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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Osamu Usuda, Tatsuno, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 71 ; 357 67 ;
Abstract
In a semiconductor device in which copper or copper alloy bonding wire is bonded to an electrode pad on a semiconductor element, the electrode pad is formed of a first metal layer ohmically contacting the semiconductor element, a second metal layer hard enough not to be deformed at wire bonding step, and a third metal layer for bonding a copper wire, to suppress variation in the electric characteristics of a bonding portion and the production of stain in the semiconductor element at wire bonding step.