Patent ID: 8182069

Claim:
A silicon based module, comprising: a substrate; first and second silicon chips on the substrate; and, first and second pluralities of repetitive silicon based structures associated with the first and second silicon chips, respectively, wherein: each repetitive silicon based structure is a same type of structure; at least respective portions of the repetitive silicon based structures in the first plurality of repetitive silicon based structures are aligned in a longitudinal direction for the module; at least respective portions of the repetitive silicon based structures in the second plurality of repetitive silicon based structures are aligned in the longitudinal direction; adjacent repetitive silicon based structures in the first plurality of repetitive silicon based structures are separated by a first longitudinal distance in the longitudinal direction; adjacent repetitive silicon based structures in the second plurality of repetitive silicon based structures are separated by the first longitudinal distance in the longitudinal direction; a first repetitive silicon based structure from the first plurality of repetitive silicon based structures is located at one end of the first plurality of repetitive silicon based structures; a second repetitive silicon based structure from the first plurality of repetitive silicon based structures is adjacent the first silicon based structure in the longitudinal direction; a third repetitive silicon based structure from the second plurality of repetitive silicon based structures is located at one end of the second plurality of repetitive silicon based structures such that: the first and third repetitive silicon based structures overlap in a process direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and, a second longitudinal distance, in the longitudinal direction, between the second and third repetitive silicon based structures is equal to the first longitudinal distance; the first and second pluralities of repetitive silicon based structures are positioned to conform to a critical dimension; the critical distance is equal to the first and second longitudinal distances; and, the critical dimension is a required relative position for repetitive silicon based structures, adjacent with respect to the longitudinal direction, such that the adjacent repetitive silicon based structures or the module function in compliance with a performance parameter.