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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Glenn A Rinne, Cary, NC (US);
Joseph Daniel Mis, Cary, NC (US);
MCNC, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A solder bump structure on a microelectronic substrate including an electrical contact having an exposed portion. This solder bump structure includes an under bump metallurgy structure on the microelectronic substrate, and a solder structure on the under bump metallurgy structure opposite the microelectronic substrate. The metallurgy structure includes an elongate portion having a first end which electronically contacts the exposed portion of the electrical contact and an enlarged width portion connected to a second end of the elongate portion. The solder structure includes an elongate portion on the metallurgy structure and an enlarged width portion on the enlarged width portion of the metallurgy structure. Accordingly, the enlarged width portion of the solder structure can be formed on a portion of the microelectronic substrate other than the contact pad and still be electronically connected to the pad.