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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1998
Jae Woon Kim, Choongcheongbuk-Do, KR;
Jong Hoon Park, Choongcheongbuk-Do, KR;
Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., Ichon-shi, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device, and more particularly to a structure of a semiconductor wafer and a fabrication method of semiconductor chips. According to the present invention, a semiconductor wafer containing a plurality of semiconductor chip portions has a plurality of chip scribe lanes formed between the semiconductor chip portions. A plurality of chip bonding pads are formed on the semiconductor chip portions of the wafer, and a plurality of wafer probing pads are formed on the chip scribe lanes. The wafer probing pads are electrically connected to internal circuits of the semiconductor chip portions and/or to corresponding ones of the chip bonding pads.