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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:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Robert S. Ruth, Austin, TX (US);
Mark A. Kearney, Austin, TX (US);
Bernard J. Pappert, Austin, TX (US);
Juxiang Ren, Austin, TX (US);
Jeff L. Warner, Austin, TX (US);
Robert S. Ruth, Austin, TX (US);
Mark A. Kearney, Austin, TX (US);
Bernard J. Pappert, Austin, TX (US);
Juxiang Ren, Austin, TX (US);
Jeff L. Warner, Austin, TX (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes CMP dummy tiles () that are converted to active tiles by forming well regions () at a top surface of the dummy tiles, forming silicide () on top of the well regions, and forming a metal interconnect structure () in contact with the silicided well tie regions for electrically connecting the dummy tiles to a predetermined supply voltage to provide latch-up protection.