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Topside sealing of integrated circuit device

US4686559A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1984
Grant dateAug 11, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved topside sealing of integrated circuit devices is disclosed which provided for hermetically sealing the top surface of the device comprising depositing a sealing layer of a nitride compound directly on the surface to be sealed. In a preferred embodiment, a protective layer may then be deposited over the nitride layer without any intervening masking steps being necessary.

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