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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dean Jennings, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Elantec, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438430 ; 438270 ; 438424 ;
Abstract
A method for dissipating accumulated charge in a trench isolation structure, comprising the steps of: forming a contact region of an area having a cross section greater than the width of the isolation structure; and coupling the isolation structure to a charge dissipation means.