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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Greg Braeckelmann, Grenoble, FR;
Hisao Kawasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Marius Orlowski, Meylan, FR;
Emmanuel Petitprez, Grenoble, FR;
Greg Braeckelmann, Grenoble, FR;
Hisao Kawasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Marius Orlowski, Meylan, FR;
Emmanuel Petitprez, Grenoble, FR;
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit comprising one or more dielectric layers the or each dielectric layer being provided with one or more interconnects wherein the interconnect comprises metallic atoms moving from a first region of the interconnect to a second region of the interconnect when a current flows, characterized in that the interconnect comprises a donor zone in the first region of the interconnect for providing metallic atoms in order to compensate for movement of atoms from the first region and a receptor zone at the second region of the interconnect for receiving metallic atoms in order to compensate for movement of atoms to the second region.