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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hsing Ti Tuan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chung Wai Leung, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mosel Vitelic, Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1119 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1119 ;
Abstract
Circuit elements (e.g. transistor gates) formed over a semiconductor substrate are protected by adjacent dummy structures during mechanical or chemical mechanical polishing of an overlying dielectric.