US Patent Issued to Intel on April 8 for "Selective growth self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gap" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,688, issued on April 8, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Selective growth self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gap" was invented by Leonard P. Guler (Hillsboro, Ore.), Zachary Geiger (Hillsboro, Ore.), Glenn A. Glass (Portland, Ore.) and Szuya S. Liao (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a cut along a length of the semicondu...