US PATENT SUBCLASS 438 / 98
.~.~ Contact formation (i.e., metallization)


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438 /   HD   SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS

48  DF  MAKING DEVICE OR CIRCUIT RESPONSIVE TO NONELECTRICAL SIGNAL {5}
57  DF  .~ Responsive to electromagnetic radiation {22}
98.~.~ Contact formation (i.e., metallization)


DEFINITION

Classification: 438/98

Contact formation (i.e., metallization):

(under subclass 57) Process for making a semiconductor device responsive to electromagnetic radiation having a step of coating the device with electrically conductive material forming an electrical connect or conductor thereto.

(1) Note. The electrically conductive material may additionally be transparent to electromagnetic radiation.