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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Mark J. Kuzawinski, Maine, NY (US);
Edward M. Wolf, St. Albans, VT (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Kuzawinski, Maine, NY (US);
Edward M. Wolf, St. Albans, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L023/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plating tail connected to a signal trace for use during an electroplating operation is fabricated such that it has a substantially different impedance from the signal trace at a characteristic frequency in use, so that adverse reflections during operation are reduced below a threshold of significance.