Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20100187611 | Contacts in Semiconductor Devices - Mask sets, layout design, and methods for forming contacts in devices are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of contacts disposed over a substrate, the plurality of contacts being disposed as rows and columns on an orthogonal grid, each row of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring row of the plurality of contacts by a first distance, and each column of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring column of the plurality of contacts by a second distance. | 07-29-2010 |
20100308410 | Transistor Level Routing - System and method for transistor level routing is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor device formed on a first active area in a substrate, the first semiconductor device having a first gate stack comprising a first high-k dielectric layer, a first metal layer and a first poly-silicon layer. The semiconductor device further includes a second semiconductor device formed on a second active area in the substrate, the second semiconductor device having a second gate stack comprising a second high-k dielectric layer, a second metal layer and a second poly-silicon layer. An electrical connection connects the first semiconductor device with the second semiconductor device and overlies the first active area, the second active area and a portion of the substrate between the first active area and the second active area. The electrical connection includes a high-k dielectric layer and a metal layer but not a poly-silicon layer and the metal layer is arranged directly over the high-k dielectric layer. | 12-09-2010 |
20110049576 | Homogenous Cell Array - A system for terminating a homogenous cell array is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a plurality of homogenous cells arranged in rows and columns to form the homogenous cell array, wherein a first homogenous cell of each column is electrically differently connected than a rest of the homogenous cells of the column. | 03-03-2011 |
20120070977 | Methods For Forming Contacts in Semiconductor Devices - Mask sets, layout design, and methods for forming contacts in devices are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of contacts disposed over a substrate, the plurality of contacts being disposed as rows and columns on an orthogonal grid, each row of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring row of the plurality of contacts by a first distance, and each column of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring column of the plurality of contacts by a second distance. | 03-22-2012 |
20120083108 | Transistor Level Routing - A system and a method for transistor level routing are disclosed. The method comprises forming a high-k dielectric layer over a substrate, forming a metal layer directly over the high-k dielectric layer, and selectively disposing a semiconductive layer over the metal layer. The method further comprises forming a first transistor in a first region and a second transistor in a second region spaced from the first region, the first and second transistor having gate stacks comprising a high-k dielectric layer, a metal layer and a semiconductive layer, and forming an electrical connection between the first transistor and the second transistor comprising the high-k dielectric layer and the metal layer but not the semiconductive layer. | 04-05-2012 |
20120195151 | Semiconductor Memory Device and Method - In an embodiment, a method of operating a memory cell coupled to a first port and to a second port includes determining if a first port is requesting to access the memory cell and determining if a second port is requesting to access the memory cell. Based on the determining, if the first port and the second port are simultaneously requesting to access the memory cell, the second port is deactivated, the memory cell is accessed from the first port, and an accessed memory state is propagated from the first port to circuitry associated with the second port. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196209 | L-shaped Feature, Method of Making an L-shaped Feature and Method of Making an L-shaped Structure - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for making a semiconductor device comprises forming a photo sensitive layer on a semiconductive substrate, and forming an L-shaped structure in the photo sensitive layer by exposing the photo sensitive layer to light via a reticle, wherein the reticle comprises an L-shapes feature having a first non-orthogonal edge at an intersection of two legs of the L-shaped feature. | 08-02-2012 |
20140004670 | Capacitors and Methods of Manufacture Thereof | 01-02-2014 |