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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:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Franco Mariani, Bad Abbach, DE;
Werner Kroeninger, Regensburg, DE;
Adolf Koller, Regensburg, DE;
Horst Theuss, Wenzenbach, DE;
Jens Arkenau, Regensburg, DE;
Inventors:
Franco Mariani, Bad Abbach, DE;
Werner Kroeninger, Regensburg, DE;
Adolf Koller, Regensburg, DE;
Horst Theuss, Wenzenbach, DE;
Jens Arkenau, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/58 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device and method. One embodiment provides a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of cut regions. A metal layer is located within a cut region. The metal layer includes a recess, the recess having a slit-like shape.