Patent ID: 8598007

Claim:
A method, comprising: forming a first gate structure for a first transistor device and a second gate structure for a second transistor device above a semiconducting substrate, wherein said first and second gate structures comprise a cap layer and wherein said first and second transistors are oriented transverse to one another; performing a first halo ion implant process to form first halo implant regions in said substrate for said first transistor with said cap layer in position in said first gate structure of said first transistor; removing said cap layer from both of said first and second gate structures; and after removing said cap layer from both of said first and second gate structures, performing a second halo ion implant process to form second halo implant regions in said substrate for said second transistor, wherein said first and second halo implant processes are performed at transverse angles relative to said substrate and wherein both of said first and second transistor devices are unmasked during said second halo ion implant process and fully exposed to said second halo ion implantation process.