US Patent 7476578 Process for finFET spacer formation

A process for finFET spacer formation generally includes depositing, in order, a conformal liner material, a conformal spacer material, and a conformal capping material onto the finFET structure; tilt implanting dopant ions into portions of the capping layer about the gate structure; selectively removing undoped capping material about the source and drain regions; selectively removing exposed portions of the spacer material; selectively removing exposed portions of the capping material; anisotropically removing a portion of the spacer material so as to expose a top surface of the gate material and isolate the spacer material to sidewalls of the gate structure; and removing the oxide liner from the fin to form the spacer on the finFET structure.