Patent ID: 8435859
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G11C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a contact, comprising: forming a row of semiconductor material projections extending upwardly from a semiconductor substrate; the semiconductor material projections of the row comprising repeating components of an array, and a terminal semiconductor projection of the row comprising a contact location; forming an electrically conductive line along said row, the electrically conductive line wrapping around an end of said terminal semiconductor projection and bifurcating into two branches that are along opposing sides of the semiconductor material projections; after forming the electrically conductive line, replacing some of the semiconductor material of the terminal semiconductor projection with one or more dielectric materials; extending an opening into the one or more dielectric materials, the opening exposing a region of at least one of said branches; and forming an electrically conductive contact within the opening and directly against the region of said at least one of the branches.