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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Todd Alan Christensen, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard Lee Donze, Rochester, MN (US);
William Paul Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Terrance Wayne Kueper, Rochester, MN (US);
John Edward Sheets, Ii, Zumbrota, MN (US);
Todd Alan Christensen, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard Lee Donze, Rochester, MN (US);
William Paul Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Terrance Wayne Kueper, Rochester, MN (US);
John Edward Sheets, II, Zumbrota, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for an improved semiconductor interconnect scheme using a simplified process. In an embodiment of the apparatus, a polysilicon shape is formed on a silicon area. The polysilicon shape is created having a bridging vertex. When a spacer is created on the polysilicon shape, the spacer width is formed to be small enough near the bridging vertex to allow a silicide bridge to form that creates an electrical coupling between the silicon area and the bridging vertex. Semiconductor devices and circuits are created using the improved semiconductor interconnect scheme using the simplified process.