Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-11
2010-10-26
Le, Thao X (Department: 2892)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
C438S382000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07821078
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor device of the invention has a plurality of resistor elements formed on an element isolating oxide film in predetermined regions on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. Active regions are furnished close to the resistor elements. This allows the element isolating oxide film near the resistor elements to be divided into suitable strips, forestalling a concave formation at the center of the element isolating oxide film upon polishing of the film by CMP and thereby enhancing dimensional accuracy of the resistor elements upon fabrication.
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Amishiro Hiroyuki
Igarashi Motoshige
Kumamoto Toshio
Yamaguchi Kenji
Le Thao X
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Renesas Electronics Corporation
Warrior Tanika
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