Patent ID: 7968394

Claim:
A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising: forming a semiconductor structure on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor structure comprises a first current electrode region, a second current electrode region, and a fin structure between the first current electrode region and the second current electrode region, wherein a channel region is located in the fin structure, and a carrier transport in the channel region is generally in a horizontal direction between the first current electrode region and the second current electrode region; forming a gate structure over the fin structure and the substrate; forming a first contact within the gate structure, wherein forming the first contact includes: removing a first portion of the gate structure to form a first opening in the gate structure that extends from a top of the gate structure to the substrate, and forming contact material in the first opening to form the first contact within the gate structure, wherein sidewalls of the first contact are completely surrounded by the gate structure, and wherein the first contact is electrically coupled to the gate structure.