Conductive routings in integrated circuits
AssigneeVolterra Semiconductor Corporation
InventorCharles Nickel
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Abstract
An integrated circuit structure with a first layer that has a first conductive area and a second conductive area that is electrically isolated from the first area, and a second layer that has a third conductive area and a fourth conductive area that is electrically isolated from the third area. An edge of the first conductive area has an extended region that protrudes into the second conductive area. An edge of the fourth conductive area has an extended region that protrudes into the third conductive area. The first area is electrically coupled to the fourth area, and the second area is electrically coupled to the third area.
Claims40
An integrated circuit structure comprising:
- a first layer having a first conductive area and a second conductive area electrically isolated from the first conductive area, the first conductive area having an extended region at an edge of the first conductive area, the extended region of the first conductive area protruding into the second conductive area;
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- a second layer over the first layer, the second layer having a third conductive area and a fourth conductive area electrically isolated from the third conductive area, the fourth conductive area having an extended region at an edge of the fourth conductive area that is electrically coupled to the extended region of the first conductive area.
An integrated circuit structure comprising:
- a substrate having a first plurality of doped regions and a second plurality of doped regions;
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- a first layer over the substrate, the first layer having a first conductive area, the first conductive area being a substantially continuous plane of a conductive material providing a conductive coupling to the first plurality of doped regions covered by the first conductive area, the first conductive area having at least one isolated structure within the first conductive area for providing a conductive coupling between a second layer above the first conductive area and the second plurality of doped regions covered by the first conductive area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.