Disclosed is a metal fill region of a semiconductor chip including a
plurality of layer sets of the semiconductor chip, each set including a
first metal fill layer, a second metal fill layer, and an insulation
layer included disposed in planes parallel to each other, a plurality of
metal fill pieces disposed in each of the metal fill layers, a metal fill
piece axis of each of the pieces, wherein each of the axes
perpendicularly intersects the planes of said metal fill layers and the
insulation layer from any point of reference, and a metal fill pattern
configured to position the pieces so that the axis of each piece in the
first metal fill layer is linearly displaced of the axis of each piece in
the second metal fill layer in at least one direction orthogonal to each
of the metal fill axes.