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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Abdalla Aly Naem, Overijse, BE;
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
A dual-sided semiconductor device is formed on a wafer with a resistive element that is formed through the wafer. By forming the resistive element through the wafer, a resistive element, such as a large resistive element, can be formed on the wafer that requires very little silicon surface area.