Electrical and thermal contact for use in semiconductor devices

Abstract

An electrical and thermal contact which includes an intermediate conductive layer, an insulator component, and a contact layer. The insulator component is fabricated from a thermally insulative material and may be sandwiched between the intermediate conductive layer and the contact layer. The electrical and thermal contact may be fabricated by forming a first conductive layer on a surface of the semiconductor device, depositing a dielectric layer adjacent the first layer, patterning the dielectric layer to define the insulator component, and forming a second conductive layer adjacent the insulator component and in partial contact with the first layer. The first and second layers are respectively patterned to define the intermediate conductive layer and the contact layer. The electrical and thermal contact effectively contains heat within and prevents heat from dissipating from a contacted structure, such as a phase change component that may be switched between two or more electrical states.

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