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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Subhashish Mukherjee, Bangalore, IN;
Raja Selvaraj, Bangalore, IN;
Venugopal Gopinathan, Cambridge, MA (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An example integrated circuit die includes: a plurality of lower level conductor layers, a plurality of lower level insulator layers between the plurality of lower level conductor layers, a plurality of lower level vias extending vertically through the lower level insulator layers, a plurality of upper level conductor layers overlying the lower level conductor layers, a plurality of upper level insulator layers between and surrounding the upper level conductor layers, a plurality of upper level vias; at least two scribe seals arranged to form a vertical barrier extending vertically from the semiconductor substrate to a passivation layer at an upper surface of the integrated circuit die; and at least one opening extending vertically through one of the at least two scribe seals and extending through: the upper level conductor layers, the upper level via layers, the lower level conductor layers, and the lower level via layers.