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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Smith, Inner Grove Heights, MN (US);
Edward Shamble, Milpitas, CA (US);
Walter Branco, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
216 72 ; 216 67 ; 216 77 ; 438612 ; 438634 ; 438636 ; 438637 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of etching a bond pad in a semiconductor or integrated circuit, a method of using an etching apparatus and a semiconductor device.