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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Junjing Bao, San Diego, CA (US);
John Jianhong Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
Giridhar Nallapati, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 21/7684 (2013.01); H01L 21/76841 (2013.01); H01L 23/53238 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are standard cells and methods for fabricating standard cells used in semiconductor device design and fabrication. Aspects disclosed include a standard cell having a plurality of wide metal lines. The wide metal lines being formed from copper. The standard cell also includes a plurality of narrow metal lines. The narrow metal lines are formed from a material that has a lower resistance than copper for line widths on the order of twelve nanometers or less.