Patent ID: 11916010
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) structure, comprising:
a support;
a first conductive line over the support, the first conductive line having a longitudinal axis along a first direction parallel to the support;
a via over the first conductive line; and
a second conductive line over the via, the second conductive line having a longitudinal axis along a second direction parallel to the support and perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein:
the via has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion is between the first conductive line and the second portion, the second portion is between the first portion and the second conductive line, and a width of the second portion along the first direction is smaller than a width of the first portion along the first direction,
a first sidewall of the first conductive line is aligned with a first sidewall of the first portion, and
a second sidewall of the first conductive line is aligned with a second sidewall of the first portion.