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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahisa Sonoda, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/033 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76838 (2013.01); H01L 21/0337 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01); H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of parallel conductive lines that are spaced apart from one another in a first direction and extend in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The parallel conductive lines includes first and second lines that are adjacent, and a third line that is adjacent to the second line, and the first and third lines each have a cut portion at different points along the second direction.