US Patent Issued to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings on May 13 for "Method and apparatus for electromigration reduction" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,610, issued on May 13, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for electromigration reduction" was invented by Yohan Piccin (Mouans-Sartoux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor circuit configured to reduce electromigration. The circuit comprises a power rail and ground rail located on a first layer. A power finger and a ground finger are located on a second layer. Cells are located on the second layer, such that the one or more cells are electrically connected to a power finger and a ground finger. The circuit also includes one or more power vias electrically c...