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Integrated circuit having an improved bond pad

US4959706A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1988
Grant dateSep 25, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/20753
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved bond pad on an integrated circuit has an elongated rectangular shape, on which the wire is bonded at a non-central location displaced toward an outer corner, so that there is room on the pad for a second bond site to be used for a rework bond. The pad corner closest to the path of a wire may be chamfered to reduce the distance of closest approach.

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