US5410161A
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Semiconductor device equipped with characteristic checking element
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1992-07-09
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Granted: 1995-04-25
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Expires: 2012-07-09
Abstract
Abstract Dummy transistors (each composed of a dummy gate electrode and n + -diffused layers) are disposed adjacent to a transistor for characteristic checking which is composed of a gate electrode, n + -diffused layers and aluminum interconnection layers. They are arranged in the same density as that of regular transistors in a product. This decreases a difference in size between the characteristic checking transistor and that in the regular transistors in the product so that the former can be truly representative of the latter.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshitaka Narita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:16
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P74/00; H10P74/27; H10P74/277
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A semiconductor device having a characteristic checking element in addition to a regular functional element, said semiconductor device comprising at least one dummy non-functional element having a gate electrode in a floating state, which is identically arranged as the characteristic checking element and which is disposed at each of two sides of said characteristic checking element, said characteristic checking element and said dummy non-functional element respectively have gate electrodes which are identical to a gate electrode of said regular functional element in their gate electrode lengths and their density.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A semiconductor device having a characteristic checking element in addition to a regular functional element, said semiconductor device comprising at least one dummy non-functional element having a gate electrode in a floating state, which is identically arranged as the characteristic checking element and which is disposed at each of two sides of said characteristic checking element, said characteristic checking element and said dummy non-functional element respectively have gate electrodes which are identical to a gate electrode of said regular functional element in their gate electrode lengths and their density.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said characteristic checking element is a MOS transistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, which has contact holes self-aligned with said gate electrode of said characteristic checking element and said gate electrode of said dummy element.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4608748A
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