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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Hung-Li Chiang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jer-Fu Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Tzu-Chiang Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Meng-Fan Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76897 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit device includes a first bit line structure that has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion in which an upper surface of the vertical portion is exposed for making electrical contact with a contact that, in turn, is in electrical contact with a metal pattern through which operating voltages may be applied to the bit line structure.