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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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Owen Erstad, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ; H01L 3/1062 ; H01L 3/1113 ; H01L 3/1119 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ; H01L 3/1062 ; H01L 3/1113 ; H01L 3/1119 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is disclosed that eliminates at least one of the channel/dielectric interfaces along the side walls of an SOI/SOS transistor channel, but does not require the use of a dedicated body tie contact. Because a dedicated body contact is not required, the packing density of the device may be significantly improved over conventional T-gate and H-gate configurations. The present invention may also reduce the overall gate area, which may increase both the speed and overall yield of the device.