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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Kambiz Samadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Shreepad Amar Panth, Atlanta, GA (US);
Yang Du, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Robert Philip Gilmore, Poway, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A hard macro includes a periphery defining a hard macro area and having a top and a bottom and a hard macro thickness from the top to the bottom, the hard macro including a plurality of vias extending through the hard macro thickness from the top to the bottom. Also an integrated circuit having a top layer, a bottom layer and at least one middle layer, the top layer including a top layer conductive trace, the middle layer including a hard macro and the bottom layer including a bottom layer conductive trace, wherein the top layer conductive trace is connected to the bottom layer conductive trace by a via extending through the hard macro.