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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Christophe Pierrat, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christophe Pierrat, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device and systems and methods for forming a semiconductor device are provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device can include patterning a first conductive element on a first layer of a semiconductor device, patterning a second conductive element on a second layer of a semiconductor device, and forming an electrical connection in a third layer of the semiconductor device at a predetermined location between the first and the second conductive elements, the connection between the first and the second conducting elements having a geometry that is larger in at least one dimension relative to the corresponding dimension of the second conductive element at the predetermined location.