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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sailesh Chittipeddi, Allentown, PA (US);
Keelathur N. Vasudevan, Macungie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3544 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3544 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a die located on a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, the die includes a circuit region located within a circuit perimeter of the die. In addition, the die includes a bond pad region located between the circuit perimeter and an outer perimeter of the die. Also the die includes an alignment mark located within the bond pad region.