Selectable vias for back end of line interconnects
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsChristopher Jezewski, Ashish Agrawal, Kevin L. Lin, Abhishek Sharma, Carl Naylor, Urusa Alaan
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AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsChristopher Jezewski, Ashish Agrawal, Kevin L. Lin, Abhishek Sharma, Carl Naylor, Urusa Alaan
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Integrated circuits including selectable vias are disclosed. The techniques are particularly well-suited to back end of line (BEOL) processes. In accordance with some embodiments, a selectable via includes a vertically-oriented thin film transistor structure having a wrap around gate, which can be used to effectively select (or deselect) the selectable via ad hoc. When a selectable via is selected, a signal is allowed to pass through the selectable via. Conversely, when the selectable via is not selected, a signal is not allowed to pass through the selectable via. The selectable characteristic of the selectable via allows multiple vias to share a global interconnect. The global interconnect can be connected to any number of selectable vias, as well as standard vias.
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