Semiconductor Device with Gate Fins
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
- gate fins comprising gate electrodes and extending from a first surface into a semiconductor portion, wherein the gate fins are arranged along element lines, longitudinal axes of the gate fins are parallel to the element lines, and column sections of the semiconductor portion separate the gate fins from each other along the element lines.
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A semiconductor device includes gate fins extending from a first surface into a semiconductor portion. The gate fins include gate electrodes and are arranged along element lines, wherein longitudinal axes of the gate fins are parallel to the element lines. Column sections of the semiconductor portion separate the gate fins from each other along the element lines.
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
gate fins comprising gate electrodes and extending from a first surface into a semiconductor portion, wherein the gate fins are arranged along element lines, longitudinal axes of the gate fins are parallel to the element lines, and column sections of the semiconductor portion separate the gate fins from each other along the element lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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first and second gate fins extending from a first surface into a semiconductor portion, wherein the first gate fins are arranged along first element lines and the second gate fins are arranged along second element lines crossing the first element lines, wherein the first and second gate fins comprise gate electrodes and first column sections of the semiconductor portion separate first gate fins from second gate fins at crossings of the first and second element lines; and field electrode structures extending from the first surface into the semiconductor portion, the field electrode structures comprising a field dielectric insulating spicular field electrodes from the semiconductor portion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
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forming gate fins extending from a process surface into a semiconductor layer and arranged along element lines, wherein the gate fins are separated from each other along the element lines by column sections of the semiconductor layer; forming gate contacts that extend through a pre-metal dielectric formed on the process surface to gate electrodes formed in the gate fins; and forming a gate wiring on the pre-metal dielectric, the gate wiring connecting the gate contacts.
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