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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Jason Stephens, Cohoes, NY (US);
Vikrant Chauhan, Ossining, NY (US);
Lawrence Clevenger, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Ning Lu, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Albert Chu, Nashua, NH (US);
GlobalFoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Methodologies enabling BEoL VNCAPs in ICs and resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include: providing a plurality of mandrel recesses extending horizontally on a substrate, each of the mandrel recesses having an identical width and being separated from another one of the mandrel recesses by an identical distance; providing a plurality of routes, each of the plurality of routes being positioned in a different one of the mandrel recesses; and providing first and second vertical segments on the substrate, the first vertical segment being connected to a set of the plurality of routes and separated from the second vertical segment, and the second vertical segment being separated from the set of routes.