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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Stuart Dunn, Jericho, VT (US);
Peter Brian Gray, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kenneth Knetch Kieft, III, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Nicholas Theodore Schmidt, Colchester, VT (US);
Stephen St. onge, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/100 ; H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/352 ; H01L 2/940 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/100 ; H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/352 ; H01L 2/940 ;
Abstract
A method of contacting a silicide-based Schottky diode including the step of providing a contact to the silicide that is fully bordered with respect to an internal edge of the guard ring area. A Schottky diode having silicide contacting a guard ring of the Schottky diode and a contact to the silicide that is fully bordered by silicide with respect to an internal edge of the guard ring.