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Patent US7960833 - Integrated circuits and interconnect structure for integrated circuits - Google Patents
An integrated circuit comprises N plane-like metal layers, where N is an integer greater than one. A first plane-like metal layer includes M contact portions that communicate with the N plane-like metal layers, respectively, where M is an integer greater than one. The first plane-like metal layer and...http://www.google.com/patents/US7960833?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7960833 - Integrated circuits and interconnect structure for integrated circuits
Publication number US7960833 B2
Application number US 12/049,533
Also published as US7982280, US7989852, US8026550, US20080157209, US20080237649, US20080258240, US20080258241
Publication number 049533, 12049533, US 7960833 B2, US 7960833B2, US-B2-7960833, US7960833 B2, US7960833B2
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US 7960833 B2
40. The method of claim 39, further comprising implementing a quad flat no-lead (QFN) package using the leadframe and the integrated circuit.
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3 Communication from the European Patent Office dated Nov. 14, 2006 with the extended European Search Report for Application No. 06011396.6-2203, 6 pages.
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U.S. Classification 257/758, 438/499, 257/E23.144, 257/E27.105
Cooperative Classification H01L2224/84801, H01L2224/83801, H01L2224/37599, H01L2224/8485, H01L2924/00014, H01L2224/0401, H01L2924/181, H01L2224/16245, H01L2224/16, H01L2924/01006, H01L2924/01013, H01L2924/01029, H01L2924/01033, H01L2924/01082, H01L2924/014, H01L2924/3025, H01L2924/19041, H01L27/092, H01L2924/14, H01L2924/13091, H01L2924/01015, H01L2924/01004, H01L2924/01023, H01L23/367, H01L2924/01005, H01L2924/01074, H01L2924/30107, H01L2924/3011, H01L24/16, H01L23/5386, H01L24/02, H01L24/15, H01L23/4824, H01L23/5286, H01L2924/01078, H01L24/40, H01L2924/19042, H01L25/0657, H01L2924/0101, H01L2924/30105, H01L23/642, H01L25/072, H01L27/0207
European Classification H01L27/092, H01L25/065S, H01L23/482E, H01L27/02B2, H01L23/64C, H01L23/538G, H01L24/39, H01L24/02, H01L24/40, H01L24/34
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