Itt Industries, Inc.

Alcatel N.v.

Hans Reiner

Werner Auth

Matjaz Florjancic

Horst Richter

Stauros Smernos

Coaxial signal lines of rectangular cross-section are fabricated for use in integrated high- and ultra-high-frequency circuits, thereby eliminating crosstalk. A photolithographic film not only assists in the formations of metallic conductive areas, but also remains between those conductive areas as the dielectric material between inner and outer conductors of a fully shielded rectangular coaxial cable. The coaxial cable is formed in a process which comprises various photoprocessing, electrodeposition, chemical deposition and chemical etching steps, but which avoids mechanical surfacing to remove insulating material from adjacent portions of the conductive walls of the outer conductor of the coaxial cable.

Method for fabricating a fully shielded signal line

A monolithically very large scale integrated circuit (VLSI) having any arbitrarily given structure and an internal test circuit only requiring one, two or three additional outer terminals wherein the test circuit is integrated therein. In one embodiment the test circuit contains a counter and a combinational circuit interconnected with the counter reading outputs thereof as well as selection switches associated with test points and where the first of the additional terminals is connected to the counting input of the counter.

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Gerlingen, Germany

Hans Reiner