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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:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Chiahua Ho, Kaohsiung, TW;
Erh-kun Lai, Taichung County, TW;
Kuang Yeu Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/02 (2006.01); H01L 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Programmable resistive RAM cells have a resistance that depends on the size of the contacts. Manufacturing methods and integrated circuits for lowered contact resistance are disclosed that have contacts of reduced size.