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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventor:
Nikolay Ilkov, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 22/34 (2013.01); H01L 23/562 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device including an electrical conductive sensor structure connected to a sensor circuit. At least a part of the electrical conductive sensor structure is located below a pad of the semiconductor device. Further, the sensor circuit is configured to detect a value or a change of a value of an electrical parameter associated with the electrical conductive sensor structure indicating a crack within proximity of the pad.