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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Keith W. Golke, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Paul S. Fechner, Plymouth, MN (US);
Honeywell Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A multi-purpose device that can serve as either a resistor, MOSFET or JFET is disclosed. The resistor is formed by selecting a first metal interconnect configuration, the MOSFET is formed by selecting a second metal interconnect configuration, and the JFET is formed by selecting a third metal interconnect configuration. Because of the dual transistor/resistor nature of this device, the density of a typical gate array that uses resistors may be increased. In addition, and because no special processing is typically required, the device may be desirable for use in other types of structures such as standard cells and custom logic.