Integrated circuits having multi-level wiring layouts designed to inhibit
the capacitive-resistance effect, and a method for fabricating such
integrated circuits, is described. The integrated circuits have at least
two planes of wiring adjacent to each other and extending in the same
direction. One embodiment may further include a larger than normal
insulator material between planes of wiring extending in one direction
and at least one plane of wiring extending in a second direction
transverse to the first direction. Each of the wiring channels in a
wiring plane may be offset relative to a respective wiring channel in the
next adjacent wiring plane which extends in the same direction.