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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, NY (US);
Chi-Chun Liu, Altamont, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/544 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/3205 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/544 (2013.01); H01L 21/02118 (2013.01); H01L 21/31138 (2013.01); H01L 21/32051 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A security region is provided. The security region includes a plurality of parallel conductive lines on a substrate, wherein each of the parallel conductive lines has a width and includes a bend, and wherein at least a portion of the plurality of parallel conductive lines is discontinuous, and an electrically insulating material between each adjacent pair of parallel conductive lines.