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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Sharmin Sadoughi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Sharmin Sadoughi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/544 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate, an isolation trench in the semiconductor substrate, and an alignment trench in the semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The structure also includes a dielectric layer and a metallic layer. The dielectric layer is on the semiconductor substrate and in both the isolation trench and the alignment trench. The dielectric layer fills the isolation trench and does not fill the alignment trench. The metallic layer is on the dielectric layer.