Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material – To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-22
2005-02-22
Nelms, David (Department: 2818)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material
To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
C438S634000, C438S622000, C438S630000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06858525
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for forming stacked local interconnects that do not extend into higher levels within a multilevel IC device, thereby economizing space available within the IC device and increasing design flexibility. In a first embodiment, the method of the present invention provides a stacked local interconnect which electrically connects a first group of interconnected electrical features with one or more additional isolated groups of interconnected electrical features or one or more isolated individual electrical features. In a second embodiment, the method of the present invention provides a stacked local interconnect which electrically connects an individual electrical feature to one or more additional isolated electrical features.
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