Patent ID: 8413098

Claim:
A T-connection, comprising: an electrically conductive damascene wire T-junction comprising a square body and first, second and third integral arms projecting in directions perpendicular to respective sides of said body, each arm of said three integral arms having first and second opposite sides and having a same physical first width that is the same as a length of a side of said body and having a same physical length extending away from said body, said first sides of each arm of said three integral arms coextensive with the side of said body that the arm projects from; an electrically conductive damascene wire step-junction comprising a first section having said first width and an integral and abutting second section having a second width, said second width different from said first width, a side of said first section integral and coextensive with said second side of said first arm of said T-junction; and wherein top surfaces of said T-junction and said step-junction are coplanar.