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Published in the October 26 – November 8, 2016 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Dori Prado
I can't believe it's been 10 years since we started the Living Above The Influence program. We celebrated our community's youth Oct. 15 under beautiful skies at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center with rap songs, poetry and Aztec dancing as well as positive and encouraging testimonies from youth and adult speakers, sharing their heart-felt stories. To think that this wonderful event — which is such a blessing to many people — all started with struggles and dysfunction in my family.
A decade ago, I learned my 14-year-old daughter started smoking marijuana. I grew scared about the drug use and blamed the friends she was hanging out with for influencing her. After some soul searching, I decided to give up the judgment and find a way to help young people in the community.
I told my father, Steve Prado, about the situation. He was a one-time heroin addict who had turned his life around and became an alcohol and drug counselor. We put on a workshop at Sobrato High School and went to my daughter's classroom to talk to the students. Somehow, it didn't seem to be enough. So we came up with the idea of putting on a friendly barbecue at Morgan Hill's Community Park and inviting my daughter's teenage friends to come and discuss how to face together life challenges such as drugs, gangs and prison that many young people encounter. We thought we'd have about 15 or 20 kids. We were surprised — and pleased — to see 75 people. It really inspired us to do it again. We called it Living Above The Influence.
My heart softened about these kids and I wanted to find ways to help them. I started asking questions: What kind of homes do they come from? Do they have the support of their family? Their parents must be trying to do their best, but is it enough? What kind of help can the community give these young people?
That park barbecue evolved into a community event that has grown in popularity with hundreds of young people and families. We gather every October at either Community or Galvan parks or the Community Center to listen to stories of young people who have overcome temptations of drugs, alcohol and gangs, or deal with abuse or depression.
During the past 10 years, Living Above The Influence has evolved into a community event that gathers resources for families and at-risk youth and gets speakers to give their testimonies that are encouraging and motivating.
Living Above The Influence is also about exploring real life, enabling young people and adults to find about the things happening with our youth. These include a mother losing her kids to the foster child system because of her own drug addiction. We also hear from teenagers dealing with depression and anxiety and how they've found ways to be happier and emotionally healthier.
And we've expanded the program to serve youth year-round. We started a weekly get-together called Chill Out that trains young people on basic life skills such as helping them understand about good financial habits as well as the 41 Developmental Assets, qualities in a community that help young people succeed. We also bring in different agencies to conduct sessions on various topics that include anger management, healthy relationships and domestic violence. The program is free and we meet 6 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Community and Cultural Center. If you want to help volunteer, let me know.
People often ask me what Living Above The Influence means. "Is it just about talking about drugs and alcohol?" they ask. "That's not what it's about," I tell them. "It's about the influences of life."
What I like to tell the kids is that if there is something that is affecting their everyday productivity, whatever that may be, they will fail in life if they choose to live under that influence. I tell them we all need to live above those negative influences we all face. We need to strive for the best we can be in life. That's how we can all grow into happy, productive people in our community.
Dori Prado is the founder of Living Above The Influence. She wrote this column for Morgan Hill Life. You can reach her at (408) 390-9012.
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Shortly before 6 p.m. last Monday, in the crush of evening deadlines, two dozen government agents burst into the newsroom of Hong Kong's scrappy tabloid newspaper, The Apple Daily. It was the first time in memory that Hong Kong's authorities had demanded to search a newspaper's editorial offices.
After a stunned pause, the paper reverted to form.
As the agents from Hong Kong's anticorruption agency brandished a search warrant, the Apple photographers mobbed them, snapping furiously. Four hours later, the agents left with boxes of paper from a crime reporter's desk. On Wednesday, the reporter and two police officers were charged with conspiracy in a plan to bribe the police for tips on investigations.
The scandal has riveted Hong Kong -- and not just because it allowed other papers to gloat over a rival brought low. It also dramatizes how the press has become both a bully and a potential victim in this former British colony. Publishers will stop at little to sell papers these days, it is widely agreed. But that has emboldened Hong Kong's leaders to crack down on what they view as an unprincipled, sleaze-mongering media.
''The tabloids are disgusting,'' said Albert Cheng, a popular radio-show host. ''They have no respect for anybody. And we're not talking about celebrities; we're talking about ordinary people. If a woman gets raped, they'll report it with all kinds of personal details.''
At the same time, Mr. Cheng said he was concerned that the government had obtained a sweeping search warrant for a newsroom. And he is strongly against a new proposal to create a government-linked panel that would handle complaints against the news media. The panel, which would operate independently of the courts, would be able to impose fines of up to $125,000 for what it judged as overly intrusive coverage.Continue reading the main story
Critics say that in the politically charged atmosphere of Hong Kong -- where the real sensitivities are about Beijing, not people's bedrooms -- such a panel would be used to stifle dissenting voices.
''The government wants to control the press,'' said Mak Yin-ting, the chairwoman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. ''This is going to be an everlasting battle. Even if we defeat this proposal, they will use other legislation to limit the ability of the press to report the news.''
Defenders of China often point to Hong Kong's rambunctious news media as proof that Beijing has not meddled in this enclave. And it is true that despite occasional grousing about government pressure or self-censorship, Hong Kong remains a vibrant newspaper town. There are 23 Chinese-language and two English-language papers here, ranging from the high-minded Ming Pao to the downmarket Sun.
''There's no place in the world that goes to such lengths to stayed informed,'' said Michael DeGolyer, the director of an academic project that surveys attitudes about Hong Kong's return to China. ''As refugees, Hong Kong people have learned that what you don't know can run you over.''
But in the two years since the handover, Hong Kong's papers have changed, focusing less on politics and Hong Kong's relationship with China and more on sex and crime. Part of this is linked to broader trends in the news media. But part of it, experts say, is also linked to Hong Kong's evolution from a colony with an uncertain future to a Chinese city that is being absorbed gradually into the motherland.
''When the British were here, their fights with China were on the front page every day,'' said Liu Kin-ming, the opinion-page editor of The Apple Daily. ''But after the handover, people got bored. As people have gotten tired of substantial news, sensational news has become more popular.''
The Apple epitomizes that progression. Founded in 1995 by Jimmy Lai, an apparel magnate turned media baron, the paper made its name with its fierce defense of Hong Kong's independence. Mr. Lai became a bete noire in Beijing when he referred to Li Peng, the former Chinese prime minister and the man who ordered the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, as ''the son of a turtle's egg.''
Today, The Apple is best known for its brazen coverage of philandering husbands, despondent wives and scantily clad mistresses.
In a notorious case last year, The Apple gave front-page coverage to a Hong Kong man who visited prostitutes in mainland China shortly after his wife pushed their two young children out of the family's high-rise apartment and jumped after them to her death. The backlash against the coverage was so severe that Mr. Lai later published a front-page apology.
Mr. Lai acknowledged that The Apple Daily had sometimes crossed the line. He attributed it to the paper's fierce competition with The Oriental Daily News, which also wrote about the faithless husband. But he noted that readers retaliate against offensive coverage by boycotting the newspaper. After last year's incident, the Apple's circulation of about 400,000 fell by 10 percent for a few weeks.
''Public opinion is a powerful lever in regulating the media,'' Mr. Lai said. ''We don't want to offend our readers. You can go overboard being a popular newspaper.''
Mr. Lai declined to discuss the raid on his newsroom. But journalists at The Apple and other Hong Kong papers said payoffs to officials were a common way of ferreting out information.
The anticorruption commission said a police investigation found that the Apple reporter had offered two police spokesmen monthly payments of $500 and $1,000, respectively, for scoops on investigations.
Given the prevalence of checkbook journalism here, some people question whether The Apple Daily was being singled out because of Mr. Lai's maverick style. In addition to The Apple, he owns a news magazine, Next, and a grocery and electronics home-delivery service, known as Admart, which has raised hackles among Hong Kong's corporate elite because it is taking on powerful local merchants.
''This is the first time in Hong Kong's history that the police entered a newsroom and took things,'' said Yeung Wai-hong, the publisher of Next. ''I'm afraid it's only the opening gambit.''
Some journalists worry that the Apple affair could fortify those in the government who argue that Hong Kong's press is incapable of policing itself. Since it was floated in August, the idea of a press council has drawn sharp criticism from journalists, lawyers, and Hong Kong's legislators, who voted it down in a nonbinding ballot. But Raymond Wacks, a member of the panel that drafted the proposal, said the panel could still plow ahead with the proposal or suggest other measures, like tightening Hong Kong's privacy laws.
''People have interpreted this as some sort of ultimatum,'' Mr. Wacks said. ''Our exclusive concern is individuals whose privacy has been invaded by the media.''
For Mr. Cheng, the radio commentator, the biggest danger is that the newspapers will persist in their blood-and-cheesecake style, which could give the authorities an excuse to clamp down later. ''The public is still behind a free press,'' he said, ''but that could change. I'm very worried.''
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|Publication number
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|Feb 23, 1999
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|May 23, 1996
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|May 23, 1996
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|H. Jim Fulford Jr., Robert Dawson
|Original Assignee
|Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (28), Referenced by (34), Classifications (20), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to semiconductor fabrication and more particularly to a subtrench conductive layer and method of manufacturing the subtrench conductive layer between source/drain implant regions.
2. Description of the Relevant Art
The fabrication of an integrated circuit involves placing numerous devices in a single semiconductor substrate. Select devices are interconnected by a conductor which extends over a dielectric which separates or "isolates" those devices. Implementing an electrical path across a monolithic integrated circuit thereby involves selectively connecting isolated devices. When fabricating integrated circuits it must therefore be possible to isolate devices built into the substrate from one another. From this perspective, isolation and interconnect routing technologies are two of many critical aspects involved in fabricating a functional integrated circuit.
A popular isolation technology used in metal oxide semiconductor ("MOS") fabrication involves the process of local oxidation of silicon, or "LOCOS". LOCOS process involves oxidizing field regions between devices. The oxide grown in field regions are termed field oxide, wherein field oxide is grown during the initial stages of integrated circuit fabrication, i.e., before source and drain implants are placed in device active areas. By growing a thick field oxide in field regions pre-implanted with a channel-stop dopant, LOCOS processing serves to prevent the establishment of parasitic channels in the field regions.
While LOCOS has remained a popular isolation technology, there are several problems inherent with LOCOS. First, a growing field oxide extends laterally as a bird's beak structure. In many instances, the bird's-beak structure can unacceptably encroach into the device active area. Second, the pre-implanted channel-stop dopant oftentimes redistributes during the high temperatures associated with field oxide growth. Redistribution of channel-stop dopant primarily affects the active area periphery causing problems known as narrow-width effects. Third, the thickness of field oxide causes large elevational disparities across the semiconductor topography between field and active regions. Topological disparities cause planarity problems which become severe as circuit critical dimensions shrink. Lastly, thermal oxide growth is significantly thinner in small field (i.e., field areas of small lateral dimension) regions relative to large field regions.
Many of the problems associated with LOCOS technology are alleviated by an isolation technique commonly referred to as shallow trench isolation. Despite advances made to decrease bird's-beak, channel-stop encroachment and non-planarity, it appears that LOCOS technology remains inadequate for deep submicron MOS technologies. The shallow trench process is better suited for isolating densely spaced active areas having field regions less than, for example, one micron in lateral dimension.
The shallow trench isolation process involves the steps of etching a silicon substrate surface to a relatively shallow depth, e.g., between 0.2 to 0.5 microns, and then refilling the shallow trench with a deposited dielectric. Some trench processes include an interim step of growing oxide on trench walls prior to the trench being filled with a deposited dielectric. After the trench is filled, it is then planarized to complete the isolation structure. The trench process eliminates bird's-beak and channel-stop dopant redistribution problems. In addition, the isolation structure is fully recessed, offering at least a potential for a planar surface. Still further, field-oxide thinning in narrow isolation spaces does not occur and the threshold voltage is constant as a function of channel width.
Many integrated circuits purposefully circumvent the isolation between specific devices by routing an interconnect line between devices over the isolation dielectric. The interconnect generally contacts a source (or drain) region on one device to the source (or drain) region on another device. The interconnect, generally made of a conductive material such as a refractory metal and/or polysilicon (or metal silicide) serves as a conductor residing within the topography of the integrated circuit.
An interconnect extending along the topography of the integrated circuit, between devices, adds to the non-planarity of the overall structure. An overlying interlevel dielectric must be considerably planarized in order to achieve accurate patterning of subsequent levels of interconnect. It would therefore be desirable to produce a conductive layer which does not reside in the semiconductor topography. That is, the desired conductor must be one which is not formed on top of the isolation dielectric. Accordingly, the desired conductor must not add to the non-planarity of the overall circuit. Further, the desired conductor must be formed entirely within the normal fabrication flow necessary to manufacture an MOS circuit.
Problems outlined above are in large part solved by a subtrench conductive layer of the present invention. The subtrench conductive layer is one which is formed using a shallow trench process rather than LOCOS. The subfield conductive layer is formed before the shallow trench is filled with an isolation dielectric. Carefully implanted ions are forwarded into the floor and sidewalls of the exposed trench resulting in a conductive liner (or layer) about the trench.
The subtrench conductive layer is advantageously used to interconnect what would normally be isolated devices. In lieu of metal or polysilicon interconnects which reside over the isolation dielectric, the subtrench conductive layer is formed entirely within the silicon substrate, and resides beneath and laterally adjacent the subsequently deposited isolation dielectric. As defined herein, isolation dielectric is one having insulative characteristics, and is interchangeably denoted as a field dielectric or fill dielectric.
The conductive layer is formed by implanting ions into the floor and sidewalls of a shallow trench prior to filling the trench with the isolation dielectric. Ion implantation at specified dosages presents a layer of dopant within the exterior surfaces of the trench sidewalls and floor. Implantation or diffusion of source/drain regions occurs after the conductive layer is formed and the isolation dielectric is formed. The source/drain region of a first active area and the source/drain region of a second active area are fashioned so as to intermingle with and be a part of the conductive layer opposing ends. The selected regions of the first active area and the second active area are of the same conductivity type as the dopants within the conductive layer. For example, select source/drain regions as well as the conductive layer comprise n-type dopants or, alternatively, select source/drain regions and conductive layer dopants can be p-type. Mutuality of dopants within the source/drain regions interconnected by the conductive layer causes formation of an electrically conductive path across the conductive layer, underneath the isolation dielectric.
Broadly speaking, the present invention contemplates a method for forming a conductive layer. The method includes the steps of providing an integrated circuit topography having a shallow trench interposed between a pair of active areas. A masking layer is applied over the active areas to form a partially masked integrated circuit topography. An isolation trench having a depth (d) and a width (w) is then etched into the semiconductor substrate. First dopant ions are directionally introduced into a first sidewall of the trench and into a portion of the shallow trench floor to form a first portion of the subtrench conductive path. First dopant ions are then introduced into the second sidewall and a second portion of the shallow trench floor to form a second portion of the subtrench conductive path. Preferably, the introduction of the first dopant into the first and second sidewalls is accomplished with a large tilt angle (LTA) implant where the angle of the implant is set such that the first portion of the conductive path and the second portion of the conductive path intersect at approximately the center of the worst case trench's floor (where the worst case trench is the trench with the highest aspect ratio or higher d/w). An isolation dielectric is then formed within the shallow trench structure. Formation of the isolation dielectric can be accomplished by filling the implanted trench with a CVD oxide. In one embodiment, the CVD oxide step is preceded by a thermal oxidation step that produces a relatively thin oxide at the sidewalls and floor of the trench. After the shallow trench has been filled with a dielectric (and after a gate oxide layer and a patterned layer of polysilicon have been formed), second dopant ions are then implanted into the active regions of the semiconductor substrate to form source/drain regions whereby the source/drain region of a first active area is electrically connected to the source/drain region of a second active area by a subfield conductive region therebetween. In the presently preferred embodiment, first dopant ions are implanted at a concentration between 1�1015 to 3�1016 ions/cm2 at an energy between 80 and 350 keV.
The present invention further contemplates a buried conductor. The buried conductor comprises a conductive region within a silicon substrate arranged beneath and laterally adjacent to an isolation dielectric disposed within the silicon substrate. Dopants are implanted into the conductive region to form the buried conductor. The dopants are of opposite conductivity type than the conductivity of the silicon substrate (i.e., substrate well or substrate bulk areas regions). A portion of a source/drain region of a first active area and a portion of a source/drain of a second source/drain region are shared by the conductive channel. More specifically, the conductivity channel extends between portions of a source/drain region of a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device and the source/drain region of a second MOS device. The buried conductor typically comprises a sheet resistance greater than 40 ohms/square, or between 40-120 ohms/square.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a semiconductor substrate comprising active regions and isolation regions on which a patterned photoresist layer has been formed to expose the isolation regions;
FIG. 2 illustrates a processing step subsequent to that of FIG. 1, in which isolation trenches have been etched into the isolation regions of the semiconductor substrate;
FIG. 3 illustrates a processing step subsequent to that of FIG. 2, in which a first dopant is implanted into a first sidewall and a first portion of the floor of the trench isolation structures at large tilt angle;
FIG. 4 illustrates a partial cross-sectional view of the semiconductor substrate after completion of the processing step shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a processing step subsequent to FIG. 4 in which a second subtrench implant has been performed to introduce a first dopant into a second sidewall of the trench isolation structure and a second portion of the floor of the trench;
FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the semiconductor substrate after the completion of the processing step of FIG. 6 showing the first portion of the conductive path and the second portion of the conductive path intersecting at the center of the worst case aspect ratio trench;
FIG. 7 is a processing step subsequent to FIG. 6 in which the isolation trenches have been filled with a dielectric;
FIG. 8 is a processing step subsequent to FIG. 7 in which a second dopant is introduced into the source/drain regions of the active areas after formation of a gate oxide layer and a patterned layer of polysilicon; and
FIG. 9 is a processing step subsequent to FIG. 8 in which a source/drain region of a first MOS device is interconnected by a subtrench conductive channel to a source/drain region of a second device.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
Turning briefly to FIG. 9 of the drawings, subtrench conductive path 33 is shown connecting a first source/drain area 44a to a second source/drain area 44b. Subtrench conductive path 33 is arranged beneath and laterally adjacent to isolation dielectric 36. A region of first source/drain region 44a and a region of second source/drain region 44b are shared with respective ends of conductive path 33.
Turning now to FIG. 1, an early stage of a shallow trench isolation process is shown depicting a semiconductor substrate 12 upon which a patterned photoresist layer 22 has been formed. Semiconductor substrate 12 comprises active regions 18 and isolation regions 20. Isolation regions 20 correspond to areas in substrate 12 into which trenches 14 and 16 are formed to electrically isolate individual devices formed within substrate 12. Active areas 18 correspond to regions in which the formation of trenches has been suppressed. Active areas 18 define regions where devices will be formed. Photoresist layer 22 is patterned so as to expose isolation regions 20. In FIG. 2, isolation trenches 14 and 16 have been formed partially into isolation regions 20 of silicon substrate 12. Trenches 14 and 16 are preferably etched into silicon substrate 12 to a depth of between 0.2 to 0.5 microns.
Turning now to FIG. 3, a first implant 26 is performed to introduce a first dopant into sidewalls 23 and a first portion of floor 25 of trenches 14 and 16. Implant 26 is performed at an angle α to facilitate the introduction of the first dopant into the sidewalls 23 of trenches 14 and 16. If implant 26 were performed at an angle of 0� or, in other words, at an angle perpendicular to trench floor 25, impurities would be unable to penetrate sidewalls 23 of trenches 14 and 16. Ideally, the angle α should be as great as possible to facilitate introduction of impurities into sidewalls 23. However, there is an upper limit on the angle α. As α increases, the "shadowed" region 27 increases as well. Shadowed region 27 is the region in which implant 26 is unable to penetrate because of the trench geometry. Worst case trench 14 has a depth, d, and a width, w, as shown in FIG. 2. As seen in FIG. 3, the relationship between the angle α, the depth d, and the shadowed region x of trench 14 is such that tan (α)=x/d. To obtain the maximum angle of implant, α should be set such that the shadowed region extends less than one half (or preferably exactly one half) of the width of trench floor 25. Therefore, the optimum process parameters, for implant 26 are dictated by the geometry of worst case isolation trench 14. When α is chosen such than tan (α)=w/2d, the entire trench floor 25 can be completely implanted with impurities using just two mirror image implant steps. If the angle α is increased beyond this critical α, regions of trench floor 25 near the center of worst case trench 14 will receive impurities from neither a first implant 26 nor from a subsequent and symmetrical implant as described below. Thus, angle α is chosen to maximize the implant into sidewalls 23 while enabling the entire trench floor 25 to be implanted using only two implant steps. FIG. 4 shows semiconductor substrate 12 after completion of implant 26. A first portion 28 of a conductive path 33 (shown in FIG. 6) has been formed within the sidewalls and floor of trenches 14 and 16. Impurities that can be used for implant 26 include boron, phosphorus, and arsenic.
Turning now to FIGS. 5 and 6, a second implant 30 is performed to introduce the first dopant into a second portion 32 of conductive path 33. In the presently preferred embodiment, the second implant is performed by rotating by 180� semiconductor substrate 12 such that the portion of trench floor 25 and sidewall 23 which did not receive impurities from implant 26 are implanted with a second implant 30. Rotation is performed within the same plane as the wafer. The wafer housing is therefore designed to rotate the wafer 180 degrees, either through a continuous motion or in stepped increments from the original implant position shown in FIG. 3 to the second implant position shown in FIG. 5. According to an alternative embodiment, the wafer can be maintained in a stationary position and the implant source changed. The implant source can be tilted at various angles. The implant source angle can change in stepped increments or through a continuous motion from, for example, -90 degrees to +90 degrees.
FIG. 6 shows semiconductor substrate 12 after completion of second implant 30 wherein second half 32 of conductive path 33 has been formed in semiconductor substrate 12. Preferably, conductive path 33 has a substantially equal depth across trench floor 25 and along sidewalls 23. Equal conductive layer thickness on the sides of and below trenches 14 and 16 is desired to ensure uniform conductivity of the conductive path 33. Dosage of dopant impurities used in implants 26 and 30 can be varied to change the conductivity of conductive path 33. A heavier dosage will increase conductivity. In many instances, a resistor may be necessary between isolated devices, wherein conductive path 33 can be doped to a specified resistant value.
FIG. 7 depicts a processing step subsequent to FIG. 6 in which a fill dielectric 36 has been formed within trenches 14 and 16. Fill dielectric 36 can be comprised of a CVD oxide in one embodiment. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, deposition of CVD oxide is preceded by a thermal oxidation step to form a relatively thin thermal oxide at the boundaries of trench sidewall 23 and trench floor 25. In a presently preferred embodiment, the thermal oxide would be grown to a thickness of between approximately 50 to 500 angstroms. After trenches 14 and 16 are filled with fill dielectric 36, a planarization step can be performed to create a substantially planar surface.
Turning now to FIG. 8, a processing step subsequent to that shown in FIG. 7 is depicted. FIG. 8 shows semiconductor substrate 12 after formation of a gate oxide 38 and a patterned polysilicon layer 40. Gate oxide 38 and polysilicon layer 40 are formed according to processes well known in the art of semiconductor processing. Polysilicon gate 40 is patterned such that individual polysilicon gates are formed intermediate between two adjacent isolation regions 20. FIG. 8 further shows source/drain implant 42 which results in source/drain regions 44 within semiconductor substrate 12. Source/drain implant 42 introduces a second dopant into source/drain region 44. Source/drain regions occur whenever polysilicon layer 40 is absent within active areas 18.
Turning now to FIG. 9, a partial cross-sectional view of semiconductor substrate 12 showing a first transistor 39a comprising first polysilicon gate 40a and first source/drain region 44a and a second transistor is shown as 39b comprising polysilicon gate 40b and source/drain region 44b. Source/drain region 44a of transistor 39a is electrically connected to source/drain region 44b of second transistor 39b by conductive path 33 formed under fill dielectric 36. If the dopant used to form source/drain region 44 is of the same conductivity type (i.e., n-type or p-type) as conductive path 33, then conductive path 33 will form a conductor between adjacent source/drain regions 44 separated by dielectric 36. In this manner, conductive path 33 is used to provide an interconnect between adjacent source/drain regions, wherein the interconnect does not affect the planarity of the upper surface 37 of semiconductor substrate 12.
It would be appreciated to those skilled in the art having the benefit of this disclosure that this invention is capable of applications with numerous types of MOS-processed circuits. Furthermore, it is to be understood that the form of the invention shown and described is to be taken as presently preferred embodiments. Various modifications and changes may be made to each and every processing step as would be obvious to a person skilled in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. It is intended that the following claims be interpreted to embrace all such modifications and changes and, accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather a restrictive sense.
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Old article. Chrome happily exists almost everywhere now.
I am so ticked off about Google Chrome that I almost wasn't going to even mention it here. Why am I ticked? Well, it's bad enough that there is currently only a Windows version, but that snub becomes even more insulting when you realize that Chrome was built with Apple's Webkit!
Arrgh. There's a place you can sign up to be notified when and if they
complete their other versions; and apparently there is source code
available (see Ars Technica's post) that
might work for Linux et al., but dammit I just want to play with it, not
struggle with source. Comments at that article indicate it hasn't been
so bad - but if that's true, why doesn't Google just provide a dmg and an rpm? 'Cause it ain't near ready, that's why! As they said at
Build Instructions (Mac OS X)
(link dead, sorry)
Right now, the Mac build is a work in progress that is much closer to the start than the finish. No application that renders web pages is generated at the end of these instructions!
The Linux notes say much the same thing:
There is no working Chromium-based browser on Linux. Although many Chromium submodules build under Linux and a few unit tests pass, all that runs is a command-line "all tests pass" executable.
Oh well. They'll get there eventually. So what's important about Chrome? Oh, nothing much: it's just another nail in Microsoft's coffin..
First of all, Google did something very smart: they run tabs as separate proceses. Not only that, but they run plugins that way too. The takeaway there is that a screwed up site or suddenly insane plugin won't crash anything else. This will also stop memory from being sucked away page by page..
Second, Chrome has Google Gears built in and if you save a Google App like Gmail or Google Docs to your Desktop as an "Application Shortcut" (click on the "Control the Current Page" icon) that shortcut will launch looking like an application rather than a browser.. and as Gears can give it local storage, well, it is.
There's other stuff: more powerful Javascript for one. Google has a cute Comic Book that explains all that and more.
Neat, and scary if you are a large multinational corporation accustomed to having an operating system monopoly. I was talking to a customer yesterday who was fretting over what to buy to replace their wheezing old accounting app. "We don't want to buy something where the company will be out of business in ten years!", she lamented. I responded that ANYONE can be out of business ten years from now - even Microsoft. She raised her eyebrows (crazy Unix/Mac guy!), but it's true, and Google Chrome is a hint as to why.
Take a look at Chrome (or at least read the comic book!). Yeah, it will probably be a little buggy now, and yeah, we want the Mac and Linux versions, but this IS our future, or at least a peek at it. That's fairly certain.
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""I was talking to a customer yesterday who was fretting over what to buy to replace their wheezing old accounting app. "We don't want to buy something where the company will be out of business in ten years!", she lamented. I responded that ANYONE can be out of business ten years from now - even Microsoft. ""
Two points:
A. This is the nice thing about open source software. If the company backing the software was to take a crap and all development and support stopped then having the source code should be quite valuable for trying to make a escape from that application. By using the source code any decent programmer should be able to have some sort of conversion tool built pretty quickly to help you migrate away. And if the application is popular enough then it could fork and live on it's own. Sort of like Mozilla/firefox and Netscape.
B. Accounting software? Perfect candidate for a web-based application. :) I would seriously be looking into that if I were your client.
Looks like the Javascript (or more accurately ECMAScript* ) is possibly what is going to kill much of desktop programming. It's a lovely architecture if its well designed. The data store can be abstracted over a cluster. The majority of the processing occurs at the 'end node' rather then server-side so your following the classic approach of achieving massive scalability.
Looks like Microsoft is indeed a bit worried.**
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Fri Sep 12 20:59:06 2008: 4548 drag
here is some nice benchmarks of the various new javascript engines on the market:
Does a better job describing all the names, too!
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The Bishop's Heir: Volume 1 of The Histories of King Kelson
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Date Published: 1984
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A bicyclist riding along Rock Island's 7th Avenue near Augustana College was severely injured Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle whose driver then fled the scene.
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The victim was taken to Trinity Rock Island with serious injuries, but she is expected to recover, police said.
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Last week Hyper Island had a visiting lecturer from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, one of the biggest agencies in the US. The vice president, Mr Winston Binge, came here to talk about the agency and give the students some advice for the future. I asked him some questions between his meetings with the students.
What do you think of our students?
- I have a lot of respect for Hyper Island students and the work they do here. I definitely want to work with your students.
How did you hear of the school?
- If you work in this business in the US you know of Hyper Island. People talk of the talent. You guys are world famous.
And what kind of people are you looking for?
- Smart people who likes to have fun, who like pop culture, who have passion in what they do. Team players who like technology. And people who can innovate the industry.
What is going on in the industry at the moment?
- There are a lot of demands from clients at the moment so there are a lot of opportunities.
Do you have any advice for our students?
- Dare to change the business. Be entrepreneurs, and don't settle at being the best at only one thing. Try different things and find out what you really love to do. You don't have to do it all the time, but work towards it.
And what do you think of Sweden?
- Well this is my first visit and it is great. We don' have much time for sightseeing because we've been at the Moving Images convent in Malmö and to Hyper Island in Karlskrona and Stockholm, and now we are going back home. I wish I could stay longer.
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- TARUN SAINI said...
Another way the CP+B "gets" the interactive space... "gets" buzz creation... and most definitely "gets" taking chances to run away from those who play it safe.
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After an overall wait of 45 minutes I was ushered into a treatment room and cleaned up by a really caring nurse, who made sure to check for any non-apparent more serious injuries. After a large splinter of wood was removed, a very skilled doctor gave me a local anaesthetic and further cleaned and stitched close the wound.
All the time both nurse and doctor explained what they were about to do and why before proceeding. I felt calm and really safe. My injury, although "Minor" was treated professionally and I was made to feel I had done the right thing by attending.
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by Connie Ward
What made you decide to become a fiction writer?
I don't really remember a time when I did not want to be a writer. My parents were both avid readers, and I was brought up in a house with literally thousands of books. I really cannot imagine life without books, and my favorites have always been fiction, though I read lots of genres. I have been through several careers, ranging from theater design to engineering, but I always come back to writing as my true love.
What type of stories do you write? And why?
My stories definitely fall into the dark speculative-fiction category. My fascination with the supernatural and the darker sides of the human psyche shaped what I write about. If I watch television, I almost always head straight for the shows about true crimes and psychos on the loose. It probably says something about me.
What do your family/friends think about your writing?
My sister and some of my friends have been very supportive, even if they may think I am out of my mind, but many of my friends and family are either not aware that I write or have expressed limited interest. The most common reaction to my news that Kryos had been picked up by BSB was "You write?" That was usually followed quickly by a look of terror when they realized I might want them to read it. That is the danger of associating with engineers, I suppose: say fiction novel and they turn off. My online friends, on the other hand, have been great, very supportive and very helpful, even when I am being even more neurotic than usual. I am lucky to have friends all over that help me get a different perspective on things.
Where do you get your ideas?
My ideas come from everywhere. My mind wanders all the time. People think I am just flaky or scatterbrained, but really I am probably torturing some characters in my head instead of paying attention. I always have a story or character floating around that I like to take out and see if I can break them. Even if I am not actively working on a project with the characters, I still have a whole cast to play with when I'm supposed to be doing something else. The upside of that is that I rarely get bored. Silly things, like the unusual way a person moves, or the combination of the song on the radio and the way the sun just came through the clouds might make my muse wake up and start digging around in the virtual trunk to see where it might fit.
How do you write; do you plan everything out or just write?
Both. I start with a plan but let it go where it needs to. This works really well when working with Idun; we try to plot out the major points and then adjust those as we go, though no matter how much planning and plotting we do, the characters sometimes refuse to behave and take things in a different direction. I feel that planning is good, but you have to be open to whatever happens or you're going to end up with a finished product that doesn't feel right.
What makes Kyros special to you?
Kryos is very special to me because it is almost like a child. It was very organic in its development, and the story we ended up with is not the story we originally plotted. We worked and reworked the plot, the main arcs, the characters, everything until they all decided to play nice with each other. When I work with Idun, we each take a character (or two, or three) and focus on developing them so as we write we can play off each other so the novel can grow more naturally. There is always an element of surprise when working with another author. You think a scene or story may be going one way, but because it is not just you playing in the sandbox, sometimes something so much better comes out.
How much of yourself and the people you know are in your characters?
Surprisingly little, actually. I have a project now that is based on a dream a friend told me he had, so the main character does have a bit of him in it, but for the most part, no. I try not to put too much of myself or the people I know into the characters; they are their own creatures. Also, I am very dull and would make a terrible character.
Which gay/lesbian authors inspired you the most? Do you have a favorite
of this author(s)?
My fascination with gay fiction started a long time ago, before I even knew it was something anyone was writing; it was pre-Internet in those days. Then I discovered slash fan-fiction, which led to Yaoi, which led to authors like Sarah Monette, Alyx J. Shaw, Storm Constantine, and Lynn Flewelling.
If I had to pick a favorite from these authors I would have a really hard time because they all fill a different spot in my life. Sarah Monette and her Doctrine of Labyrinths series is an all-time favorite of mine; Felix is delightfully deranged and twisted. Alyx J. Shaw's Strange Place in Time series is so fun that I could not put the books down. Lynn Flewelling's books are also some of those I go back to like comfort food if I find myself between books and not sure what to pick up next. However, for the author that inspired me the most I will have to go with Storm Constantine and the Wraeththu books. Reading those I realized that I wanted to write something others would want to read. The imperfect characters and their gritty, dark world appealed to me on a level that made it possible for me to quit being afraid that what was in my head was not good enough, or shiny enough, and actually sit down and put it on paper.
Do you have any suggestions for new writers?
I still consider myself a new/learning writer, especially going through the publishing process for the first time, so I'm not sure. This process has shown me how much I still have to learn, and it is humbling. I would think the best I could say is to remember to be flexible and patient. I guess I am lucky that my "day job" is in a field that brings a constant stream of criticism and comments on my work. I never thought I would say that, but it has taught me how to not get upset at comments and be able to look at them for what they are—an attempt to make my work better.
When you're not writing what do you do for fun?
I read. If I'm not reading or writing, I'm baking. I can't say no to a challenge, and my friends and family like to find the most bizarre and unusual desserts to see if I can make them. The pie baked inside a cake has become a hit that they request frequently now.


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OMG....this is hilarious! The media looks like a bunch of teenage fools and Obama tools!
And what makes it even funnier is that's exactly what they are! Har hardy har har!
This is the way most of us always knew it to be. That's what made the Palin-hate unbearable and disgusting. You don't have to like her, but you don't have to burn her at the stake either.
Jumping the shark is too kind of a thing to say what the media is attempting here. They will jump the killer whale, miss, and the result will be, killer whales don't suffer jumping fools gladly.
I'm speechless when I see those morons sitting there going through the Governor's email.....Are the American people so stupid that they do not see the insanity of this?.....The Governor is definitely not hiding anything and as usual is letting the enemy bury themselves......There is no question of who should be the nominee for conservatives.....NO ONE, male or female compares to Governor Palin....Smart, honest, and a politician with integrity.....


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