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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Hisato Oyamatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Honda, Yokohoma, JP;
Hisato Oyamatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Honda, Yokohoma, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element-isolating region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a real element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof, and a dummy element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof. The ratio of the sum of pattern areas of the real element region and dummy element region occupied in a 1 μm-square range of interest including the element region is 25% or more.