Patent ID: 7446025

Claim:
A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising: forming a silicide contact layer on, or within, a specified region of a semiconductor substrate; forming an insulating layer over said silicide contact layer; etching openings in said insulating layer; forming a plurality of catalyst dots comprised of one of Au, Ga, Al, Ti and Ni in said opening on said silicide contact layer, said plurality of catalysts dots are formed by a self-assembly method or epitaxy; forming nanowires from said plurality of catalyst dots, said nanowires are oriented perpendicular to a surface of said semiconductor substrate; siliciding a tip of each of said nanowires utilizing a self-aligned silicidation process; depositing a gate dielectric and a gate conductor over said nanowires; planarizing said nanowires to trim said nanowires to be of same length; recessing the gate conductor and forming insulator plugs over said recessed gate conductor; and forming contacts to an upper surface of each of said nanowires, to said silicide contact layer and to said gate conductor.