Patent ID: 7619309

Claim:
An integrated circuit connection arrangement, comprising: an electrically conductive outer conductive structure being arranged at least partly in a cutout of an electrically insulating insulation layer, the outer conductive structure having at least one edge region adjoining the insulating layer outside the cutout, the at least one edge region being integrally formed with the outer conductive structure; an electrically conductive inner conductive structure being arranged at a bottom of the cutout toward a first side of the cutout and adjoining the outer conductive structure at a bottom of the cutout in a contact zone; a contact area arranged at the outer conductive structure on a second side of the cutout, where the contact zone does not overlap the contact area in a direction normal to an area of the inner conductive structure adjoining the contact zone, the bottom of the cutout, in the normal direction, overlapping at least half of the contact area; and an edge of the cutout is arranged at a distance from a main current path of the outer conductive structure, the main current path arranged between the contact area and the inner conductive structure, the edge of the cutout unrestrictive to the main current path, and arranged outside the main current path, where the distance is at least about 10 nm.