Self-aligned process for nanotube/nanowire FETs

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making field effect device having pair of active regions... – Having insulated gate

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C257SE21046, C257SE21591, C438S597000, C977S847000

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08003453

ABSTRACT:
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device, e.g., a field effect transistor (FET), that includes at least one one-dimensional nanostructure that is typically a carbon-based nanomaterial, as the device channel, and a metal carbide contact that is self-aligned with the gate region of the device is described. The present invention also provides a method of fabricating such a CMOS device.

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