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Minimizing transistor size in integrated circuits

US7026691B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2001
Grant dateApr 11, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/259
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for fabricating a field effect transistor (FET) in and on a semiconductor substrate with local interconnects to permit the formation of minimal space between gate and the local interconnects by fabricating the source and drain of the FET and the local interconnects prior to forming the gate of the FET.

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