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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Vincent Farys, Saint Martin d'Heres, FR;
Emmanuelle Serret, Vaulnaveys le Haut, FR;
Inventors:
Vincent Farys, Saint Martin d'Heres, FR;
Emmanuelle Serret, Vaulnaveys le Haut, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, Crolles, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/82 (2006.01); H01L 21/44 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H01L 21/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 21/0337 (2013.01); H01L 27/0207 (2013.01); G06F 17/5081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for defining parallel lines extending along a first direction in a same level of an integrated circuit, among which at least first and second lines separated by an even number of lines are interconnected, a space having a width at least equal to the minimum space between two lines separated by one line being left free, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, on either side of a minimum rectangle containing the first and the second lines.