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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2003
Applicants:

Ming-yi Lay, Hsinchu, TW;

Yong-fen Hsieh, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;

Shang-kung Tsai, Kaohsiung, TW;

Chin-kun Lo, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;

Inventors:

Ming-Yi Lay, Hsinchu, TW;

Yong-Fen Hsieh, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;

Shang-Kung Tsai, Kaohsiung, TW;

Chin-Kun Lo, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;

Assignee:

AU Optronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/4763 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Metal bumps for connecting a nonconducting substrate and a chip without lateral shorting are provided. In a first preferred embodiment, an insulating layer covers the entire sidewalls of all the metal bumps. In a second preferred embodiment, predetermined portions of a first metal bump and a second metal bump are covered with an insulating layer. For example, a first predetermined portion of the sidewall of the first metal bump may be zcovered with an insulating layer, while a second predetermined portion of the sidewall of the second sidewall is also covered with an insulating layer.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lay, Ming-Yi. (2006). Metal bump with an insulating sidewall and method of fabricating thereof (U.S. Patent No. 7041589). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7041589

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