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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2007
Francois Pagette, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Christian Lavoie, Ossining, NY (US);
Anna Topol, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Francois Pagette, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Christian Lavoie, Ossining, NY (US);
Anna Topol, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor device including a collector in an active region; a first and a second sub-collector, the first sub-collector being a heavily doped semiconductor material adjacent to the collector and the second sub-collector being a silicided sub-collector next to the first sub-collector; and a silicided reach-through in contact with the second sub-collector, wherein the first and second sub-collectors and the silicided reach-through provide a continuous conductive pathway for electrical charges collected by the collector from the active region. Embodiments of the invention also provide methods of fabricating the same.