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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Donald R. Letourneau, Winooski, VT (US);
Patrick S. Spinney, Charlotte, VT (US);
Leah J. Bagley, Milton, VT (US);
John M. Sutton, Essex Junction, VT (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to wire bond pad structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: bond pads in an active region of a chip; test pad structures in a kerf region of the chip; and hardmask material in the kerf region between the test pad structures and the bond pads. The surfaces of the test pad structures and the bond pads are devoid of the hardmask material.
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