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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Jing-Cheng Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jui-Pin Hung, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Min-Chen Lin, Tainan, TW;
Yi-Hang Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 21/44 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 24/13 (2013.01); H01L 24/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment integrated circuit structure includes a substrate, a metal pad over the substrate, a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) structure over the substrate and electronically connected to the metal pad, a thin oxide film layer directly over a top surface of the PPI structure, and a polymer layer over the thin oxide film layer and PPI structure.