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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Vicki Wilson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Guoqing Zhan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ray Buske, St. Paul, MN (US);
James Chyi Lai, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Vicki Wilson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Guoqing Zhan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ray Buske, St. Paul, MN (US);
James Chyi Lai, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Northern Lights Semiconductor Corp., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a structure are provided for improving the contact of two adjacent GMR memory bits. Two adjacent bit ends are connected by utilizing a single via.