Patent ID: 7161168

Claim:
A structure for use in fabricating wires, said structure comprising: a superlattice comprising a template portion, said template portion comprising: a plurality of channels wherein each of said channels includes two channel sidewalls that each includes an upper edge and a lower edge, said channels each further including a channel bottom that extends between the lower edge of said channel sidewalls, said channel sidewalls and channel bottom defining a trench that has a width, depth and length; a plurality of top surfaces that extend between the upper edges of the channel sidewalls of adjacent channels, said top surfaces defining plateaus that are located between said channels wherein each of said plateaus has a width and a length and wherein for each of said channels, said top surfaces and said channel sidewalls comprise a top surface/sidewall material and said channel bottom comprises a bottom material that is different from said top surface/sidewall material; and a wire-forming material in the form of a coating that is located on at least a portion of said top surfaces, said top surfaces and said channel sidewalls, said channel sidewalls and said channel bottoms or said channel bottoms.