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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Ray Parkhurst, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Tarak Railkar, Plano, TX (US);

William Snodgrass, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

Ray Parkhurst, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Tarak Railkar, Plano, TX (US);

William Snodgrass, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate and a metal layer disposed over the substrate. The metal layer comprises a first electrical trace and a second electrical trace. The semiconductor structure comprises a conductive pillar disposed directly on and in electrical contact with the first electrical trace; and a dielectric layer selectively disposed between the metal layer and the conductive pillar. The dielectric layer electrically isolates the second electrical trace from the pillar.


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