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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Paul G. Sudak, Lucas, TX (US);
Robert L. Adams, Plano, TX (US);
Jason M. Neidrich, Allen, TX (US);
Simon Joshua Jacobs, Lucas, TX (US);
Lisa Ann Wesneski, The Colony, TX (US);
Linda M. Wills, Rowlett, TX (US);
William D. Carter, Allen, TX (US);
Judith C. Frederic, Plano, TX (US);
Paul G. Sudak, Lucas, TX (US);
Robert L. Adams, Plano, TX (US);
Jason M. Neidrich, Allen, TX (US);
Simon Joshua Jacobs, Lucas, TX (US);
Lisa Ann Wesneski, The Colony, TX (US);
Linda M. Wills, Rowlett, TX (US);
William D. Carter, Allen, TX (US);
Judith C. Frederic, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device includes a first layer of dielectric material disposed upon an upper surface of a substrate of a semiconductor device and a first non-conductive layer of metal disposed upon an upper surface of the dielectric material. The first layer of dielectric material and the first non-conductive layer of metal act as an optical trap for electromagnetic radiation received by the first non-conductive layer of metal. In particular embodiments, the semiconductor device may further comprise a second layer of dielectric material disposed upon an upper surface of the first non-conductive layer of metal and a second non-conductive layer of metal disposed upon an upper surface of the second layer of dielectric material.