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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Franz Hofmann, München, DE;
Richard Johannes Luyken, München, DE;
Wolfgang Roesner, Ottobrunn, DE;
Michael Specht, München, DE;
Inventors:
Franz Hofmann, München, DE;
Richard Johannes Luyken, München, DE;
Wolfgang Roesner, Ottobrunn, DE;
Michael Specht, München, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit arrangement and fabrication method is presented. The integrated circuit arrangement contains a semiconductor and a metal electrode. The contact area between a semiconductor and the electrode is increased without increasing the lateral dimensions using partial regions of the semiconductor and/or of the electrode that extend through a transition layer between the semiconductor and electrode.