IP Library Granted Patent US 6,940,148
Granted Patent B2
US 6,940,148 · App. 10/777,188 · Granted Sep 6, 2005

Semiconductor device capable of adjusting input resistance without changing input terminal capacitance

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Patent No.
US 6,940,148
App. No.
10/777,188
Granted
Sep 6, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device is capable of adjusting an input resistance without changing an input terminal capacitance. The capacitance formed by a capacitive wiring and a comb-shaped wiring can be adjusted by changing the length of the capacitive wiring. The resistance between the capacitive wiring and the ground potential can be adjusted by changing the positions of contacts which interconnect the capacitive wiring and a resistive wiring. Since the resistance can be adjusted simply by changing the connections of the contacts, only the input resistance can be adjusted without changing the input terminal capacitance.

Claims (11)

1. A semiconductor device having a plurality of input terminals, comprising:

a comb-shaped wiring disposed around a bonding pad which serves as each of the input terminal, at the same potential as said bonding terminal, said comb-shaped wiring having cavities and fingers at constant spaced intervals;

a capacitive wiring disposed in facing relation to said comb-shaped wiring and having fingers positioned respectively in said cavities of said comb-shaped wiring in an interdigitating fashion; and

a resistive wiring disposed underneath said capacitive wiring and connected to said capacitive wiring by a plurality of contacts, said resistive wiring having ends connected to a ground potential.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said bonding pad is rectangular in shape, and said comb-shaped wiring and said capacitive wiring are disposed in covering around relation to three sides of said bonding pad.

3. A semiconductor device having a plurality of input terminals, comprising:

a comb-shaped wiring disposed around a bonding pad which serves as each of the input terminal, at the same potential as said bonding terminal, said comb-shaped wiring having cavities and fingers at constant spaced intervals;

a capacitive wiring disposed in facing relation to said comb-shaped wiring and having fingers positioned respectively in said cavities of said comb-shaped wiring in an interdigitating fashion;

a resistive wiring disposed in a lower layer outside of a position where said capacitive wiring is disposed, and connected by a plurality of contacts to a layer in which said bonding pad is disposed, said resistive wiring having ends connected to a ground potential; and

joint wirings interconnecting said contacts and said capacitive wiring in said layer in which said bonding pad is disposed.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein said bonding pad is rectangular in shape, and said comb-shaped wiring and said capacitive wiring are disposed in covering around relation to three sides of said bonding pad.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032900/0568 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2004
From: YOSHIKUNI, HITOSHI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 014997/0838 →