Patent ID: 7671445

Claim:
A system for dissipating aberrant charge occurring in a conductive structure during the fabrication of a semiconductor device, the system comprising: a ground plane upon which first and second intermediate structures are disposed; a focal structure disposed atop the ground plane between the first and second intermediate structures; a first conductive structure disposed atop the second intermediate structure, the focal structure, and a portion of the first intermediate structure; a third intermediate structure contiguously disposed atop the first conductive structure and the first intermediate structure; a void, formed through the first and third intermediate structures, providing conductive access to the ground plane; and a second conductive structure disposed atop the third intermediate structure, electrically coupling to the ground plane through the void; wherein the void is in a peripheral location that is distally removed from the focal structure and the first conductive structure, and any aberrant charge accumulated in the second conductive structure during device fabrication dissipates directly from the second conductive structure to the ground plane.