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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ting Yen, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257776 ; 257773 ; 257905 ; 438637 ; 438621 ; 438618 ; 438633 ;
Abstract
A conducting trench in a dielectric layer can function as both (a) a plurality of contacts and (b) an interconnect in a semiconductor device. The conducting trench may be made by depositing a conductor in a trough formed in a dielectric layer of the device.