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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 24/11 (2013.01); H01L 24/13 (2013.01); H01L 2224/0401 (2013.01); H01L 2224/05624 (2013.01); H01L 2224/1146 (2013.01); H01L 2224/1147 (2013.01); H01L 2224/1308 (2013.01); H01L 2224/13111 (2013.01); H01L 2224/13139 (2013.01); H01L 2224/13147 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H01L 2224/32225 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73204 (2013.01); H01L 2924/351 (2013.01);
Abstract
When forming sophisticated semiconductor devices including metal pillars arranged on contact pads, which may comprise aluminum, device performance and reliability may be improved by avoiding exposure of the contact pad material to the ambient atmosphere, in particular during and between dicing and packaging processes. To this end, the contact pad material may be covered by a protection layer or may be protected by the metal pillars itself, thereby concurrently improving mechanical stress distribution in the device.