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Metal trace with reduced RF impedance resulting from the skin effect

  • US 6,740,956 B1
  • Filed: 08/15/2002
  • Issued: 05/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:

  • a layer of insulation material formed over a semiconductor substrate; and

    a metal trace formed in the layer of insulation material, the metal trace having a base region and a plurality of spaced-apart fingers that extend away from a bottom surface of the base region, a top surface of the metal trace and a top surface of the insulation material lying in different horizontal planes, the metal trace formlng a number of loops such that the base region is formed in a number of loops.

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