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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vincent Xavier Le Bars, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); G06F 30/394 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/535 (2013.01); G06F 30/394 (2020.01); H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 23/5228 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) including an IC cell arranged in a row of IC cells, wherein the IC cells in the row have substantially the same height, wherein the IC cell includes a portion of an intercell metal interconnect terminating at the IC cell at a metal layer or extending entirely through the IC cell on the metal layer and electrically connecting together a pair of nodes of a pair of IC cells, respectively.