Semiconductor integrated circuit device and fabrication method for the same
View Patent ↗The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: an active element, an interlayer insulting film, first and second metal patterns made of a first metal layer formed right above the active element, first and second buses made of a second metal layer formed right above the first metal layer, and contact pads provided on the first and second buses. The contact pad has a probe testing region and a bonding region.
1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:
an integrated active element formed on a semiconductor substrate;
an interlayer insulating film formed on the active element;
at least one or more first metal patterns made of a first metal layer formed in the interlayer insulating film at a position right above the active element, for acting as a first electrode of the active element;
at least one or more second metal patterns made of the first metal layer for acting as a second electrode of the active element;
a first bus made of a second metal layer formed in the interlayer insulating film at a position right above the first metal layer, the first bus being electrically connected with the at least one or more first metal patterns;
a second bus made of the second metal layer, the second bus being electrically connected with the at least one or more second metal patterns;
wherein each of the first bus and the second bus has at least one or more slits; and
at least one or more contact pads provided on the first bus and the second bus,
wherein the contact pad has a probe testing region and a bonding region.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the active element is a power transistor.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the probe testing regions adjacent to each other and the bonding regions adjacent to each other are respectively placed to be different in the distance from a neighboring chip side.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first bus and the second bus has a rectangular shape whose short side is a side parallel to a neighboring chip side and whose long side is a side orthogonal to the chip side.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the probe testing region is placed closer to the chip periphery than the bonding region.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bonding region is placed closer to the chip periphery than the probe testing region.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the probe testing regions are placed in a staggered array with respect to one direction.
8. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:
an integrated active element formed on a semiconductor substrate;
an interlayer insulating film formed on the active element;
at least one or more first metal patterns made of a first metal layer formed in the interlayer insulating film at a position right above the active element, for acting as a first electrode of the active element;
at least one or more second metal patterns made of the first metal layer for acting as a second electrode of the active element;
at least one or more first buses made of a second metal layer formed in the interlayer insulating film at a position right above the first metal layer, the first bus being electrically connected with a corresponding first metal pattern among the at least one or more first metal patterns;
at least one or more second buses made of the second metal layer, the second bus being electrically connected with a corresponding second metal pattern among the at least one or more second metal patterns;
wherein each of the first bus and the second bus has at least one or more slits;
at least one or more contact pads for probe testing provided for each of the first bus and the second bus, the contact pad for probe testing including a probe testing region; and
at least one or more contact pads for bonding provided for each of the first bus and the second bus, the contact pad for bonding including a bonding region.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the contact pad for probe testing is placed adjacent to the contact pad for bonding.
10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the contact pad for probe testing is drawn out with a lead and positioned outside each of the first bus and the second bus.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the active element is a power transistor.
12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the probe testing regions adjacent to each other and the bonding regions adjacent to each other are respectively placed to be different in the distance from a neighboring chip side.
13. The device of claim 8 , wherein each of the first bus and the second bus has a rectangular shape whose short side is a side parallel to a neighboring chip side and whose long side is a side orthogonal to the chip side.
14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the probe testing region is placed closer to the chip periphery than the bonding region.
15. The device of claim 8 , wherein the bonding region is placed closer to the chip periphery than the probe testing region.
16. The device of claim 8 , wherein the probe testing regions are placed in a staggered array with respect to one direction.