IP Library Granted Patent US 8,072,078
Granted Patent B2
US 8,072,078 · App. 12/632,304 · Granted Dec 6, 2011

Semiconductor device and dummy pattern arrangement method

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Patent No.
US 8,072,078
App. No.
12/632,304
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of wiring patterns arranged in a first wiring layer of the semiconductor device and extending in a first direction, and a plurality of dummy patterns arranged in the first wiring layer and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of dummy patterns is arranged spaced apart from each of the plurality of wiring patterns and includes one or more dummy lands formed by separating a part of the dummy pattern opposed to the wiring pattern, from the rest part of the dummy pattern.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a plurality of wiring patterns arranged in a first wiring layer of the semiconductor device and extending in a first direction; and

a plurality of dummy patterns arranged in the first wiring layer and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein

each of the plurality of dummy patterns is arranged spaced apart from each of the plurality of wiring patterns and includes one or more dummy lands formed by separating a part of the dummy pattern opposed to the wiring pattern, from the rest part of the dummy pattern.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of dummy patterns includes the dummy land at both ends thereof.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the dummy lands along the second direction is narrower than a width of each of the rest parts of the plurality of dummy patterns.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein area of each of the dummy lands correspond to minimum pattern area of a wiring rule.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein two or more dummy lands are separated from the common opposing part of the dummy pattern.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , the plurality of wiring patterns is the plurality of first wiring patterns, wherein each of the plurality of dummy patterns is arranged so as not to overlap with each of a plurality of second wiring patterns arranged in a second wiring layer laminated on the first wiring layer.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , the plurality of dummy patterns is the plurality of first dummy patterns, further comprising:

one or more second dummy patterns arranged in the first wiring layer and overlapped with at least one of the plurality of second wiring patterns arranged in the second wiring layer, wherein

areas of the second dummy pattern is smaller than areas of the second wiring pattern.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of dummy pattern is arranged so as not to overlap with wiring patterns of a wiring layer laminated immediately above or below the first wiring layer, and the first direction and the second direction are substantially perpendicular to each other.

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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: ACACIA RESEARCH GROUP LLC; AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC; BONUTTI SKELETAL INNOVATIONS LLC; CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC; INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC; LIFEPORT SCIENCES LLC; LIMESTONE MEMORY SYSTEMS LLC; MERTON ACQUISITION HOLDCO LLC; MOBILE ENHANCEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC; MONARCH NETWORKING SOLUTIONS LLC; NEXUS DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC; PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC; R2 SOLUTIONS LLC; SAINT LAWRENCE COMMUNICATIONS LLC; STINGRAY IP SOLUTIONS LLC; SUPER INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES LLC; TELECONFERENCE SYSTEMS LLC; UNIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2009
From: KOBAYASHI, NAOHIRO
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