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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Tyler G. Hansen, Boise, ID (US);

Ming-Chuan Yang, Meridian, ID (US);

Vishal Sipani, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 21/033 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76895 (2013.01); H01L 21/0337 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01); H01L 21/76802 (2013.01); H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 21/76838 (2013.01); H01L 21/76877 (2013.01); H01L 23/522 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01); H01L 23/5329 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of an interconnect structure for an integrated circuit may include a first conductor coupled to circuitry, a second conductor, a dielectric between the first and second conductors, and a conductive underpass under and coupled to the first and second conductors and passing under the dielectric or a conductive overpass over and coupled to the first and second conductors and passing over the dielectric. The second conductor would be floating but for its coupling to the conductive underpass or the conductive overpass. In other embodiments, another dielectric might be included that would electrically isolate the second conductor but for its coupling to the conductive underpass or the conductive overpass.


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