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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Malta, NY (US);
Inventors:
James P. Mazza, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Navneet K. Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
Xuelian Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jia Zeng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahbub Rashed, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc., Malta, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 21/76898 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 23/5286 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to local interconnect power rails merged with upper power rails and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an active cell including contacts enclosed in active regions; at least one local interconnect power rail connecting to the contacts of the active regions; and at least one power rail above and connected to the at least one local interconnect power rail.