Patent ID: 8293606

Claim:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a layer of semiconductor material; forming a cross-shaped gate structure over the layer of semiconductor material, the cross-shaped gate structure having a first cross bar oriented in a first direction and a second cross bar oriented in a second direction, the cross-shaped gate structure having a substantially constant gate length L, and the cross-shaped gate structure corresponding to a cross-shaped body region in the semiconductor material underlying the cross-shaped gate structure; halo implanting a dopant in the cross-shaped body region; forming a blocking layer over the layer of semiconductor material and over the cross-shaped gate structure to block ion implantation and salicide formation on material located under the blocking layer; forming source and drain regions in the layer of semiconductor material; and forming a body tie region in the layer of semiconductor material, the body tie region separated from the source and drain regions by the layer of semiconductor material underlying the blocking layer.