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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert L. Barry, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Phillip F. Chapman, Colchester, VT (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Michael L. Gautsch, Jericho, VT (US);
Mark D. Jaffe, Shelburne, VT (US);
Kevin N. Ogg, Burlington, VT (US);
Bradley A. Orner, Fairfax, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are guard ring structures with an electrically insulated gap in a substrate to reduce or eliminate device coupling of integrated circuit chips, methods of manufacture and design structures. The method includes forming a guard ring structure comprising a plurality of metal layers within dielectric layers. The method further includes forming diffusion regions to electrically insulate a gap in a substrate formed by segmented portions of the guard ring structure.