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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Tsui Ping Chu, Kuching, MY;
Hyung Sun Yook, Kuching, MY;
Poh Ching Sim, Kuching, MY;
Inventors:
Assignee:
X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG, Erfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 23/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/5227 (2013.01); H01L 23/645 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an integrated circuit an inductor metal layer is provided separately to the top metal layer, which includes the power and signal routing metal lines. Consequently, high performance inductors can be provided, for instance by using a moderately high metal thickness substantially without requiring significant modifications of the remaining metallization system.