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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:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Anthony J. Lochtefeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas A. Langdo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard Westhoff, Hudson, NH (US);
Inventors:
Anthony J. Lochtefeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas A. Langdo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard Westhoff, Hudson, NH (US);
Assignee:
AmberWave Systems Corporation, Salem, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor structure having a surface layer disposed over a substrate, the surface layer including strained silicon. A contact layer is disposed over a portion of the surface layer, the contact layer including a metal-semiconductor alloy. A bottommost boundary of the contact layer is disposed above a bottommost boundary of the surface layer.