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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Young-Jin Park, Kyungki-do, KR;
Gerhard Mueller, Meitingen, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3528 ; H01L 2/352 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3528 ; H01L 2/352 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit having conductive lines with non-rectangular shaped cross-sections. The non-rectangular shaped cross-sections facilitate a reduction in line pitch without increasing capacitive coupling noise between adjacent conductive lines or, alternatively, reduction in capacitive coupling noise between adjacent lines for a given pitch.