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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ranjith Kumar, Beaverton, OR (US);
Mark T. Bohr, Aloha, OR (US);
Ruth A. Brain, Portland, OR (US);
Marni Nabors, Portland, OR (US);
Tai-Hsuan Wu, Portland, OR (US);
Sourav Chakravarty, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/3953 (2020.01); G06F 113/18 (2020.01); G06F 115/08 (2020.01); H01L 23/50 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/3953 (2020.01); H01L 23/50 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); G06F 2113/18 (2020.01); G06F 2115/08 (2020.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit structure includes a metal level comprising a plurality of interconnect lines along a first direction. A cell is on the metal level, wherein one or more of the plurality of interconnect lines that extend through the cell comprise a power shared track that is segmented inside the cell into one or more power segments and one or more signal segments so that both power and signals share a same track.