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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Takashi Kumagai, Chino, JP;
Hisanobu Ishiyama, Chino, JP;
Kazuhiro Maekawa, Chino, JP;
Satoru Ito, Suwa, JP;
Takashi Fujise, Shiojiri, JP;
Junichi Karasawa, Tatsuno-machi, JP;
Satoru Kodaira, Chino, JP;
Takayuki Saiki, Suwa, JP;
Hiroyuki Takamiya, Chino, JP;
Takashi Kumagai, Chino, JP;
Hisanobu Ishiyama, Chino, JP;
Kazuhiro Maekawa, Chino, JP;
Satoru Ito, Suwa, JP;
Takashi Fujise, Shiojiri, JP;
Junichi Karasawa, Tatsuno-machi, JP;
Satoru Kodaira, Chino, JP;
Takayuki Saiki, Suwa, JP;
Hiroyuki Takamiya, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An integrated circuit device includes a pad PDx and an electrostatic discharge protection element ESDx formed in a rectangular region and electrically connected with the pad PDx. The pad PDx is disposed in an upper layer of the electrostatic discharge protection element ESDx so that an arrangement direction of the pads is parallel to a long side direction of the region in which the electrostatic discharge protection element ESDx is formed, and the pad PDx overlaps part or the entirety of the electrostatic discharge protection element ESDx.