The anisotropic etch process for forming circuit elements such as a gate electrode is accomplished by using a hard mask instead of a resist feature, thereby avoiding a complex resist trim process when critical dimensions are required, which are well below the resolution of the involved photolithography. Moreover, the critical dimension may be adjusted by means of a deposition process rather than by a resist trim process.

 
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> FIN field effect transistor with self-aligned gate

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