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Contact structure of semiconductor memory device for reducing contact related defect and contact resistance and method for forming the same

US6072242A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1998
Grant dateJun 6, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact structure for a semiconductor memory device that reduces contact related defects and contact resistance and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor memory device having an insulation layer formed on a conductive layer includes a contact formed within an opening having a bilobate shape. The contact passes through a part of the insulation layer up to the upper surface of the conductive layer from the top of the insulation layer.

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