Patent ID: 6340834
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An SRAM cell comprising:a pull down transistor having a drain; a Vcc node; a resistor electrically coupled with the Vcc node; the drain of the pull down transistor being electrically coupled through the resistor to the Vcc node; and the resistor comprising: an electrically insulative layer lying outwardly of the drain of the pull down transistor, the insulative layer having an opening defined therethrough to the pull down transistor drain; and an elevationally elongated resistor within the opening and being in ohmic electrical contact with the pull down transistor drain, the resistor comprising two regions of semiconductive material having different conductivities and comprising portions which extend both elevationally longitudinal within the opening and laterally proximate one another, the elevationally elongated resistor being elevationally longer than it is wide within the opening; and an outer conductive Vcc line of electrically conductive material overlying the resistor and extending to Vcc, the Vcc line being in ohmic electrical contact with the resistor, the resistor extending between the conductive line and the pull down transistor drain.