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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2023
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
M. Arif Zeeshan, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA (US);
Kelvin Chan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Shantanu Kallakuri, Ithaca, NY (US);
Sony Varghese, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device including an active device region, disposed at least partially in a first level, the active device region comprising an array of active device features, an array of device structures, disposed in a second level, above the first level, and a contact level, comprising an array of staggered contacts, wherein the array of staggered contacts electrically connect the array of active device features to the array of device structures, and wherein the array of staggered contacts are characterized by an S-shaped cross-section.