Patent ID: 7091610

Claim:
A device comprising: an active region; a gated device having a gate and a junction region adjacent to the gate within the active region; a dielectric layer on the gated device having a first thickness over the gate and a second thickness greater than the first thickness over the junction region adjacent to the gate. wherein the dielectric layer on the gated device further comprises: a conformal etch stop layer on the junction region and the gate of the gated device: a planarized first dielectric layer in the active regjon of the gated device exposing the conformal etch stop layer on a portion of the gate; one of a different second dielectric layer and a second etch stop layer on the first dielectric layer and touching the conformal etch stop layer and a contact in the active region extending a first depth through the first thickness to the gate of the gated device, and extending a different second depth through a portion of the second thickness short of the junction region.