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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Haolu Xie, Chandler, AZ (US);
Chi-taou Tsai, Chandler, AZ (US);
Patrick L. Rakers, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Haolu Xie, Chandler, AZ (US);
Chi-Taou Tsai, Chandler, AZ (US);
Patrick L. Rakers, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A shield for differential transmission lines formed in a first metal layer may include one or more floating shields, each floating shield comprising an upper-side tile formed in a second metal layer of the integrated circuit adjacent to the first metal layer, a lower-side tile formed in a third metal layer of the integrated circuit adjacent to the first metal layer and non-adjacent to the second metal layer, and at least one via configured to electrically couple the upper-side tile at an end of the length of the upper-side tile to the lower-side tile and at an end of the length of the lower-side tile.