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Castle-like chop mask for forming staggered datalines for improved contact isolation and pattern thereof

US8674522B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2012
Grant dateMar 18, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B12/488
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a castle-like shaped protect or a periphery protect or a DC chop mask for forming staggered data line patterns in semiconductor devices so as to shift the adjacent data lines from one another so as to print contacts with larger areas at one end of each data line.

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