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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Sung-hsiung Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-ping Chao, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-yu Su, Taipei County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inductor utilizing a pad metal layer. The inductor comprises a metal spiral, a metal bridge, and a metal interconnect. The metal bridge is formed with the pad metal layer and a plurality of vias and has one end connected to the metal spiral. The metal interconnect is connected to the other end of the metal bridge. In addition, resistivity of the pad metal layer is lower than that of the metal spiral.