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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Stephen Peter Ayotte, Bristol, VT (US);
Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Timothy Dooling Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
Kimball M. Watson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Stephen Peter Ayotte, Bristol, VT (US);
Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Timothy Dooling Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
Kimball M. Watson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A structure and a method. The method includes: forming a dielectric layer on a substrate; forming electrically conductive first and second wires in the dielectric layer, top surfaces of the first and second wires coplanar with a top surface of the dielectric layer; and either (i) forming an electrically conductive third wire on the top surface of the dielectric layer, and over the top surfaces of the first and second wires, the third wire electrically contacting each of the first and second wires, the third wire not detectable by optical microscopy or (ii) forming an electrically conductive third wire between the top surface of the dielectric layer and the substrate, the third wire electrically contacting each of the first and second wires, the third wire not detectable by optical microscopy.