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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masato Sakao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7108 ; H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ; H01L 3/1119 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7108 ; H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ; H01L 3/1119 ;
Abstract
A pair of semiconductor memory cells comprises active regions having rectangular shapes, arranged in uniform intervals in plan view, said active regions constituting channel regions and source/drain regions of switching transistors; word lines arranged so as to be perpendicular to the active regions; and an extraction electrode connected to a bit line through bit a line contact formed in connection to the active regions constituting the pair of switching transistors.