Patent ID: 7161195

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate having first and second device regions separated from each other by a device isolation region; a first field effect transistor having a first polysilicon gate electrode and formed in said first device region; a second field effect transistor having a second polysilicon gate electrode and formed in said second device region; a polysilicon pattern extending over said device isolation region from said first polysilicon gate electrode to said second polysilicon gate electrode; and a silicide layer formed on a surface of said first polysilicon gate electrode, a surface of said second polysilicon gate electrode and a surface of said polysilicon pattern so as to extend on said polysilicon pattern from said first polysilicon gate electrode to said second polysilicon gate electrode, said silicide layer having a region of increased film thickness on said polysilicon pattern, wherein said silicide layer has a surface protruding upward in said region of increased film thickness.