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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Gwo-yuh Shiau, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-shiung Tsai, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Gwo-Yuh Shiau, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Shiung Tsai, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/224 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure provide a microelectronic device. The microelectronic device includes a sensing element formed in the semiconductor substrate; a trench isolation feature formed in the semiconductor substrate; a bonding pad formed at least partially in the trench isolation feature; and interconnect features formed over the sensing element and the trench isolation feature, being coupled to the sensing element and the bonding pad, and isolated from each other by interlayer dielectric.