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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cheisan J. Yue, Roseville, MN (US);
Eric E. Vogt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Todd N. Handeland, New Hope, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes first and second polysilicon areas on a chip. The first polysilicon area corresponds to circuit elements of the semiconductor device. At least some of the first polysilicon corresponds to polysilicon gates. At least some of the second polysilicon area comprises contacts of the semiconductor device. Metal covers the polysilicon contacts.