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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. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Susumu Tanida, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 48 ; 257415 ; 324757 ; 324765 ;
Abstract
A contact check circuit of a semiconductor device includes N-channel MOS transistors connected in series between pads located at opposing ends, with their gates respectively connected to intermediate pads. At the contact check, conduction between opposing pads is checked, applying an 'H' level to probes corresponding to the pads. Thus contact between the pads and probes of a semiconductor testing apparatus can be checked at once.