Patent ID: 8786050

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a doped region; an insulating device disposed over a portion of the doped region; a resistor disposed over the insulating device, wherein the resistor includes a first terminal at one distal end and a second terminal at an opposite distal end; and a continuous interconnect structure disposed over the resistor, wherein the interconnect structure is coupled to both the doped region and a portion of the resistor that is disposed in between the first and second terminals; wherein: the resistor has a length L; the portion of the resistor electrically coupled to the doped region through the interconnect structure is in direct physical contact with the interconnect structure; the portion of the resistor is spaced apart from one of the first and second terminals by a distance measured along the resistor; and the distance is in a range from about 40% of the length L to about 60% of the length L.