| CPC H10D 86/201 (2025.01) [H10D 86/01 (2025.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:
a first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires;
a second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires;
a first gate stack over the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, the first gate stack having a P-type workfunction layer over a first gate dielectric comprising a high-k dielectric layer on a first dipole layer; and
a second gate stack over the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, the second gate stack having an N-type workfunction layer over a second gate dielectric comprising the high-k dielectric layer on a second dipole layer, wherein the P-type workfunction layer has a first portion surrounding the nanowires of the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and a second portion extending laterally beside and spaced apart from the first portion, wherein the second portion of the P-type workfunction layer is between the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and wherein the N-type workfunction layer has a first portion surrounding the nanowires of the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and a second portion adjacent to and in contact with the second portion of the P-type workfunction layer, the second portion of the N-type workfunction layer over and on a top surface of the second portion of the P-type workfunction layer and covering the first portion of the P-type workfunction layer.
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