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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
Akinori Shindo, Hokuto, JP;
Masatoshi Tagaki, Suwa, JP;
Hideaki Kurita, Sakata, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor layer including an active region and an isolation region provided around the active region; an element formed in the active region; an interlayer dielectric formed above the semiconductor layer; and an electrode pad formed above the interlayer dielectric and having a rectangular planar shape having a short side and a long side, the electrode pad at least partially covering the element when viewed from a top side, and the semiconductor layer positioned in a specific range outward from a line extending vertically downward from the short side of the electrode pad being a forbidden region.