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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akishige Murakami, Sendai, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/352 ; H01L 2/340 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/352 ; H01L 2/340 ;
Abstract
The present invention aims at improving the lifetime of the wiring connecting to the hole nearest to the bonding pad and thereby improving the reliability of the semiconductor device. The invention relates to such semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of first metal layers connected to a bonding pad, and plurality of aluminum wirings respectively connected to the first metal layers. The plurality of aluminum wirings are connected to a single second metal layer and have a length equal to or short than Blech Length.