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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Yanxiang Liu, Wappinger Falls, NY (US);
Young Way Teh, Wappinger Falls, NY (US);
Vara Vakada, Beacon, NY (US);
Yanxiang Liu, Wappinger Falls, NY (US);
Young Way Teh, Wappinger Falls, NY (US);
Vara Vakada, Beacon, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
This application is directed to a semiconductor device with an oversized local contact as a Faraday shield, and methods of making such a semiconductor device. One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a transistor comprising a gate electrode and a source region, a source region conductor that is conductively coupled to the source region, a Faraday shield positioned above the source region conductor and the gate electrode and a first portion of a first primary metallization layer for an integrated circuit device positioned above and electrically coupled to the Faraday shield.