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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Cathryn J. Christiansen, Huntington, VT (US);
Roger A. Dufresne, Fairfax, VT (US);
Charles W. Griffin, Jericho, VT (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 23/522 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Wiring structures with dummy metal features and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A structure includes a metal wiring structure, and dummy metal features in electrical and direct physical contact with the metal wiring structure in a same plane as the metal wiring structure. The dummy metal features do not change a resistance of the metal wiring structure and are remote from other structures.