Patent ID: 7696542

Claim:
A semiconductor structure comprising a semiconductor device structure, a first plurality of liner stress-generating stripes, and a second plurality of linear stress-generating stripes, wherein said semiconductor device structure is located on a semiconductor substrate and includes a protruding structure that includes a conductive line comprising a conductive material and a dielectric spacer comprising a first dielectric material, wherein said dielectric spacer laterally contacts and surrounds said conductive line and has a pair of outer liner edges that are parallel to each other, wherein said protruding structure protrudes above said semiconductor substrate, wherein said first plurality of liner stress-generating stripes comprises a stress-generating material and is located on one side of said protruding structure on said semiconductor substrate, wherein said second plurality of liner stress-generating stripes comprises said stress-generating material and is located on the other side of said protruding structure on said semiconductor substrate, wherein said stress-generating material is a second dielectric material, and wherein lengthwise edges of each of said first and second pluralities of liner stress-generating stripes are parallel to said pair of outer linear edges.