Patent ID: 8377763

Claim:
A method of fabricating a microelectronic device and a resistor on a substrate, comprising: (a) forming device regions in a monocrystalline semiconductor region of a substrate, the device regions having edges defined according to a first semiconductor feature overlying a major surface of the semiconductor region; (b) forming a dielectric region having a planarized surface overlying the semiconductor region and overlying a second semiconductor feature disposed above a surface of an isolation region in the substrate, the isolation region surface being disposed below the major surface; (c) removing at least a portion of the first semiconductor feature exposed at the planarized surface of the dielectric region to form an opening and forming a gate at least partially within the opening; and (d) forming electrically conductive contacts extending through apertures in the dielectric region to the second semiconductor feature and the device regions, respectively, including forming silicide regions contacting portions of the second semiconductor feature and the device regions, respectively, to define a resistor having a current path through the second semiconductor feature, and a microelectronic device including the gate and the device regions.