Patent ID: 11876023
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A multi-layered integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
an IC layer having an inactive region and an active region;
wherein the active region comprises an active device;
wherein the inactive region comprises an inactive feature comprising a geometric feature having a geometric shape that extends along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis;
a film over the active device and the geometric feature;
wherein a first portion of the film is part of the active device;
wherein a second portion of the film is over the geometric feature such that a geometric shape of the film matches the geometric shape of the geometric feature;
wherein a footprint of the geometric shape of the film in the plane defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis is different from a footprint of the geometric shape of the geometric feature in the plane defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis; and
wherein a thickness of the film in a plane defined by the Z-axis and the X-axis comprises a difference between:
the footprint of the geometric shape of the film in the plane defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis; and
the footprint of the geometric shape of the geometric feature in the plane defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis.