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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rajneesh Jaiswal, Tucson, AZ (US);
Eric W. Beach, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/120 ;
Abstract
A thin film resistor ( ) is formed over an etch stop layer . Contact pads ( ) are formed n the thin film resistor ( ) and a dielectric layer ( ) is formed over the thin film resistor ( ). Metal structures ( are formed above the thin film resistor ( ) and metal ( ) is used to fill a trench and via formed in the dielectric layer ( ).