IP Library Granted Patent US 12,550,719
Granted Patent B2
US 12,550,719 · App. 17/945,498 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

VTFET circuit with optimized output

Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo (Wynantskill, NY); Brent A. Anderson (Jericho, VT); Lawrence A. Clevenger (Saratoga Springs, NY); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Albert M. Chu (Nashua, NH); Reinaldo Vega (Mahopac, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L23/5283H01L21/76807H01L21/76877H01L23/5226H01L23/5228H10D30/025H10D30/63
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Patent No.
US 12,550,719
App. No.
17/945,498
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a first via level forming a bottom jumper configured to provide an output; a first set of two or more first metallization tracks overlying the first via level; a second via level forming a first top jumper overlying the first set of two or more first metallization tracks; and a second metallization track overlying the second via level.

Claims (23)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first via level forming a bottom jumper configured to provide an output;

a first set of two or more first metallization tracks overlying the first via level;

a second via level forming a first top jumper overlying the first set of two or more first metallization tracks; and

a second metallization track directly overlying the second via level, wherein the second metallization track extends over the first set of two or more first metallization tracks, covers an upper surface of the first top jumper, and is in direct contact with the upper surface of the first top jumper.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first via level is of a length that is unequal to a length of the second via level.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of two or more first metallization tracks comprises at least three or more first metallization tracks, and spacing between the at least three or more first metallization tracks is unequal.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of first metallization tracks are formed by a subtractive process.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first via level, the second via level, and the second metallization track are formed by a damascene process.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second via level forms a second top jumper overlying a second set of first metallization tracks.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the second top jumper is of a length that is different from a length of the first top jumper.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the second top jumper overlies one metallization track of the second set of first metallization tracks.

9 . A semiconductor structure comprising:

a bottom jumper formed in a substrate;

a first M 1 track and a second M 1 track each overlying the bottom jumper;

a first top jumper overlying the first M 1 track and the second M 1 track; and

a first M 2 track directly overlying the first top jumper, wherein

the first M 2 track extends over the first M 1 track and the second M 1 track, covers an upper surface of the first top jumper, and is in direct contact with the upper surface of the first top jumper.

10 . The semiconductor structure of claim 9 , further comprising:

a third M 1 track overlying the bottom jumper, wherein the first M 1 track, the second M 1 track, and the third M 1 track are unequally spaced.

11 . The semiconductor structure of claim 9 , further comprising:

a second top jumper overlying at least a third set M 1 track, wherein the first M 2 track extends to and overlies the second top jumper.

12 . The semiconductor structure of claim 11 , wherein the first top jumper and the second top jumper are of unequal lengths.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: LANZILLO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY; ANDERSON, BRENT A.; CLEVENGER, LAWRENCE A.; XIE, RUILONG; CHU, ALBERT M.; VEGA, REINALDO
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061107/0929 →
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