Patent · US Active

Die seal ring

US8710616B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
2References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 10, 2009
Grant dateApr 29, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 24, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/3011
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved die seal ring is described which includes at least one break. In the region of the break in the die seal ring, the doping is modified so that the impedance of the electrical path across the break through the substrate is increased. Offsets in the break may also be used and the offset may be within a break in a track and/or between breaks in different tracks, where the die seal ring includes more than one track.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.