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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Terauchi, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H07L 2/7108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H07L 2/7108 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device having a structure in which the potential of a gate interconnection is not affected by that of a bit line when a dummy pad contact is formed at an end portion of a memory cell, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which no steps are formed in the vicinity of a memory cell end are obtained. The semiconductor device includes dummy pad contacts arranged in a dotted line, which are smaller than a first pad contact in the memory cell body and are opened using a self-alignment method, and a conduction is cut-off in a path leading from the dummy pad contact to the bit line.