DETECTION OF STRUCTURAL DEFECTS IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
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Applicant
STMicroelectronics International N.V.
Inventor
Laurent Lopez
IPC Classification
CPC Classification
The integrated circuit is equipped with an annular wall including, in a first part, an alternation of conductive stacks containing metal tracks distributed over several metal levels and having an alternately reversed trapezoidal longitudinal section, all these tracks forming together at least one electrically conductive path having at least one staircase portion in a second part of the wall. Defect-detection circuit are located in the integrated circuit and connected to semiconductor zones buried in the substrate under the second part of the wall and connected to the two ends of the at least one electrically conductive path.
Original (Chinese)
The integrated circuit is equipped with an annular wall including, in a first part, an alternation of conductive stacks containing metal tracks distributed over several metal levels and having an alternately reversed trapezoidal longitudinal section, all these tracks forming together at least one electrically conductive path having at least one staircase portion in a second part of the wall. Defect-detection circuit are located in the integrated circuit and connected to semiconductor zones buried in the substrate under the second part of the wall and connected to the two ends of the at least one electrically conductive path.
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