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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Pankaj K Jha, Chandigarh, IN;
Rajesh Bansal, New Delhi, IN;
Chetan Verma, Noida, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/788 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor die includes a first set of metal lines and a second set of metal lines. The first set of metal lines and the second set of metal lines are placed in alternate planes and are orthogonal to each other. A via is used to connect a first metal line from the first set of metal lines with a second metal line from the second set of metal lines. The via location is offset such that a side of the first metal line is aligned with a side of the second metal line. Consequently, a metal line adjacent to the first metal line does not need to detour around the via.