US Patent 11043576 FinFET device and method

A semiconductor device includes a fin extending from a substrate, a gate stack over and along a sidewall of the fin, a spacer along a first sidewall of the gate stack and the sidewall of the fin, a dummy gate material along the sidewall of the fin, wherein the dummy gate material is between the spacer and the gate stack, and a first epitaxial source/drain region in the fin and adjacent the gate stack.