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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Liang-Yao Lee, Taoyuan, TW;
Tsung-Chieh Tsai, Chu-Bei, TW;
Juing-Yi Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Yi Lee, Beipu Township, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip has a plurality of gate structures disposed over a substrate. A plurality of metal structures continuously extend from lower surfaces contacting the plurality of gate structures to upper surfaces contacting one or more interconnects within an overlying conductive interconnect layer. The plurality of metal structures are arranged at a first pitch that is larger than a second pitch of the plurality of gate structures.