Patent ID: 9536836
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A device, comprising: a layer of semiconductor material; a layer of insulating material having a contact opening formed therein positioned above said layer of semiconductor material, said contact opening having sidewalls; a layer of contact insulating material having substantially vertically oriented portions and a substantially horizontally oriented portion positioned between said substantially vertically oriented portions of said layer of contact insulating material, wherein said substantially vertically oriented portions of said layer of contact insulating material contact a portion, but not all, of said sidewalls of said contact opening and wherein said substantially horizontally oriented portion of said layer of contact insulating material contacts said semiconductor layer; a conductive material layer positioned on said layer of contact insulating material within said contact opening, said conductive material layer having substantially vertically oriented portions and a substantially horizontally oriented portion positioned between said substantially vertically oriented portions of said conductive material layer, wherein an uppermost surface of said conductive material layer and an uppermost surface of said layer of contact insulating material are positioned at approximately a same level within said contact opening; and a conductive contact positioned in said contact opening that contacts said uppermost surfaces of said conductive material layer and said layer of contact insulating material.