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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Michael Sommer, Raubling, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Sommer, Raubling, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A chip with a chip plane includes a functional area, a contact structure vertical with respect to the chip plane for connecting the functional area, which includes a conductive material, which has a predetermined length, and a vertical dummy-contact structure, which extends vertically into the functional area and which has an electrically conductive material and an insulation layer, the insulation layer being formed so that a current flow from an upper end of the dummy-contact structure to the functional area is prevented.