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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Nagao, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroaki Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/148 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/148 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor wafer of the present invention includes: a plurality of semiconductor chip areas each of which is to be a semiconductor chip; and a cut-off area for separating the plurality of semiconductor chip areas from one another so as to obtain the semiconductor chips, wherein: an integrated circuit and an electrode pad connected to the integrated circuit are provided in each of the semiconductor chip areas; and a probe pad connected to the electrode pad is provided in the cut-off area.