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Parasitic current barriers

US6278186A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 1998
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment a substrate 14 is patterned to have high and low conductive areas 110, 112, respectively. Metal lines 104, 108 in dielectric layer 16 pass transversely over the areas 110, 112. The areas 112 interrupt parasitic inductive current induced in the substrate 14.

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