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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:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Groover, III, Dallas, TX (US);
Roger A Haken, Richardson, TX (US);
Thomas C Holloway, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437 52 ; 437200 ; 437192 ; 437 56 ; 437 48 ; 357 42 ; 148D / ; 148D / ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making VLSI integrated circuits and a local interconnect system, wherein first poly, second poly and moat are all interconnected in any desired pattern by a TiN local interconnect. No masks are required beyond those which would be required for the two poly levels and local interconnect capability anyway.