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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Michael Maldei, Durham, NC (US);
Brian Cousineau, Burlington, NC (US);
Guenter Gerstmeier, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jon S. Berry, Ii, Durham, NC (US);
Steven M. Baker, Morrisville, NC (US);
Jinhwan Lee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Maldei, Durham, NC (US);
Brian Cousineau, Burlington, NC (US);
Guenter Gerstmeier, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jon S. Berry, II, Durham, NC (US);
Steven M. Baker, Morrisville, NC (US);
Jinhwan Lee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) structure having a distance less than 0.14 um between the contacts to silicon and the gate conductor is disclosed. In addition a method for forming the structure is disclosed, which includes forming the DRAM array contacts and the contacts to silicon simultaneously.