Patent · US Expired

Zoom in pin nest structure, test vehicle having the structure, and method of fabricating the structure

US7154115B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims
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Filing dateMar 26, 2003
Grant dateDec 26, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L22/34
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A test vehicle (100) comprises a substrate (99), a plurality of nested serpentine lines (202) on the substrate, and a plurality of test pads (204) on the substrate. Each serpentine line has a plurality of turn sections that comprise two parallel line segments connected by a perpendicular line segment. Each of the plurality of test pads is connected to a respective turn section of a respective one of the nested serpentine lines. Each pair of test pads connected to one of the subset of the nested serpentine lines has at least a respectively different turn section portion connected therebetween.

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