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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:
Sep. 13, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Thomas, Woodlands, TX (US);
Larry W Nye, Sherman, TX (US);
Richard M Brook, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437189 ; 437201 ; 437203 ; 437228 ; 148D / ;
Abstract
The invention is a method of preventing active metal circuit corrosion on a semiconductor device. Non-corrosive multi-layers of metals are applied over the entire surface of a semiconductor, and then the multi-layers are etched to separate the portions on device contacts from the portions on the non-contact areas of the semiconductor device.