Patent ID: 7875826

Claim:
A method of fabricating a conductive line, comprising: providing a substrate having a blanket layer of conductive material disposed thereon; removing of a first portion of the blanket layer of conductive material so as to form one or more gaps that define a first line, the gaps being adjacent to the first line, the first line having at least a first segment of a first width and a second segment of a second width, the first and second widths being different; increasing of the width of a first gap of the one or more gaps by removal of one of either a first portion of the first line or a second portion of the blanket layer, the first gap adjacent to the first segment, by a first amount; and increasing of the width of a second gap of the one or more gaps by removal of one of either a second portion of the first line or a third portion of the blanket layer, the second gap adjacent to the second segment, by a second amount wherein the first and second increasing depend upon a desired electrical characteristic; wherein the first amount and the second amount are different from each other, and the first amount is determined based at least in part on the first width, and the second amount is determined based at least in part on the second width.