Integrated circuit comprising on-chip resistors with plurality of first and second terminals coupled to the resistor body
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising:
- a substrate with a resistor region, the resistor region includes an isolation region in the substrate;
a resistor body directly disposed on and contacts the isolation region;
a plurality of first and second contacts/vias formed on the resistor body, wherein a resistor portion of the resistor body between the first and second contacts/vias forms a resistor;
a terminal ILD layer disposed over the plurality of first and second contacts/vias; and
first and second terminal plates which are non-rectangular terminal plates disposed in the terminal ILD layer, wherein adjacent sides of the first and second terminal plates are separated by a space and adjacent sides of the first and second terminal plates are slanted and configured to encompass the same number of contacts/vias.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The IC includes a substrate with a resistor region and a resistor body disposed on the resistor region. A plurality of first resistor contact strips and a plurality of second resistor contact strips are disposed on the resistor body along a first direction. Two adjacent first and second resistor contact strips are separated by a respective one of contact strip spaces. The IC includes a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. Each of the first terminals is coupled to a respective one of the first resistor contact strips while each of the second terminals is coupled to a respective one of the second resistor contact strips. A set of the first terminal and the second terminal forms first and second terminals of an on-chip resistor.
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23 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising:
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a substrate with a resistor region, the resistor region includes an isolation region in the substrate; a resistor body directly disposed on and contacts the isolation region; a plurality of first and second contacts/vias formed on the resistor body, wherein a resistor portion of the resistor body between the first and second contacts/vias forms a resistor; a terminal ILD layer disposed over the plurality of first and second contacts/vias; and first and second terminal plates which are non-rectangular terminal plates disposed in the terminal ILD layer, wherein adjacent sides of the first and second terminal plates are separated by a space and adjacent sides of the first and second terminal plates are slanted and configured to encompass the same number of contacts/vias. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21)
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17. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising:
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a substrate with a resistor region, the resistor region including an isolation region in the substrate; a resistor body directly disposed on and contacts the isolation region; a plurality of first contacts/vias coupled to the resistor body; a plurality of second contacts/vias coupled to the resistor body, wherein a resistor portion of the resistor body between the first and second contacts/vias forms a resistor; a terminal ILD layer disposed over the plurality of first and second contacts/vias; and first and second terminal plates which are non-rectangular shaped terminal plates disposed in the terminal ILD layer, wherein adjacent sides of the first and second terminal plates are separated by a space and adjacent sides of the first and second terminal plates are slanted and configured to encompass the same number of contacts/vias. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
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