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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1990

Filed:

Nov. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Surinder Krishna, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

Manuel L Torreno, Jr, Richardson, TX (US);

Michael S Adler, Schenectady, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 34 ; 357 48 ; 357 52 ; 357 68 ;
Abstract

Premature avalanche breakdown resulting from high electric fields produced by metal interconnections crossing underlying high conductivity regions of an integrated circuit is eliminated by selectively providing discontinuities in the high conductivity regions underlying the metal interconnection paths.


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