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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohamed Arafa, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Scott Thompson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/900 ;
Abstract
An improved integrated circuit and method for making it are described. The integrated circuit includes a shallow trench isolation structure formed adjacent to a well. A borderless contact makes electrical contact to a conductive region formed on the well and an insulating spacer is formed adjacent to a sidewall of the conductive region.