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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
May. 24, 1993
Michael F McAllister, Clintondale, NY (US);
James A McDonald, Newburgh, NY (US);
Keshav Prasad, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Gordon J Robbins, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Madhavan Swaminathan, Newburgh, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A thin-film arrangement for a non-planar structure is described. The structure includes a substrate and a plurality of thin-film layers stacked on top of each other above the substrate. The layers contain conductive patterns and vias that provide connections between the conductive pattern in one of the layers to the conductive pattern in another layer. Vias that provide a connection between the conductive pattern of one layer to the conductive pattern in another remotely located layer are offset and in contact with respect to each other and are positioned in a non-linear arrangement, preferably in the form of a helix or a multiple helix.