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H10W 20/40

Interconnections external to wafers or substrates, e.g. back-end-of-line [BEOL] metallisations or vias connecting to gate electrodes

Introduced: January 2026

Full Title

Interconnections in chips, wafers or substrates > Interconnections external to wafers or substrates, e.g. back-end-of-line [BEOL] metallisations or vias connecting to gate electrodes

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 5 additional codes.

5 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2026.

Child Classifications

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  • H10W 20/481 CPC only CPC only
  • H10W 20/497 CPC only CPC only
  • H10W 20/498 CPC only CPC only