A method of designing a layout includes determining a first layout pattern, wherein the first layout pattern corresponds to a plurality of contact pads. The method further includes generating a second layout pattern. The method further includes checking whether an edge of the second layout pattern overlaps the first layout pattern. The method further includes adjusting the second layout pattern so that the edge of the second layout pattern overlaps the first layout pattern in response to a determination that the edge of the second layout pattern is separated from the first layout pattern.

Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a first graphene-containing-material offset from a second graphene-containing-material. The first graphene-containing-material includes a first graphene-layer-stack with first metal interspersed therein. The second graphene-containing-material includes a second graphene-layer-stack with second metal interspersed therein. A conductive interconnect couples the first and second graphene-containing materials to one another.

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a barrier metal layer provided on a surface of an insulating layer; and a conductive layer having a first metal layer provided on a surface of the barrier metal layer, and a second metal layer provided on a surface of the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes an identical metal to metal of the first metal layer, and an impurity configured to remove fluorine bonded to the metal.

A semiconductor interconnect and an electrode for semiconductor devices may include a thin film including a multielement compound represented by Formula 1 and having a thickness equal to or less than about 50 nm, a grain size (A) to thickness (B) ratio (A/B) equal to or greater than about 1.2, and a resistivity equal to or less than about 200 μΩ.Math.cm:

M.sub.n+1AX.sub.n  Formula 1 In Formula 1, M, A, X, and n are as described in the specification.

A terminal includes a first conductive layer; a wiring layer on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on the wiring layer; and a conductive bonding layer that is in contact with a bottom surface and a side surface of the first conductive layer, a side surface of the wiring layer, a portion of a side surface of the second conductive layer, and a portion of a bottom surface of the second conductive layer, wherein an end portion of the second conductive layer protrudes from an end portion of the first conductive layer and an end portion of the wiring layer, and wherein the conductive bonding layer is in contact with a bottom surface of the end portion of the second conductive layer.

A structure is provided including a substrate and a tungsten-containing layer. The tungsten-containing layer includes a nucleation layer disposed on the substrate and a bulk layer is disposed over the nucleation layer. The nucleation layer includes tungsten and the bulk layer includes about 0.1% to about 20% atomic molybdenum. The tungsten-containing layer includes a film stress of about 350 MPa to about 450 MPa.

Semiconductor device packages include a redistribution layer (RDL) with carbon-based conductive elements. The carbon-based material of the RDL may have low electrical resistivity and may be thin (e.g., less than about 0.2 μm). Adjacent passivation material may also be thin (e.g., less than about 0.2 μm). Methods for forming the semiconductor device packages include forming the carbon-based material (e.g., at high temperatures (e.g., at least about 550° C.)) on an initial support wafer with a sacrificial substrate. Later or separately, components of a device region of the package may be formed and then joined to the initial support wafer before the sacrificial substrate is removed to leave the carbon-based material joined to the device region.

A semiconductor structure includes a first contact pad over an interconnect structure. The semiconductor structure further includes a second contact pad over the interconnect structure, wherein the second contact pad is electrically separated from the first contact pad. The semiconductor structure further includes a first buffer layer over the first contact pad, wherein the first buffer layer is partially over the second contact pad, and an edge of the second contact pad farthest from the first contact pad extends beyond the first buffer layer.

Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include providing an underlying structure including a first insulating layer and forming a first metal structure, a first adhesion pattern, and a second insulating layer thereon. The second insulating layer may be on a side surface of the first metal structure, the first metal structure may include a metal pattern and a second adhesion pattern between the first insulating layer and the metal pattern, and the first adhesion pattern contacts side surfaces of the metal pattern and the second adhesion pattern. The methods may also include forming a second metal structure on the first metal structure. The metal pattern may include a contact portion protruding upwardly beyond an upper surface of the second insulating layer or may include an upper surface recessed with respect to the upper surface of the second insulating layer.

An electronic component includes a chip that has a main surface, an insulating layer that is laminated at a thickness exceeding 2200 nm on the main surface and has a first end on the chip side and a second end on an opposite side to the chip, and a resistive film that is arranged inside the insulating layer such as not to be positioned within a thickness range of less than 2200 nm on a basis of the first end and includes an alloy crystal constituted of a metal element and a nonmetal element.