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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Applicant:
Felix C. LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Felix C. Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/52 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device, including methods and arrangements for making the same, are described. The device includes an integrated circuit die having a plurality of bond pads. At least one bond pad on the active surface of the die is an extended I/O pad. Each extended I/O pad extends to at least one peripheral side edge of the die.