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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Frank Armstrong, Terrell, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H01L 21/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/49838 (2013.01); H01L 21/4807 (2013.01); H01L 21/4867 (2013.01); H01L 23/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a substrate having a surface, functional metallic traces on a first portion of the surface that are electrically connected to carry current in the electronic device and have a first density, and dummy metallic traces on a second portion of the surface that are electrically isolated from the functional metallic traces and have a second density that is within at least 50% of the first density.