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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Gary S. Ditlow, Garrison, NY (US);
Daria R. Dooling, Huntington, VT (US);
David E. Moran, South Burlington, VT (US);
Richard L. Moore, Colchester, VT (US);
Gustavo E. Tellez, Cornwall on Hudson, NY (US);
Ralph J. Williams, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Thomas W. Wilkins, Shelburne, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit having improved defect-limited yield. Each conductor on the integrated circuit is represented as an electrical element of a network, having branch voltages and currents. The width of the conductor is advantageously selected to have the minimum width necessary to produce signal levels that have sufficient noise margins. An integrated circuit conductive grid is thus realized having a reduced cross sectional area along a portion of various conductor element lengths, to reduce the risk that particles produced during manufacturing will result in bridging of adjacent conductor elements.