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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Min-Hsiung Chiang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/18242 ; H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/18242 ; H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
A method and system for fabricating a capacitor utilized in a semiconductor device. A salicide gate is designated for use with the semiconductor device. A self-aligned contact (SAC) may also be configured for use with the semiconductor device. The salicide gate and the self-aligned contact are generally in a memory cell area of the semiconductor device to thereby permit the efficient shrinkage of memory cell size without an additional mask or weakening of associated circuit performance. Combining, the self-aligned contact and the salicide gate in the same memory cell area can effectively reduce gate resistance.