Patent ID: 7030507

Claim:
A test pattern formed in order to understand alignment state and cause of alignment failure between lower metal wiring and via contacts when multi-layer metal wiring is formed in a cell area, the test pattern comprising: a plurality of lower metal patterns for test, each of said lower metal patterns being in the shape of a crank, each crank-shaped pattern having a first and second end, the first end of a first crank-shaped pattern being parallel and adjacent to, but displaced from the second end of a second crank-shaped pattern; hole patterns formed in such a manner that, in relation to the crank-shaped lower metal patterns having the first end of the first lower metal pattern overlapping the second end of the second lower metal pattern such that a first hole pattern disposed at an upper side is shifted leftward and downward by a predetermined angle so as to expose the first end of the first lower metal pattern, and a second hole pattern disposed at a lower side is shifted rightward and upward by a predetermined angle so as to expose the second end of the second lower metal pattern; and upper metal patterns formed in such a manner that each upper metal pattern interconnects a front end of each lower metal pattern and a rear end of an adjacent lower metal pattern overlapping on each other in a view along a vertical line.