Integrated circuit bond pad structures

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2005-11-08

2010-06-22

Garber, Charles D (Department: 2812)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Combined with electrical contact or lead

Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum

C257S759000, C257S760000, C257S784000, C257S779000, C438S612000, C438S618000, C438S109000, C438S106000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07741716

ABSTRACT:
Integrated circuit bond pads are provided for forming wire bonds to integrated circuit package pins. Each pad uses a bond pad structure that provides room for under-pad circuitry. The under-pad circuitry can be connected to other circuitry on the integrated circuit, thereby providing efficient use of circuit real estate. The bond pad structures are formed in the dielectric stack portion of the integrated circuit using dummy bond pads and bond pad support structures. Bond pad support structures may be formed from metal in metal interconnect layers. Vias may be used to connect the bond pad support structures to each other and to the dummy bond pads. Bond pad support structures may be formed in a polysilicon layer at the bottom of the dielectric stack. A contact layer contains metal plugs that connect the polysilicon bond pad support structures to the lowermost metal-layer bond pad support structures.

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