IP Library Granted Patent US 9,761,579
Granted Patent B2
US 9,761,579 · App. 14/838,929 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

C-shaped resistor and semiconductor device including the same

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Patent No.
US 9,761,579
App. No.
14/838,929
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resistor includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer protruding from the first conductive layer; a third conductive layer located above and facing the first conductive layer to face the first conductive layer; and at least two contact plugs electrically coupled to the third conductive layer.

Claims (22)

1. A resistor, comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer protruding from one end of the first conductive layer;

a third conductive layer contacts the second conductive layer, wherein the first and third conductive layers extend from the second conductive layer, in parallel to face each other;

an insulating layer filled in between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer; and

at least two contact plugs electrically coupled to the third conductive layer,

wherein the first conductive layer extends further from the second conductive layer than the third conductive layer, and

wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are one layer integrally connected and have an “L” shaped cross-section.

2. The resistor according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer has a greater width than the third conductive layer.

3. The resistor according to claim 1 , wherein the resistor has a “C” shaped cross-section.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer integrally protruding from one end of the first conductive layer;

third conductive layers contacting the second conductive layer, wherein the first and third conductive layers extend from the second conductive layer, in parallel to face each other;

an insulating layer filled in between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layers; and

a plurality of contact plugs electrically coupled to the third conductive layers,

wherein the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer and one of the third conductive layers constitute a resistor so that a plurality of resistors share the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and

wherein the first conductive layer extends further from the second conductive layer than the third conductive layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a pipe gate located in a cell region, and made of a same material as the first conductive layer.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the resistors has a “C” shaped cross-section.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer have an “L” shaped cross-section.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067335/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2015
From: EOM, DAE SUNG
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 036504/0876 →