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Granted Patent B2
US 8,653,629 · App. 13/236,353 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Semiconductor device and wafer

Inventors: Shoji Seta (Tokyo, JP); Yojiro Hamasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,653,629
App. No.
13/236,353
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device has a plurality of LSI regions that are formed on the semiconductor substrate and are provided with a first power supply wiring layer including a first power supply wire. The semiconductor device has a first power supply terminal formed on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device has a second power supply wiring layer including a second power supply wire that electrically connects the first power supply wire and the first power supply terminal, the second power supply wiring layer is formed in a dicing region between the LSI regions along a dicing line that separates the LSI regions and the dicing line region. A first barrier metal film is formed at least in the LSI regions at a boundary between the first power supply wire and the second power supply wire.

Claims (28)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of LSI regions that are formed on the semiconductor substrate and are provided with a first power supply wiring layer including a first power supply wire;

a first power supply terminal formed on the semiconductor substrate;

a second power supply wiring layer including a second power supply wire that electrically connects the first power supply wire and the first power supply terminal, the second power supply wiring layer is formed in a dicing region between the LSI regions along a dicing line that separates the LSI regions and the dicing line region; and

a second power supply terminal formed on the semiconductor substrate,

wherein a first barrier metal film is formed at least in the LSI regions at a boundary between the first power supply wire and the second power supply wire,

wherein the first power supply wiring layer further includes a third power supply wire,

the second power supply wiring layer further includes a fourth power supply wire that is formed below the second power supply wire and electrically connects the third power supply wire and the second power supply terminal,

wherein a second barrier metal film is formed at least in the LSI regions at a boundary between the third power supply wire and the fourth power supply wire.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a voltage generating circuit that is formed on the semiconductor substrate, generates a voltage based on a voltage applied to the first power supply terminal and outputs the generated voltage to the fourth power supply wire.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second barrier metal films are made of TaN.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a first testing voltage is applied to the first power supply terminal for a test, the first testing voltage being supplied to the first power supply wire through the third power supply wire.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of LSI regions further includes a wire bonding pad, and

wherein the first power supply wire is electrically connected to the wire bonding pad.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of LSI regions further includes a plurality of wire bonding pads, and

wherein the first power supply wire is electrically connected to the plurality of wire bonding pads commonly.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of LSI regions further includes a plurality of wire bonding pads, and

wherein the third power supply wire is electrically connected to the plurality of wire bonding pads commonly.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of LSI regions further includes a plurality of wire bonding pads,

wherein the first power supply wire is electrically connected to a plurality of first wire bonding pads of the plurality of wire bonding pads, and

wherein the second power supply wire is electrically connected to a plurality of second wire bonding pads of the plurality of wire bonding pads.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the dicing line region between adjacent LSI regions is smaller than twice the width of the first and second power supply wires extending between the adjacent LSI regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2011
From: SETA, SHOJI; HAMASAKI, YOJIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 027285/0069 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-068712 · Mar 25, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120242402A1 · Sep 27, 2012