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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1999
Farris D. Malone, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the instant invention is a method of implementing a vanishingly small integrated circuit diode comprising the steps of: forming an area of a thin dielectric film ( of FIG. ) over a conductive silicon surface ( of FIG. ) of one conductivity type in a region of a thick dielectric film ( of FIG. ) over the conductive silicon surface; forming a first conductive path from the conductive silicon surface to an operating circuit; forming a conductive silicon film ( of FIG. ) of a second conductivity type over the thin dielectric region; forming a second conductive path from the conductive silicon film to the operating circuit; and causing at least one region of the second conductivity type in the conductive silicon surface and at least one third conductive path through the thin dielectric film wherein said causing consists of applying a voltage or applying a current.