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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
Yung-chin Hou, Taipei, TW;
Yuh-jier Mii, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Kuo-tung Sung, Zhodong Town, TW;
Li-chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Yung-Chin Hou, Taipei, TW;
Yuh-Jier Mii, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Kuo-Tung Sung, Zhodong Town, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a device in an integrated circuit. The device includes an active region in a semiconductor substrate; an isolation region adjacent the active region; a gate disposed on the active region and extending to the isolation region in a first direction; and a gate contact disposed within the isolation region, having a portion directly overlying and contacting the gate, and having a geometry horizontally extending to a first dimension in the first direction and a second dimension in a second direction approximately perpendicular to the first direction. The first dimension is greater than the second dimension.