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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Thomas Melde, Dresden, DE;
Matthias U. Lehr, Dresden, DE;
Thomas Herrmann, Radebeul, DE;
Jens Hassmann, Dresden, DE;
Moritz Andreas Meyer, Dresden, DE;
Rakesh Kumar Kuncha, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of Back-End-Of-Line processing of a semiconductor device is provided including providing a layout for metal lines of a metallization layer of the semiconductor device, determining a semi-isolated metal line in the provided layout and shifting at least a portion of the determined semi-isolated metal line.