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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:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257344 ; 257347 ; 257408 ; 257409 ;
Abstract
An insulated gate device has a substrate with a surface protrusion bearing a gate electrode. A conductive substance is provided on a side of the protrusion and on the substrate, with a height not above the upper surface of the protrusion. The conductive substance may be a metallic material or a semiconductive material, and functions as source and/or drain regions for a channel region formed in a protrusion under the gate electrode. Also, the conductive substance may contact the side surface of the protrusion either directly, or indirectly through an insulating layer capable of passing tunnel current.