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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Fong-yuan Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chun-Chen Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Po-Hsiang Huang, Tainan, TW;
Lee-Chung Lu, Taipei, TW;
Chung-Te Lin, Tainan, TW;
Jerry Chang Jui Kao, Taipei, TW;
Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Zhubei, TW;
Chin-Chou Liu, Zhubei, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit device includes a device layer having devices spaced in accordance with a predetermined device pitch, a first metal interconnection layer disposed above the device layer and coupled to the device layer, and a second metal interconnection layer disposed above the first metal interconnection layer and coupled to the first metal interconnection layer through a first via layer. The second metal interconnection layer has metal lines spaced in accordance with a predetermined metal line pitch, and a ratio of the predetermined metal line pitch to predetermined device pitch is less than 1.