Patent ID: 11935833
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the forming the plurality of first metal segments includes:
forming a first set of pairs of first metal segments alternating with a second set of pairs of first metal segments;

each pair of first metal segments of the first set of pairs of first metal segments and of the second set of pairs of first metal segments has a first pitch;
the pairs of first metal segments of the first set of pairs of first metal segments and the pairs of first metal segments of the second set of pairs of first metal segments have a second pitch; and
the second pitch is a multiple of the first pitch; and
the forming the plurality of second metal segments includes:
forming each second metal segment of the plurality of second metal segments having a width corresponding to a predetermined minimum width for the second metal level.