Patent ID: 7709866

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a substrate to couple to a first transistor node and to a second transistor node; a metallization layer; a gate including a top and a bottom, the bottom to couple to the substrate and the top to couple to a gate contact and to extend no further than a first height above the substrate, the gate contact to couple the gate to the metallization layer; a first contact to couple the first transistor node to the metallization layer and to include a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending from the first transistor node to the first height and the second portion extending from the first height to the metallization layer, and a second contact to couple the second transistor node to the metallization layer; wherein the first portion includes a first sidewall inclined at a first angle and the second portion including a second sidewall inclined a second angle, the first angle being more vertically oriented than the second angle.