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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:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph A. DE Santis, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Wendell Foote, Jr., Kennedale, TX (US);
Inventors:
Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph A. De Santis, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Wendell Foote, Jr., Kennedale, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thin film resistor is formed to have very accurately defined dimensions which, in turn, allow the resistive value of the resistor to be very accurately defined. The resistor is formed on spaced-apart conductive pads which, in turn, are electrically connected to conductive plugs that are spaced apart from the resistor.