Patent ID: 6541868
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
A device having one or more conductive paths comprising:a first conductive element preformed on a substrate in a first plane; a second conductive element preformed on said substrate in a second plane displaced from the first plane, the second conductive element being laterally displaced from the first conductive element so that the first and second conductive elements do not have an overlapping region in a plain view of the substrate; an insulating material between the first and second conductive elements and having at least one fissure therethrough between the conductive elements, the at least one fissure including a fissure having a longitudinal axis between the first and second conductive elements which includes a lateral component between the first conductive element and the second conductive element; and one or more conductive links between selected ones of said first and second conductive elements, said one or more conductive links consisting essentially of the same conductive material as at least one of the conductive elements and being in the fissures through the insulating material between the first and second conductive elements.