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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Augusto M. Marques, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Augusto M. Marques, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
ST-Ericsson SA, Geneva, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/52 (2006.01); H01L 23/552 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A metal mesh structure for use in an integrated circuit is described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first region including, for example, a device layer having one or more active semiconductor devices. The circuit also includes a second region, which may include a metalization layer including circuit wires. The circuit further includes a layer of metal mesh interposed between the first and second regions, and which may be implemented on at least a portion of another metalization layer.