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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Chiaki Kudo, Hyogo, JP;
Hisashi Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Chiaki Kudo, Hyogo, JP;
Hisashi Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/41 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: an isolation region formed in a semiconductor substrate; an active region surrounded by the isolation region; and a first gate electrode formed on the isolation region and the active region and including a first region on the isolation region. The first region has a pattern width in a gate length direction larger than a pattern width of the first gate electrode on the active region. The first region includes a part having a film thickness different from a film thickness of the first gate electrode on the active region.