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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:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin J Alter, Los Altos, CA (US);
Clyde M Brown, Jr, Cupertino, CA (US);
James B Compton, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micrel Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357234 ; 357 20 ; 357 238 ; 357 52 ; 357 68 ; 357 86 ; 357 88 ;
Abstract
A diamond-shaped short contact overlapping two differing conductivity regions in a semiconductor. The shape and orientation providing maximum alignment tolerances for a given size of contact opening.