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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Denys Nikolayev, Lviv, UA;
Wout Joseph, Vichte, BE;
Luc Martens, De Pinte, BE;
Alexandru Andrei, Wolluwe Saint Pierre, BE;
Carolina Mora Lopez, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Emmeric Tanghe, Ghent, BE;
IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
A method includes providing a first electrically conductive element over a top surface of a substrate. The method includes measuring at least one parameter indicative of the shape or dimensions of the first electrically conductive element. The method includes simulating the first electrically conductive element and a dielectric wall surrounding the first electrically conductive element for a plurality of wall heights by using the at least one parameter as an input. The method includes for each wall height, computing the maximum current density present at a surface of the first electrically conductive element. The method includes determining, from the maximum current densities, wall height(s) for which the maximum current density is below a threshold. Furthermore, the method includes providing a second electrically conductive element, identical to the first electrically conductive element, surrounded by a wall having a wall height of the determined wall height(s).