Patent ID: 8779592

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a first conductive line disposed over the substrate, wherein the first conductive line is located in a first interconnect layer and extends along a first direction; a second conductive line and a third conductive line each extending along a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the second and third conductive lines are located in a second interconnect layer different from the first interconnect layer, and wherein the second and third conductive lines are separated by a gap that is located over or below the first conductive line; a fourth conductive line electrically coupling the second and third conductive lines together, the fourth conductive line being located in a third interconnect layer that is different from the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer; a fifth conductive line being located in the first interconnect layer; and a sixth conductive line being located in the second interconnect layer; wherein the fifth conductive line and the sixth conductive line are in direct physical contact.