Patent · US Expired

Method of fabricating an integrated circuit with lines of critical width extending in the astigmatically preferred direction of the lithographic tool

US5334541A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
4References
2Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1992
Grant dateAug 2, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 31, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B10/15

Abstract

A semiconductor memory cell with parallel gates is disclosed. The direction of the gates is desirably chosen to minimize lithographic astigmatic effects. Thus gates of comparatively uniform width are produced and predictability of transistor performance thereby improved. Another embodiment of the invention features a connection between two conductive layers and a source/drain. The connection forms a node between one access transistor and one pull-down transistor.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.