Solid-state circuit with crossing leads and method for making the same

Claim 1

A SOLID-STATE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT STRUCTURE COMPRISING A BODY OF SEMICONDUCTOR THAT CONTAINS P-TYPE AND N-TYPE REGIONS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONAL CIRCUIT ELEMENTS, SAID BODY HAVING A SURFACE, A LAYER OF INSULATION ON SAID SURFACE, AND A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE STRIPS THAT EXTEND OVER SAID LAYER OF INSULATION AND ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECT SAID FUNCTIONAL CIRCUIT ELEMENTS, SAID BODY OF SEMICONDUCTOR ALSO CONTAINING A CONDUCTIVE REGION OF CONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL THAT IS ADJACENT TO SAID SURFACE AND IS BOUNDED BY A PAN-SHAPED JUNCTION, TWO SEPARATE ONES OF SAID CONDUCTIVE STRIPS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID LAYER OF INSULATION INTO CONTACT WITH DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF SAID CONDUCTIVE REGION, SAID CONDUCTIVE REGION FORMING THE ONLY DIRECT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID TWO STRIPS, SAID LAYER OF INSULATION EXTENDING ACROSS SAID CONDUCTIVE REGION BETWEEN SAID TWO STRIPS, AND A THIRD SEPARATE ONE OF SAID CONDUCTIVE STRIPS EXTENDING OVER SAID LAYER OF INSULATION ACROSS THE CONDUCTIVE REGION BETWEEN SAID TWO STRIPS, SAID LAYER SEPARATING AND INSULATING SAID THIRD STRIP FROM SAID CONDUCTIVE REGION AND SAID STRIPS, WHEREBY THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEFINED BY SAID THIRD STRIP CROSSES WITHOUT CONNECTING TO THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEFINED BY TWO STRIPS AND CONDUCTIVE REGION IN SERIES.