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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Guillaume Bouche, Portland, OR (US);
Andy Chih-Hung Wei, Yamhill, OR (US);
Mwilwa Tambwe, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sean T. Ma, Portland, OR (US);
Piyush Mohan Sinha, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/41733 (2013.01); H01L 27/0886 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01); H01L 29/78696 (2013.01);
Abstract
Discussed herein are device contacts in integrated circuit (IC) structures. In some embodiments, an IC structure may include: a first source/drain (S/D) contact; a gate contact, wherein the gate contact is in contact with a gate and with the first S/D contact; and a second S/D contact, wherein a height of the second S/D contact is less than a height of the first S/D contact.