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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey A. McKee, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/124 ;
Abstract
A method for fabricating a gate device includes forming an elongated projection (,) on a substrate (,). The elongated projection (,) protrudes from a surrounding area (,) of the substrate (,) and includes an access channel (,) for the gate device. A first terminal (,) and a second terminal (,) are formed and coupled to the access channel (,) in the elongated projection. A gate structure (,) is formed and operable to control the access channel (,) to selectively couple the first terminal (,) to the second terminal (,).