Patent ID: 7189634

Claim:
A semiconductor structure, comprising: a dielectric interlayer; a first plurality of semiconductor members disposed in the dielectric interlayer and arranged in parallel and extending longitudinally along a first axis; at least one opening in the dielectric interlayer exposing a first surface and a second perpendicular surface of at least two semiconductor members of the first plurality, the opening having a depth between two adjacent semiconductor members of the first plurality less than a height of the adjacent semiconductor members and further having a bottom surface; a dielectric layer formed over the first surface and further formed over at least a portion of the second surface of at least one semiconductor member of the first plurality of semiconductor members and over at least a portion of the bottom surface of the opening; and a second plurality of semiconductor members arranged in parallel and extending longitudinally along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, at least one of the second plurality of semiconductor members having a portion formed in the opening, and formed over the dielectric layer and at least two members of the first plurality of semiconductor members to form a respective intersection where a semiconductor member of the second plurality is formed over the members of the first plurality of semiconductor members.