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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Manoj Jain, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 22/34 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit wafer and fabrication method includes a probe pad structure in saw lanes between integrated circuits. The probe pad structure includes a probe pad with a plurality of pad segments. The pad segments are elements of an interconnect level of the wafer.